2024 North Carolina Resident Births by County of Residence and Maternal Prenatal Smoking Status

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County of Residence Total Prenatal Smoking Status
Yes No Unknown
# % # % # % # %
Total 122,847 100.0 3,555 2.9 118,883 96.8 409 0.3
Alamance 2,045 1.7 59 2.9 1,980 96.8 6 0.3
Alexander 364 0.3 24 6.6 338 92.9 2 0.5
Alleghany 105 0.1 8 7.6 96 91.4 1 1.0
Anson 255 0.2 17 6.7 237 92.9 1 0.4
Ashe 203 0.2 6 3.0 197 97.0 0 0.0
Avery 127 0.1 7 5.5 120 94.5 0 0.0
Beaufort 442 0.4 26 5.9 406 91.9 10 2.3
Bertie 162 0.1 9 5.6 153 94.4 0 0.0
Bladen 313 0.3 25 8.0 287 91.7 1 0.3
Brunswick 1,320 1.1 63 4.8 1,256 95.2 1 0.1
Buncombe 2,309 1.9 59 2.6 2,247 97.3 3 0.1
Burke 901 0.7 58 6.4 840 93.2 3 0.3
Cabarrus 2,729 2.2 30 1.1 2,699 98.9 0 0.0
Caldwell 791 0.6 77 9.7 711 89.9 3 0.4
Camden 96 0.1 3 3.1 93 96.9 0 0.0
Carteret 503 0.4 25 5.0 478 95.0 0 0.0
Caswell 198 0.2 16 8.1 181 91.4 1 0.5
Catawba 1,721 1.4 90 5.2 1,629 94.7 2 0.1
Chatham 673 0.5 9 1.3 662 98.4 2 0.3
Cherokee 259 0.2 25 9.7 232 89.6 2 0.8
Chowan 148 0.1 1 0.7 147 99.3 0 0.0
Clay 94 0.1 8 8.5 85 90.4 1 1.1
Cleveland 1,086 0.9 45 4.1 1,038 95.6 3 0.3
Columbus 568 0.5 45 7.9 511 90.0 12 2.1
Craven 1,300 1.1 34 2.6 1,254 96.5 12 0.9
Cumberland 5,082 4.1 179 3.5 4,895 96.3 8 0.2
Currituck 323 0.3 9 2.8 314 97.2 0 0.0
Dare 303 0.2 14 4.6 289 95.4 0 0.0
Davidson 1,825 1.5 102 5.6 1,722 94.4 1 0.1
Davie 442 0.4 21 4.8 421 95.2 0 0.0
Duplin 709 0.6 14 2.0 693 97.7 2 0.3
Durham 4,197 3.4 44 1.0 4,077 97.1 76 1.8
Edgecombe 577 0.5 36 6.2 537 93.1 4 0.7
Forsyth 4,489 3.7 148 3.3 4,338 96.6 3 0.1
Franklin 944 0.8 19 2.0 923 97.8 2 0.2
Gaston 2,855 2.3 117 4.1 2,731 95.7 7 0.2
Gates 98 0.1 3 3.1 95 96.9 0 0.0
Graham 76 0.1 6 7.9 70 92.1 0 0.0
Granville 621 0.5 18 2.9 597 96.1 6 1.0
Greene 199 0.2 8 4.0 191 96.0 0 0.0
Guilford 5,635 4.6 144 2.6 5,479 97.2 12 0.2
Halifax 512 0.4 35 6.8 476 93.0 1 0.2
Harnett 1,955 1.6 67 3.4 1,885 96.4 3 0.2
Haywood 536 0.4 37 6.9 498 92.9 1 0.2
Henderson 997 0.8 30 3.0 962 96.5 5 0.5
Hertford 175 0.1 10 5.7 165 94.3 0 0.0
Hoke 820 0.7 33 4.0 784 95.6 3 0.4
