CY2023 NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT BIRTHS BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND MATERNAL WEIGHT GAIN DURING PREGNANCY

  TOTAL MATERNAL WEIGHT GAIN DURING PREGNANCY
Inadequate
Adequate/Recommended
 Excessive
Unknown (BMI or amount
gained)
# % # % # % # % # %
TOTAL 105,651 100.0 20,991 19.9 28,880 27.3 53,205 50.4 2,575 2.4
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: 1,683 1.6 337 20.0 407 24.2 833 49.5 106 6.3
ALAMANCE
ALEXANDER 302 0.3 52 17.2 78 25.8 169 56.0 3 1.0
ALLEGHANY 84 0.1 18 21.4 26 31.0 40 47.6 0 0.0
ANSON 216 0.2 49 22.7 69 31.9 98 45.4 0 0.0
ASHE 170 0.2 33 19.4 54 31.8 83 48.8 0 0.0
AVERY 120 0.1 23 19.2 31 25.8 66 55.0 0 0.0
BEAUFORT 363 0.3 86 23.7 86 23.7 188 51.8 3 0.8
BERTIE 130 0.1 37 28.5 30 23.1 61 46.9 2 1.5
BLADEN 328 0.3 89 27.1 77 23.5 150 45.7 12 3.7
BRUNSWICK 1,062 1.0 208 19.6 282 26.6 571 53.8 1 0.1
BUNCOMBE 2,096 2.0 331 15.8 638 30.4 1,123 53.6 4 0.2
BURKE 748 0.7 203 27.1 216 28.9 325 43.4 4 0.5
CABARRUS 2,341 2.2 511 21.8 666 28.4 1,143 48.8 21 0.9
CALDWELL 692 0.7 147 21.2 199 28.8 345 49.9 1 0.1
CAMDEN 86 0.1 16 18.6 18 20.9 50 58.1 2 2.3
CARTERET 450 0.4 91 20.2 107 23.8 252 56.0 0 0.0
CASWELL 177 0.2 35 19.8 44 24.9 89 50.3 9 5.1
CATAWBA 1,494 1.4 320 21.4 391 26.2 782 52.3 1 0.1
CHATHAM 619 0.6 88 14.2 169 27.3 329 53.2 33 5.3
CHEROKEE 224 0.2 34 15.2 48 21.4 122 54.5 20 8.9
CHOWAN 108 0.1 26 24.1 27 25.0 53 49.1 2 1.9
CLAY 79 0.1 10 12.7 20 25.3 43 54.4 6 7.6
CLEVELAND 1,003 0.9 230 22.9 285 28.4 482 48.1 6 0.6
COLUMBUS 504 0.5 167 33.1 109 21.6 227 45.0 1 0.2
CRAVEN 1,092 1.0 204 18.7 291 26.6 592 54.2 5 0.5
CUMBERLAND 4,450 4.2 876 19.7 1,146 25.8 2,408 54.1 20 0.4
CURRITUCK 277 0.3 54 19.5 84 30.3 139 50.2 0 0.0
DARE 266 0.3 52 19.5 77 28.9 136 51.1 1 0.4
DAVIDSON 1,598 1.5 323 20.2 403 25.2 859 53.8 13 0.8
DAVIE 323 0.3 71 22.0 92 28.5 160 49.5 0 0.0
DUPLIN 617 0.6 146 23.7 173 28.0 292 47.3 6 1.0
DURHAM 3,562 3.4 720 20.2 959 26.9 1,602 45.0 281 7.9
EDGECOMBE 466 0.4 121 26.0 127 27.3 216 46.4 2 0.4
FORSYTH 3,848 3.6 822 21.4 1,116 29.0 1,864 48.4 46 1.2
FRANKLIN 820 0.8 150 18.3 219 26.7 398 48.5 53 6.5
GASTON 2,490 2.4 423 17.0 685 27.5 1,298 52.1 84 3.4
GATES 73 0.1 22 30.1 19 26.0 29 39.7 3 4.1
GRAHAM 76 0.1 16 21.1 18 23.7 39 51.3 3 3.9
GRANVILLE 513 0.5 126 24.6 117 22.8 236 46.0 34 6.6
GREENE 168 0.2 35 20.8 50 29.8 81 48.2 2 1.2
GUILFORD 4,987 4.7 962 19.3 1,277 25.6 2,510 50.3 238 4.8
HALIFAX 391 0.4 114 29.2 84 21.5 192 49.1 1 0.3
HARNETT 1,668 1.6 286 17.1 457 27.4 890 53.4 35 2.1
HAYWOOD 458 0.4 66 14.4 136 29.7 255 55.7 1 0.2
HENDERSON 885 0.8 167 18.9 257 29.0 460 52.0 1 0.1
HERTFORD 163 0.2 42 25.8 46 28.2 72 44.2 3 1.8
HOKE 713 0.7 150 21.0 207 29.0 351 49.2 5 0.7
HYDE 33 0.0 7 21.2 11 33.3 15 45.5 0 0.0
