| CY2023 NORTH CAROLINA BIRTH OCCURRENCES BY PLACE OF BIRTH AND MONTH |
| TOTAL | Month | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |||||||||||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| Total | 122,463 | 100.0 | 10,357 | 8.5 | 9,163 | 7.5 | 10,006 | 8.2 | 9,401 | 7.7 | 10,199 | 8.3 | 10,153 | 8.3 | 10,732 | 8.8 | 10,991 | 9.0 | 10,494 | 8.6 | 10,518 | 8.6 | 10,207 | 8.3 | 10,242 | 8.4 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH: | 529 | 0.4 | 39 | 7.4 | 32 | 6.0 | 36 | 6.8 | 36 | 6.8 | 47 | 8.9 | 44 | 8.3 | 54 | 10.2 | 43 | 8.1 | 45 | 8.5 | 49 | 9.3 | 59 | 11.2 | 45 | 8.5 |
| Freestanding Birth Center | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home-Intended | 924 | 0.8 | 77 | 8.3 | 77 | 8.3 | 81 | 8.8 | 77 | 8.3 | 78 | 8.4 | 89 | 9.6 | 65 | 7.0 | 84 | 9.1 | 64 | 6.9 | 87 | 9.4 | 69 | 7.5 | 76 | 8.2 |
| Home-Not Intended | 218 | 0.2 | 23 | 10.6 | 22 | 10.1 | 26 | 11.9 | 7 | 3.2 | 16 | 7.3 | 14 | 6.4 | 21 | 9.6 | 20 | 9.2 | 24 | 11.0 | 14 | 6.4 | 21 | 9.6 | 10 | 4.6 |
| Home-Unknown if Intended | 32 | 0.0 | 3 | 9.4 | 4 | 12.5 | 4 | 12.5 | 4 | 12.5 | 1 | 3.1 | 2 | 6.3 | 1 | 3.1 | 2 | 6.3 | 4 | 12.5 | 3 | 9.4 | 2 | 6.3 | 2 | 6.3 |
| Military Hospital | 3,089 | 2.5 | 250 | 8.1 | 200 | 6.5 | 255 | 8.3 | 239 | 7.7 | 262 | 8.5 | 247 | 8.0 | 261 | 8.4 | 273 | 8.8 | 319 | 10.3 | 246 | 8.0 | 273 | 8.8 | 264 | 8.5 |
| Non-Federal Hospital | 117,647 | 96.1 | 9,964 | 8.5 | 8,827 | 7.5 | 9,604 | 8.2 | 9,038 | 7.7 | 9,793 | 8.3 | 9,755 | 8.3 | 10,326 | 8.8 | 10,566 | 9.0 | 10,038 | 8.5 | 10,114 | 8.6 | 9,781 | 8.3 | 9,841 | 8.4 |
| Other | 24 | 0.0 | 1 | 4.2 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8.3 | 2 | 8.3 | 4 | 16.7 | 3 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 20.8 | 2 | 8.3 | 4 | 16.7 |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics 18DEC24 |
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