Hyde 21 0.0 0 0.0 21 100.0 0 0.0
Iredell 2,190 1.8 78 3.6 2,105 96.1 7 0.3
Jackson 382 0.3 23 6.0 356 93.2 3 0.8
Johnston 2,977 2.4 24 0.8 2,947 99.0 6 0.2
Jones 79 0.1 5 6.3 74 93.7 0 0.0
Lee 813 0.7 28 3.4 781 96.1 4 0.5
Lenoir 656 0.5 38 5.8 616 93.9 2 0.3
Lincoln 934 0.8 37 4.0 896 95.9 1 0.1
McDowell 419 0.3 27 6.4 391 93.3 1 0.2
Macon 315 0.3 23 7.3 291 92.4 1 0.3
Madison 181 0.1 11 6.1 169 93.4 1 0.6
Martin 253 0.2 15 5.9 231 91.3 7 2.8
Mecklenburg 15,564 12.7 61 0.4 15,484 99.5 19 0.1
Mitchell 121 0.1 5 4.1 116 95.9 0 0.0
Montgomery 289 0.2 14 4.8 273 94.5 2 0.7
Moore 1,244 1.0 42 3.4 1,199 96.4 3 0.2
Nash 1,033 0.8 49 4.7 982 95.1 2 0.2
New Hanover 2,224 1.8 53 2.4 2,164 97.3 7 0.3
Northampton 156 0.1 6 3.8 150 96.2 0 0.0
Onslow 3,691 3.0 58 1.6 3,623 98.2 10 0.3
Orange 1,117 0.9 23 2.1 1,089 97.5 5 0.4
Pamlico 117 0.1 9 7.7 102 87.2 6 5.1
Pasquotank 445 0.4 11 2.5 432 97.1 2 0.4
Pender 733 0.6 21 2.9 711 97.0 1 0.1
Perquimans 122 0.1 7 5.7 115 94.3 0 0.0
Person 446 0.4 24 5.4 417 93.5 5 1.1
Pitt 2,124 1.7 48 2.3 2,073 97.6 3 0.1
Polk 136 0.1 6 4.4 130 95.6 0 0.0
Randolph 1,579 1.3 90 5.7 1,488 94.2 1 0.1
Richmond 533 0.4 39 7.3 491 92.1 3 0.6
Robeson 1,957 1.6 171 8.7 1,780 91.0 6 0.3
Rockingham 911 0.7 58 6.4 853 93.6 0 0.0
Rowan 1,578 1.3 57 3.6 1,519 96.3 2 0.1
Rutherford 632 0.5 51 8.1 580 91.8 1 0.2
Sampson 850 0.7 19 2.2 831 97.8 0 0.0
Scotland 409 0.3 18 4.4 389 95.1 2 0.5
Stanly 759 0.6 20 2.6 731 96.3 8 1.1
Stokes 447 0.4 34 7.6 412 92.2 1 0.2
Surry 763 0.6 40 5.2 721 94.5 2 0.3
Swain 137 0.1 12 8.8 125 91.2 0 0.0
Transylvania 251 0.2 13 5.2 236 94.0 2 0.8
Tyrrell 33 0.0 2 6.1 31 93.9 0 0.0
Union 2,660 2.2 29 1.1 2,623 98.6 8 0.3
Vance 576 0.5 35 6.1 537 93.2 4 0.7
Wake 13,397 10.9 81 0.6 13,263 99.0 53 0.4
Warren 176 0.1 8 4.5 166 94.3 2 1.1
Washington 102 0.1 6 5.9 95 93.1 1 1.0
Watauga 312 0.3 9 2.9 300 96.2 3 1.0
Wayne 1,681 1.4 43 2.6 1,632 97.1 6 0.4
Wilkes 667 0.5 47 7.0 617 92.5 3 0.4
Wilson 965 0.8 33 3.4 930 96.4 2 0.2
Yadkin 429 0.3 24 5.6 404 94.2 1 0.2
Yancey 179 0.1 7 3.9 172 96.1 0 0.0

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