2024 North Carolina Resident Births by County of Residence and Maternal Weight Gain During Pregnancy

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County of Residence Total Maternal Weight Gain During Pregnancy
Inadequate
Adequate/Recommended
 Excessive
Unknown (BMI or amount
gained)
# % # % # % # % # %
Total 108,210 100.0 22,313 20.6 30,161 27.9 54,293 50.2 1,443 1.3
Alamance 1,774 1.6 403 22.7 476 26.8 866 48.8 29 1.6
Alexander 319 0.3 80 25.1 92 28.8 146 45.8 1 0.3
Alleghany 93 0.1 29 31.2 25 26.9 39 41.9 0 0.0
Anson 217 0.2 63 29.0 64 29.5 90 41.5 0 0.0
Ashe 182 0.2 34 18.7 47 25.8 100 54.9 1 0.5
Avery 108 0.1 20 18.5 36 33.3 52 48.1 0 0.0
Beaufort 386 0.4 86 22.3 93 24.1 204 52.8 3 0.8
Bertie 139 0.1 45 32.4 33 23.7 61 43.9 0 0.0
Bladen 278 0.3 58 20.9 87 31.3 129 46.4 4 1.4
Brunswick 1,171 1.1 239 20.4 273 23.3 655 55.9 4 0.3
Buncombe 2,042 1.9 305 14.9 694 34.0 1,037 50.8 6 0.3
Burke 797 0.7 190 23.8 260 32.6 345 43.3 2 0.3
Cabarrus 2,412 2.2 526 21.8 720 29.9 1,140 47.3 26 1.1
Caldwell 690 0.6 159 23.0 195 28.3 335 48.6 1 0.1
Camden 86 0.1 15 17.4 25 29.1 45 52.3 1 1.2
Carteret 451 0.4 85 18.8 111 24.6 253 56.1 2 0.4
Caswell 167 0.2 38 22.8 39 23.4 88 52.7 2 1.2
Catawba 1,524 1.4 317 20.8 396 26.0 805 52.8 6 0.4
Chatham 587 0.5 84 14.3 177 30.2 321 54.7 5 0.9
Cherokee 233 0.2 34 14.6 61 26.2 129 55.4 9 3.9
Chowan 131 0.1 31 23.7 39 29.8 60 45.8 1 0.8
Clay 86 0.1 13 15.1 24 27.9 49 57.0 0 0.0
Cleveland 958 0.9 213 22.2 280 29.2 463 48.3 2 0.2
Columbus 482 0.4 121 25.1 99 20.5 189 39.2 73 15.1
Craven 1,125 1.0 210 18.7 290 25.8 620 55.1 5 0.4
Cumberland 4,410 4.1 823 18.7 1,083 24.6 2,485 56.3 19 0.4
Currituck 294 0.3 66 22.4 80 27.2 145 49.3 3 1.0
Dare 270 0.2 55 20.4 95 35.2 120 44.4 0 0.0
Davidson 1,590 1.5 316 19.9 410 25.8 849 53.4 15 0.9
Davie 384 0.4 83 21.6 98 25.5 203 52.9 0 0.0
Duplin 637 0.6 195 30.6 169 26.5 269 42.2 4 0.6
Durham 3,725 3.4 808 21.7 977 26.2 1,745 46.8 195 5.2
Edgecombe 480 0.4 115 24.0 115 24.0 249 51.9 1 0.2
Forsyth 3,970 3.7 896 22.6 1,061 26.7 1,985 50.0 28 0.7
Franklin 822 0.8 151 18.4 216 26.3 428 52.1 27 3.3
Gaston 2,494 2.3 494 19.8 639 25.6 1,317 52.8 44 1.8
Gates 79 0.1 16 20.3 19 24.1 39 49.4 5 6.3
Graham 63 0.1 8 12.7 17 27.0 37 58.7 1 1.6
Granville 533 0.5 112 21.0 141 26.5 264 49.5 16 3.0
Greene 176 0.2 31 17.6 61 34.7 82 46.6 2 1.1
Guilford 4,956 4.6 1,124 22.7 1,301 26.3 2,397 48.4 134 2.7
Halifax 433 0.4 102 23.6 102 23.6 228 52.7 1 0.2
Harnett 1,728 1.6 316 18.3 469 27.1 930 53.8 13 0.8
Haywood 474 0.4 79 16.7 128 27.0 267 56.3 0 0.0
Henderson 884 0.8 150 17.0 282 31.9 452 51.1 0 0.0
Hertford 146 0.1 27 18.5 45 30.8 73 50.0 1 0.7
