2024 North Carolina Resident Births by County of Residence and Breastfeeding Initiation Status

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County of Residence Total Infant Being Breastfed at Discharge
No Unk Yes
# % # % # % # %
Total 122,847 100.0 19,648 16.0 1,582 1.3 101,617 82.7
Alamance 2,045 1.7 307 15.0 36 1.8 1,702 83.2
Alexander 364 0.3 64 17.6 3 0.8 297 81.6
Alleghany 105 0.1 26 24.8 1 1.0 78 74.3
Anson 255 0.2 78 30.6 1 0.4 176 69.0
Ashe 203 0.2 33 16.3 0 0.0 170 83.7
Avery 127 0.1 21 16.5 1 0.8 105 82.7
Beaufort 442 0.4 100 22.6 2 0.5 340 76.9
Bertie 162 0.1 60 37.0 0 0.0 102 63.0
Bladen 313 0.3 120 38.3 10 3.2 183 58.5
Brunswick 1,320 1.1 222 16.8 13 1.0 1,085 82.2
Buncombe 2,309 1.9 215 9.3 9 0.4 2,085 90.3
Burke 901 0.7 228 25.3 2 0.2 671 74.5
Cabarrus 2,729 2.2 280 10.3 43 1.6 2,406 88.2
Caldwell 791 0.6 199 25.2 4 0.5 588 74.3
Camden 96 0.1 16 16.7 0 0.0 80 83.3
Carteret 503 0.4 79 15.7 1 0.2 423 84.1
Caswell 198 0.2 42 21.2 1 0.5 155 78.3
Catawba 1,721 1.4 303 17.6 14 0.8 1,404 81.6
Chatham 673 0.5 59 8.8 3 0.4 611 90.8
Cherokee 259 0.2 40 15.4 12 4.6 207 79.9
Chowan 148 0.1 43 29.1 0 0.0 105 70.9
Clay 94 0.1 14 14.9 3 3.2 77 81.9
Cleveland 1,086 0.9 252 23.2 4 0.4 830 76.4
Columbus 568 0.5 273 48.1 44 7.7 251 44.2
Craven 1,300 1.1 174 13.4 7 0.5 1,119 86.1
Cumberland 5,082 4.1 1,028 20.2 8 0.2 4,046 79.6
Currituck 323 0.3 44 13.6 0 0.0 279 86.4
Dare 303 0.2 36 11.9 0 0.0 267 88.1
Davidson 1,825 1.5 467 25.6 39 2.1 1,319 72.3
Davie 442 0.4 77 17.4 10 2.3 355 80.3
Duplin 709 0.6 158 22.3 2 0.3 549 77.4
Durham 4,197 3.4 344 8.2 82 2.0 3,771 89.8
Edgecombe 577 0.5 244 42.3 5 0.9 328 56.8
Forsyth 4,489 3.7 839 18.7 62 1.4 3,588 79.9
Franklin 944 0.8 115 12.2 35 3.7 794 84.1
Gaston 2,855 2.3 683 23.9 61 2.1 2,111 73.9
Gates 98 0.1 21 21.4 1 1.0 76 77.6
Graham 76 0.1 22 28.9 2 2.6 52 68.4
Granville 621 0.5 105 16.9 21 3.4 495 79.7
Greene 199 0.2 40 20.1 0 0.0 159 79.9
Guilford 5,635 4.6 1,169 20.7 269 4.8 4,197 74.5
Halifax 512 0.4 200 39.1 1 0.2 311 60.7
Harnett 1,955 1.6 282 14.4 10 0.5 1,663 85.1
Haywood 536 0.4 95 17.7 4 0.7 437 81.5
Henderson 997 0.8 102 10.2 3 0.3 892 89.5
Hertford 175 0.1 59 33.7 1 0.6 115 65.7
Hoke 820 0.7 163 19.9 2 0.2 655 79.9
