| YTD2025 QUARTER 3 (JAN-SEP) NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT BIRTHS BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND OBSTETRIC ESTIMATE OF GESTATION |
| TOTAL | OBSTETRIC ESTIMATE OF GESTATION | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremely Preterm: < 27 weeks* |
Very Preterm: 27-31 weeks* |
Moderate/Late Preterm: 32-36 weeks* |
Full Term: 37+ weeks |
Unknown Gestation |
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| TOTAL | 91,532 | 100.0 | 528 | 0.6 | 966 | 1.1 | 8,224 | 9.0 | 81,776 | 89.3 | 38 | 0.0 |
| COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: | 1,486 | 1.6 | 7 | 0.5 | 15 | 1.0 | 143 | 9.6 | 1,320 | 88.8 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Alamance | ||||||||||||
| Alexander | 270 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.4 | 26 | 9.6 | 241 | 89.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Alleghany | 60 | 0.1 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 6.7 | 55 | 91.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Anson | 181 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 2 | 1.1 | 21 | 11.6 | 157 | 86.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Apex | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ashe | 159 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 6.3 | 149 | 93.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Avery | 89 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 12.4 | 78 | 87.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Beaufort | 332 | 0.4 | 3 | 0.9 | 4 | 1.2 | 33 | 9.9 | 292 | 88.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bertie | 85 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.2 | 8 | 9.4 | 76 | 89.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bladen | 274 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 12.4 | 239 | 87.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Brunswick | 1,066 | 1.2 | 8 | 0.8 | 9 | 0.8 | 89 | 8.3 | 959 | 90.0 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Buncombe | 1,764 | 1.9 | 9 | 0.5 | 27 | 1.5 | 156 | 8.8 | 1,572 | 89.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Burke | 657 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.2 | 8 | 1.2 | 63 | 9.6 | 585 | 89.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cabarrus | 2,052 | 2.2 | 9 | 0.4 | 22 | 1.1 | 161 | 7.8 | 1,858 | 90.5 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Caldwell | 647 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.3 | 11 | 1.7 | 57 | 8.8 | 577 | 89.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Camden | 37 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.7 | 36 | 97.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Carteret | 343 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 30 | 8.7 | 310 | 90.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Caswell | 143 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.7 | 3 | 2.1 | 12 | 8.4 | 127 | 88.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Catawba | 1,272 | 1.4 | 4 | 0.3 | 8 | 0.6 | 110 | 8.6 | 1,150 | 90.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Chatam | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Chatham | 466 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.4 | 6 | 1.3 | 54 | 11.6 | 404 | 86.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cherokee | 30 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 20.0 | 24 | 80.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Chowan | 102 | 0.1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 11.8 | 87 | 85.3 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Clay | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cleveland | 822 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.2 | 14 | 1.7 | 76 | 9.2 | 730 | 88.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Columbus | 399 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.5 | 39 | 9.8 | 355 | 89.0 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Craven | 959 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.2 | 9 | 0.9 | 89 | 9.3 | 859 | 89.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cumberland | 3,822 | 4.2 | 18 | 0.5 | 42 | 1.1 | 336 | 8.8 | 3,426 | 89.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Currituck | 75 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 6.7 | 70 | 93.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Dare | 159 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.9 | 156 | 98.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Davidson | 1,282 | 1.4 | 5 | 0.4 | 14 | 1.1 | 138 | 10.8 | 1,125 | 87.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Davie | 360 | 0.4 | 4 | 1.1 | 5 | 1.4 | 33 | 9.2 | 318 | 88.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Duplin | 500 | 0.5 | 3 | 0.6 | 5 | 1.0 | 37 | 7.4 | 455 | 91.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Durham | 3,185 | 3.5 | 11 | 0.3 | 41 | 1.3 | 292 | 9.2 | 2,840 | 89.2 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Edgecombe | 420 | 0.5 | 8 | 1.9 | 6 | 1.4 | 49 | 11.7 | 357 | 85.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Forsyth | 3,404 | 3.7 | 33 | 1.0 | 40 | 1.2 | 326 | 9.6 | 3,005 | 88.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Fosyth | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Franklin | 746 | 0.8 | 3 | 0.4 | 9 | 1.2 | 61 | 8.2 | 672 | 90.1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Gaston | 2,253 | 2.5 | 13 | 0.6 | 21 | 0.9 | 200 | 8.9 | 2,018 | 89.6 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Gates | 35 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 17.1 | 29 | 82.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Graham | 56 | 0.1 | 3 | 5.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 8.9 | 48 | 85.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Granville | 453 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.9 | 51 | 11.3 | 398 | 87.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Greene | 163 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 4 | 2.5 | 19 | 11.7 | 139 | 85.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Guilford | 4,135 | 4.5 | 40 | 1.0 | 43 | 1.0 | 350 | 8.5 | 3,699 | 89.5 | 3 | 0.1 |
