| CY2023 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT BIRTHS BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND BREASTFEEDING INITIATION STATUS |
| TOTAL | INFANT BEING BREASTFED AT DISCHARGE | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Unk | Yes | ||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| TOTAL | 120,065 | 100.0 | 22,855 | 19.0 | 56 | 0.0 | 97,154 | 80.9 |
| COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: | 1,888 | 1.6 | 264 | 14.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,624 | 86.0 |
| ALAMANCE | ||||||||
| ALEXANDER | 349 | 0.3 | 83 | 23.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 266 | 76.2 |
| ALLEGHANY | 104 | 0.1 | 28 | 26.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 76 | 73.1 |
| ANSON | 259 | 0.2 | 85 | 32.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 174 | 67.2 |
| ASHE | 194 | 0.2 | 45 | 23.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 149 | 76.8 |
| AVERY | 143 | 0.1 | 25 | 17.5 | 1 | 0.7 | 117 | 81.8 |
| BEAUFORT | 433 | 0.4 | 98 | 22.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 335 | 77.4 |
| BERTIE | 161 | 0.1 | 67 | 41.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 94 | 58.4 |
| BLADEN | 378 | 0.3 | 140 | 37.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 238 | 63.0 |
| BRUNSWICK | 1,176 | 1.0 | 263 | 22.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 913 | 77.6 |
| BUNCOMBE | 2,388 | 2.0 | 301 | 12.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 2,086 | 87.4 |
| BURKE | 850 | 0.7 | 211 | 24.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 639 | 75.2 |
| CABARRUS | 2,665 | 2.2 | 375 | 14.1 | 2 | 0.1 | 2,288 | 85.9 |
| CALDWELL | 777 | 0.6 | 191 | 24.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 586 | 75.4 |
| CAMDEN | 98 | 0.1 | 13 | 13.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 85 | 86.7 |
| CARTERET | 483 | 0.4 | 114 | 23.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 369 | 76.4 |
| CASWELL | 201 | 0.2 | 45 | 22.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 156 | 77.6 |
| CATAWBA | 1,674 | 1.4 | 385 | 23.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,289 | 77.0 |
| CHATHAM | 714 | 0.6 | 54 | 7.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 660 | 92.4 |
| CHEROKEE | 247 | 0.2 | 41 | 16.6 | 9 | 3.6 | 197 | 79.8 |
| CHOWAN | 144 | 0.1 | 47 | 32.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 97 | 67.4 |
| CLAY | 87 | 0.1 | 14 | 16.1 | 3 | 3.4 | 70 | 80.5 |
| CLEVELAND | 1,154 | 1.0 | 325 | 28.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 828 | 71.8 |
| COLUMBUS | 578 | 0.5 | 301 | 52.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 277 | 47.9 |
| CRAVEN | 1,232 | 1.0 | 239 | 19.4 | 2 | 0.2 | 991 | 80.4 |
| CUMBERLAND | 5,088 | 4.2 | 966 | 19.0 | 3 | 0.1 | 4,119 | 81.0 |
| CURRITUCK | 303 | 0.3 | 48 | 15.8 | 1 | 0.3 | 254 | 83.8 |
| DARE | 290 | 0.2 | 24 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 266 | 91.7 |
| DAVIDSON | 1,802 | 1.5 | 606 | 33.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,196 | 66.4 |
| DAVIE | 377 | 0.3 | 117 | 31.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 260 | 69.0 |
| DUPLIN | 709 | 0.6 | 202 | 28.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 507 | 71.5 |
| DURHAM | 4,068 | 3.4 | 339 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3,729 | 91.7 |
| EDGECOMBE | 560 | 0.5 | 266 | 47.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 294 | 52.5 |
| FORSYTH | 4,385 | 3.7 | 1,318 | 30.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3,067 | 69.9 |
| FRANKLIN | 921 | 0.8 | 117 | 12.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 803 | 87.2 |
| GASTON | 2,858 | 2.4 | 795 | 27.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 2,062 | 72.1 |
| GATES | 83 | 0.1 | 23 | 27.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 60 | 72.3 |
| GRAHAM | 87 | 0.1 | 22 | 25.3 | 1 | 1.1 | 64 | 73.6 |
| GRANVILLE | 586 | 0.5 | 115 | 19.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 471 | 80.4 |
| GREENE | 206 | 0.2 | 43 | 20.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 163 | 79.1 |
| GUILFORD | 5,757 | 4.8 | 1,480 | 25.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 4,277 | 74.3 |
| HALIFAX | 469 | 0.4 | 198 | 42.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 271 | 57.8 |
| HARNETT | 1,913 | 1.6 | 358 | 18.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,555 | 81.3 |
| HAYWOOD | 533 | 0.4 | 96 | 18.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 437 | 82.0 |
| HENDERSON | 1,009 | 0.8 | 116 | 11.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 893 | 88.5 |
| HERTFORD | 187 | 0.2 | 66 | 35.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 121 | 64.7 |
| HOKE | 807 | 0.7 | 168 | 20.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 639 | 79.2 |
| HYDE | 37 | 0.0 | 7 | 18.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 81.1 |
| IREDELL | 2,016 | 1.7 | 394 | 19.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,622 | 80.5 |