IREDELL 1,761 1.7 344 19.5 487 27.7 922 52.4 8 0.5
JACKSON 300 0.3 52 17.3 77 25.7 171 57.0 0 0.0
JOHNSTON 2,545 2.4 407 16.0 625 24.6 1,434 56.3 79 3.1
JONES 95 0.1 18 18.9 36 37.9 39 41.1 2 2.1
LEE 666 0.6 123 18.5 181 27.2 339 50.9 23 3.5
LENOIR 538 0.5 143 26.6 153 28.4 235 43.7 7 1.3
LINCOLN 852 0.8 140 16.4 246 28.9 464 54.5 2 0.2
MCDOWELL 344 0.3 75 21.8 107 31.1 162 47.1 0 0.0
MACON 280 0.3 44 15.7 91 32.5 145 51.8 0 0.0
MADISON 174 0.2 24 13.8 59 33.9 91 52.3 0 0.0
MARTIN 175 0.2 40 22.9 44 25.1 89 50.9 2 1.1
MECKLENBURG 13,436 12.7 2,530 18.8 3,932 29.3 6,734 50.1 240 1.8
MITCHELL 108 0.1 16 14.8 31 28.7 61 56.5 0 0.0
MONTGOMERY 237 0.2 63 26.6 57 24.1 116 48.9 1 0.4
MOORE 1,076 1.0 180 16.7 281 26.1 586 54.5 29 2.7
NASH 897 0.8 192 21.4 218 24.3 476 53.1 11 1.2
NEW HANOVER 1,853 1.8 355 19.2 516 27.8 967 52.2 15 0.8
NORTHAMPTON 127 0.1 39 30.7 36 28.3 51 40.2 1 0.8
ONSLOW 3,276 3.1 638 19.5 947 28.9 1,688 51.5 3 0.1
ORANGE 1,040 1.0 174 16.7 317 30.5 492 47.3 57 5.5
PAMLICO 93 0.1 14 15.1 24 25.8 54 58.1 1 1.1
PASQUOTANK 382 0.4 81 21.2 96 25.1 204 53.4 1 0.3
PENDER 605 0.6 105 17.4 174 28.8 315 52.1 11 1.8
PERQUIMANS 88 0.1 22 25.0 26 29.5 40 45.5 0 0.0
PERSON 357 0.3 75 21.0 80 22.4 184 51.5 18 5.0
PITT 1,752 1.7 368 21.0 442 25.2 923 52.7 19 1.1
POLK 113 0.1 22 19.5 34 30.1 56 49.6 1 0.9
RANDOLPH 1,416 1.3 255 18.0 392 27.7 728 51.4 41 2.9
RICHMOND 460 0.4 149 32.4 117 25.4 185 40.2 9 2.0
ROBESON 1,652 1.6 429 26.0 445 26.9 704 42.6 74 4.5
ROCKINGHAM 801 0.8 179 22.3 179 22.3 427 53.3 16 2.0
ROWAN 1,394 1.3 297 21.3 369 26.5 720 51.6 8 0.6
RUTHERFORD 533 0.5 110 20.6 179 33.6 244 45.8 0 0.0
SAMPSON 723 0.7 161 22.3 194 26.8 357 49.4 11 1.5
SCOTLAND 293 0.3 91 31.1 64 21.8 137 46.8 1 0.3
STANLY 658 0.6 142 21.6 191 29.0 323 49.1 2 0.3
STOKES 312 0.3 60 19.2 76 24.4 174 55.8 2 0.6
SURRY 681 0.6 172 25.3 186 27.3 322 47.3 1 0.1
SWAIN 114 0.1 16 14.0 28 24.6 70 61.4 0 0.0
TRANSYLVANIA 211 0.2 24 11.4 68 32.2 118 55.9 1 0.5
TYRRELL 37 0.0 14 37.8 8 21.6 15 40.5 0 0.0
UNION 2,306 2.2 444 19.3 669 29.0 1,186 51.4 7 0.3
VANCE 443 0.4 105 23.7 97 21.9 222 50.1 19 4.3
WAKE 11,562 10.9 2,070 17.9 3,169 27.4 5,578 48.2 745 6.4
WARREN 135 0.1 34 25.2 21 15.6 75 55.6 5 3.7
WASHINGTON 90 0.1 22 24.4 26 28.9 42 46.7 0 0.0
WATAUGA 287 0.3 51 17.8 87 30.3 149 51.9 0 0.0
WAYNE 1,480 1.4 354 23.9 391 26.4 728 49.2 7 0.5
WILKES 577 0.5 130 22.5 166 28.8 274 47.5 7 1.2
WILSON 797 0.8 187 23.5 185 23.2 413 51.8 12 1.5
YADKIN 355 0.3 81 22.8 81 22.8 192 54.1 1 0.3
YANCEY 148 0.1 34 23.0 47 31.8 66 44.6 1 0.7

Percent of women with live, term (37+) singleton births who gain within the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Recommended Weight Gain Ranges
Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics 18DEC24