Hoke 713 0.7 130 18.2 184 25.8 397 55.7 2 0.3
Hyde 19 0.0 5 26.3 3 15.8 11 57.9 0 0.0
Iredell 1,916 1.8 429 22.4 518 27.0 967 50.5 2 0.1
Jackson 329 0.3 64 19.5 92 28.0 173 52.6 0 0.0
Johnston 2,669 2.5 429 16.1 733 27.5 1,484 55.6 23 0.9
Jones 69 0.1 16 23.2 18 26.1 34 49.3 1 1.4
Lee 710 0.7 135 19.0 183 25.8 385 54.2 7 1.0
Lenoir 565 0.5 116 20.5 152 26.9 283 50.1 14 2.5
Lincoln 828 0.8 154 18.6 224 27.1 449 54.2 1 0.1
McDowell 361 0.3 77 21.3 106 29.4 177 49.0 1 0.3
Macon 288 0.3 62 21.5 80 27.8 146 50.7 0 0.0
Madison 154 0.1 22 14.3 45 29.2 87 56.5 0 0.0
Martin 217 0.2 43 19.8 61 28.1 111 51.2 2 0.9
Mecklenburg 13,803 12.8 2,998 21.7 4,264 30.9 6,399 46.4 142 1.0
Mitchell 108 0.1 18 16.7 40 37.0 50 46.3 0 0.0
Montgomery 256 0.2 58 22.7 59 23.0 137 53.5 2 0.8
Moore 1,078 1.0 176 16.3 269 25.0 629 58.3 4 0.4
Nash 885 0.8 189 21.4 226 25.5 467 52.8 3 0.3
New Hanover 1,969 1.8 399 20.3 547 27.8 1,019 51.8 4 0.2
Northampton 134 0.1 26 19.4 32 23.9 76 56.7 0 0.0
Onslow 3,312 3.1 651 19.7 970 29.3 1,684 50.8 7 0.2
Orange 978 0.9 168 17.2 317 32.4 477 48.8 16 1.6
Pamlico 95 0.1 25 26.3 22 23.2 48 50.5 0 0.0
Pasquotank 403 0.4 96 23.8 95 23.6 208 51.6 4 1.0
Pender 650 0.6 123 18.9 193 29.7 331 50.9 3 0.5
Perquimans 106 0.1 25 23.6 29 27.4 52 49.1 0 0.0
Person 379 0.4 78 20.6 82 21.6 205 54.1 14 3.7
Pitt 1,797 1.7 375 20.9 481 26.8 932 51.9 9 0.5
Polk 127 0.1 20 15.7 41 32.3 66 52.0 0 0.0
Randolph 1,403 1.3 281 20.0 331 23.6 778 55.5 13 0.9
Richmond 468 0.4 110 23.5 95 20.3 258 55.1 5 1.1
Robeson 1,690 1.6 439 26.0 482 28.5 737 43.6 32 1.9
Rockingham 795 0.7 194 24.4 172 21.6 423 53.2 6 0.8
Rowan 1,406 1.3 276 19.6 397 28.2 729 51.8 4 0.3
Rutherford 542 0.5 111 20.5 153 28.2 274 50.6 4 0.7
Sampson 755 0.7 184 24.4 179 23.7 369 48.9 23 3.0
Scotland 351 0.3 105 29.9 88 25.1 158 45.0 0 0.0
Stanly 672 0.6 147 21.9 183 27.2 340 50.6 2 0.3
Stokes 393 0.4 60 15.3 99 25.2 231 58.8 3 0.8
Surry 677 0.6 151 22.3 180 26.6 345 51.0 1 0.1
Swain 115 0.1 31 27.0 21 18.3 62 53.9 1 0.9
Transylvania 221 0.2 31 14.0 69 31.2 120 54.3 1 0.5
Tyrrell 27 0.0 6 22.2 10 37.0 11 40.7 0 0.0
Union 2,355 2.2 440 18.7 712 30.2 1,195 50.7 8 0.3
Vance 483 0.4 143 29.6 114 23.6 210 43.5 16 3.3
Wake 12,009 11.1 2,206 18.4 3,624 30.2 5,828 48.5 351 2.9
Warren 141 0.1 40 28.4 24 17.0 73 51.8 4 2.8
Washington 82 0.1 30 36.6 20 24.4 32 39.0 0 0.0
Watauga 287 0.3 53 18.5 84 29.3 150 52.3 0 0.0
Wayne 1,481 1.4 380 25.7 420 28.4 672 45.4 9 0.6
Wilkes 582 0.5 122 21.0 157 27.0 303 52.1 0 0.0
Wilson 829 0.8 197 23.8 198 23.9 430 51.9 4 0.5
Yadkin 382 0.4 76 19.9 94 24.6 210 55.0 2 0.5
Yancey 160 0.1 28 17.5 45 28.1 86 53.8 1 0.6

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