Hyde 21 0.0 8 38.1 0 0.0 13 61.9
Iredell 2,190 1.8 307 14.0 52 2.4 1,831 83.6
Jackson 382 0.3 54 14.1 5 1.3 323 84.6
Johnston 2,977 2.4 300 10.1 24 0.8 2,653 89.1
Jones 79 0.1 15 19.0 0 0.0 64 81.0
Lee 813 0.7 130 16.0 9 1.1 674 82.9
Lenoir 656 0.5 173 26.4 0 0.0 483 73.6
Lincoln 934 0.8 145 15.5 20 2.1 769 82.3
McDowell 419 0.3 73 17.4 5 1.2 341 81.4
Macon 315 0.3 32 10.2 1 0.3 282 89.5
Madison 181 0.1 21 11.6 0 0.0 160 88.4
Martin 253 0.2 63 24.9 1 0.4 189 74.7
Mecklenburg 15,564 12.7 1,227 7.9 193 1.2 14,144 90.9
Mitchell 121 0.1 20 16.5 0 0.0 101 83.5
Montgomery 289 0.2 55 19.0 2 0.7 232 80.3
Moore 1,244 1.0 178 14.3 3 0.2 1,063 85.5
Nash 1,033 0.8 280 27.1 17 1.6 736 71.2
New Hanover 2,224 1.8 289 13.0 10 0.4 1,925 86.6
Northampton 156 0.1 59 37.8 1 0.6 96 61.5
Onslow 3,691 3.0 431 11.7 41 1.1 3,219 87.2
Orange 1,117 0.9 64 5.7 9 0.8 1,044 93.5
Pamlico 117 0.1 22 18.8 0 0.0 95 81.2
Pasquotank 445 0.4 120 27.0 0 0.0 325 73.0
Pender 733 0.6 99 13.5 5 0.7 629 85.8
Perquimans 122 0.1 34 27.9 1 0.8 87 71.3
Person 446 0.4 68 15.2 13 2.9 365 81.8
Pitt 2,124 1.7 351 16.5 4 0.2 1,769 83.3
Polk 136 0.1 12 8.8 0 0.0 124 91.2
Randolph 1,579 1.3 318 20.1 19 1.2 1,242 78.7
Richmond 533 0.4 193 36.2 1 0.2 339 63.6
Robeson 1,957 1.6 923 47.2 14 0.7 1,020 52.1
Rockingham 911 0.7 247 27.1 36 4.0 628 68.9
Rowan 1,578 1.3 267 16.9 22 1.4 1,289 81.7
Rutherford 632 0.5 146 23.1 1 0.2 485 76.7
Sampson 850 0.7 115 13.5 2 0.2 733 86.2
Scotland 409 0.3 233 57.0 2 0.5 174 42.5
Stanly 759 0.6 137 18.1 11 1.4 611 80.5
Stokes 447 0.4 89 19.9 6 1.3 352 78.7
Surry 763 0.6 189 24.8 7 0.9 567 74.3
Swain 137 0.1 20 14.6 2 1.5 115 83.9
Transylvania 251 0.2 24 9.6 0 0.0 227 90.4
Tyrrell 33 0.0 10 30.3 0 0.0 23 69.7
Union 2,660 2.2 284 10.7 10 0.4 2,366 88.9
Vance 576 0.5 223 38.7 17 3.0 336 58.3
Wake 13,397 10.9 1,044 7.8 155 1.2 12,198 91.1
Warren 176 0.1 66 37.5 6 3.4 104 59.1
Washington 102 0.1 46 45.1 0 0.0 56 54.9
Watauga 312 0.3 33 10.6 3 1.0 276 88.5
Wayne 1,681 1.4 320 19.0 1 0.1 1,360 80.9
Wilkes 667 0.5 212 31.8 11 1.6 444 66.6
Wilson 965 0.8 212 22.0 4 0.4 749 77.6
Yadkin 429 0.3 101 23.5 3 0.7 325 75.8
Yancey 179 0.1 25 14.0 1 0.6 153 85.5

Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics 13MAY26