| JACKSON | 335 | 0.3 | 39 | 11.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 295 | 88.1 |
| JOHNSTON | 2,859 | 2.4 | 389 | 13.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,470 | 86.4 |
| JONES | 105 | 0.1 | 27 | 25.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 78 | 74.3 |
| LEE | 787 | 0.7 | 147 | 18.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 639 | 81.2 |
| LENOIR | 631 | 0.5 | 229 | 36.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 402 | 63.7 |
| LINCOLN | 940 | 0.8 | 196 | 20.9 | 2 | 0.2 | 742 | 78.9 |
| MCDOWELL | 398 | 0.3 | 86 | 21.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 311 | 78.1 |
| MACON | 323 | 0.3 | 59 | 18.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 264 | 81.7 |
| MADISON | 198 | 0.2 | 30 | 15.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 168 | 84.8 |
| MARTIN | 207 | 0.2 | 59 | 28.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 148 | 71.5 |
| MECKLENBURG | 15,103 | 12.6 | 1,698 | 11.2 | 7 | 0.0 | 13,398 | 88.7 |
| MITCHELL | 128 | 0.1 | 17 | 13.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 111 | 86.7 |
| MONTGOMERY | 267 | 0.2 | 80 | 30.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 187 | 70.0 |
| MOORE | 1,198 | 1.0 | 194 | 16.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,004 | 83.8 |
| NASH | 1,031 | 0.9 | 337 | 32.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 694 | 67.3 |
| NEW HANOVER | 2,135 | 1.8 | 395 | 18.5 | 5 | 0.2 | 1,735 | 81.3 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 148 | 0.1 | 53 | 35.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 95 | 64.2 |
| ONSLOW | 3,668 | 3.1 | 508 | 13.8 | 2 | 0.1 | 3,158 | 86.1 |
| ORANGE | 1,163 | 1.0 | 56 | 4.8 | 1 | 0.1 | 1,106 | 95.1 |
| PAMLICO | 105 | 0.1 | 21 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 84 | 80.0 |
| PASQUOTANK | 430 | 0.4 | 130 | 30.2 | 2 | 0.5 | 298 | 69.3 |
| PENDER | 705 | 0.6 | 125 | 17.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 580 | 82.3 |
| PERQUIMANS | 99 | 0.1 | 32 | 32.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 67 | 67.7 |
| PERSON | 425 | 0.4 | 74 | 17.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 351 | 82.6 |
| PITT | 2,004 | 1.7 | 399 | 19.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 1,604 | 80.0 |
| POLK | 127 | 0.1 | 17 | 13.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 110 | 86.6 |
| RANDOLPH | 1,601 | 1.3 | 357 | 22.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,244 | 77.7 |
| RICHMOND | 530 | 0.4 | 186 | 35.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 344 | 64.9 |
| ROBESON | 1,875 | 1.6 | 892 | 47.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 982 | 52.4 |
| ROCKINGHAM | 910 | 0.8 | 274 | 30.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 636 | 69.9 |
| ROWAN | 1,582 | 1.3 | 304 | 19.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,278 | 80.8 |
| RUTHERFORD | 625 | 0.5 | 158 | 25.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 467 | 74.7 |
| SAMPSON | 845 | 0.7 | 114 | 13.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 731 | 86.5 |
| SCOTLAND | 345 | 0.3 | 198 | 57.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 147 | 42.6 |
| STANLY | 752 | 0.6 | 167 | 22.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 585 | 77.8 |
| STOKES | 355 | 0.3 | 106 | 29.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 249 | 70.1 |
| SURRY | 787 | 0.7 | 233 | 29.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 554 | 70.4 |
| SWAIN | 132 | 0.1 | 30 | 22.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 102 | 77.3 |
| TRANSYLVANIA | 240 | 0.2 | 35 | 14.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 205 | 85.4 |
| TYRRELL | 38 | 0.0 | 8 | 21.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 78.9 |
| UNION | 2,599 | 2.2 | 330 | 12.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,269 | 87.3 |
| VANCE | 533 | 0.4 | 215 | 40.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 318 | 59.7 |
| WAKE | 12,950 | 10.8 | 1,098 | 8.5 | 4 | 0.0 | 11,848 | 91.5 |
| WARREN | 162 | 0.1 | 54 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 108 | 66.7 |
| WASHINGTON | 106 | 0.1 | 47 | 44.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 59 | 55.7 |
| WATAUGA | 321 | 0.3 | 38 | 11.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 283 | 88.2 |
| WAYNE | 1,675 | 1.4 | 381 | 22.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 1,293 | 77.2 |
| WILKES | 666 | 0.6 | 240 | 36.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 426 | 64.0 |
| WILSON | 917 | 0.8 | 223 | 24.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 693 | 75.6 |
| YADKIN | 396 | 0.3 | 109 | 27.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 287 | 72.5 |
| YANCEY | 176 | 0.1 | 23 | 13.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 153 | 86.9 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics 18DEC24 |
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