| Halifax | 342 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 1.2 | 40 | 11.7 | 297 | 86.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hanrett | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Harnett | 1,644 | 1.8 | 10 | 0.6 | 14 | 0.9 | 159 | 9.7 | 1,461 | 88.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Harrett | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Haywood | 419 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 6 | 1.4 | 38 | 9.1 | 374 | 89.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Henderson | 767 | 0.8 | 4 | 0.5 | 11 | 1.4 | 59 | 7.7 | 693 | 90.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hertford | 131 | 0.1 | 3 | 2.3 | 2 | 1.5 | 21 | 16.0 | 105 | 80.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hoke | 628 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.3 | 4 | 0.6 | 49 | 7.8 | 572 | 91.1 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Huntersville | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hyde | 19 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.3 | 18 | 94.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Iredell | 1,660 | 1.8 | 14 | 0.8 | 10 | 0.6 | 163 | 9.8 | 1,473 | 88.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jackson | 249 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.8 | 21 | 8.4 | 225 | 90.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Johnson | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Johnston | 2,387 | 2.6 | 16 | 0.7 | 24 | 1.0 | 233 | 9.8 | 2,113 | 88.5 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jones | 59 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.4 | 3 | 5.1 | 54 | 91.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lee | 631 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.3 | 7 | 1.1 | 65 | 10.3 | 557 | 88.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lenior | 13 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.7 | 12 | 92.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lenoir | 457 | 0.5 | 4 | 0.9 | 7 | 1.5 | 53 | 11.6 | 393 | 86.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lillington | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lincoln | 727 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.3 | 7 | 1.0 | 69 | 9.5 | 649 | 89.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Macon | 259 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.4 | 4 | 1.5 | 21 | 8.1 | 233 | 90.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Madison | 140 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 11.4 | 124 | 88.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Martin | 186 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 15 | 8.1 | 168 | 90.3 | 1 | 0.5 |
| McDowell | 342 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 8 | 2.3 | 40 | 11.7 | 293 | 85.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mebane | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mecklenburg | 11,477 | 12.5 | 62 | 0.5 | 91 | 0.8 | 976 | 8.5 | 10,346 | 90.1 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Mitchell | 82 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2.4 | 10 | 12.2 | 70 | 85.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Montgomery | 219 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 1.4 | 16 | 7.3 | 199 | 90.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Moore | 957 | 1.0 | 5 | 0.5 | 10 | 1.0 | 78 | 8.2 | 861 | 90.0 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Nash | 801 | 0.9 | 3 | 0.4 | 9 | 1.1 | 95 | 11.9 | 694 | 86.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| New Hanover | 1,654 | 1.8 | 5 | 0.3 | 24 | 1.5 | 142 | 8.6 | 1,482 | 89.6 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Northampton | 99 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 8 | 8.1 | 90 | 90.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Onslow | 2,904 | 3.2 | 19 | 0.7 | 26 | 0.9 | 263 | 9.1 | 2,596 | 89.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Orange | 786 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.3 | 7 | 0.9 | 65 | 8.3 | 710 | 90.3 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Pamlico | 52 | 0.1 | 1 | 1.9 | 1 | 1.9 | 4 | 7.7 | 46 | 88.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pasquotank | 226 | 0.2 | 3 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.4 | 17 | 7.5 | 205 | 90.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pender | 552 | 0.6 | 6 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.2 | 40 | 7.2 | 504 | 91.3 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Perquimans | 53 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 3 | 5.7 | 47 | 88.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Person | 343 | 0.4 | 3 | 0.9 | 3 | 0.9 | 38 | 11.1 | 299 | 87.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pitt | 1,548 | 1.7 | 18 | 1.2 | 21 | 1.4 | 183 | 11.8 | 1,325 | 85.6 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Polk | 94 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2.1 | 6 | 6.4 | 86 | 91.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Raleigh | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Randolph | 1,244 | 1.4 | 10 | 0.8 | 15 | 1.2 | 130 | 10.5 | 1,088 | 87.5 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Richmond | 395 | 0.4 | 6 | 1.5 | 7 | 1.8 | 41 | 10.4 | 339 | 85.8 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Robeson | 1,455 | 1.6 | 10 | 0.7 | 18 | 1.2 | 149 | 10.2 | 1,277 | 87.8 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Rockingham | 718 | 0.8 | 4 | 0.6 | 11 | 1.5 | 58 | 8.1 | 644 | 89.7 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Rougemont | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rowan | 1,183 | 1.3 | 8 | 0.7 | 15 | 1.3 | 116 | 9.8 | 1,044 | 88.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rutherford | 460 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 4 | 0.9 | 40 | 8.7 | 415 | 90.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sampson | 591 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.2 | 7 | 1.2 | 61 | 10.3 | 521 | 88.2 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Scotland | 300 | 0.3 | 5 | 1.7 | 10 | 3.3 | 30 | 10.0 | 255 | 85.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stanley | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stanly | 605 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.3 | 9 | 1.5 | 55 | 9.1 | 538 | 88.9 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Stokes | 332 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 1.2 | 33 | 9.9 | 294 | 88.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Surry | 580 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.3 | 7 | 1.2 | 43 | 7.4 | 527 | 90.9 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Swain | 114 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.8 | 13 | 11.4 | 99 | 86.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Transylvania | 170 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2.4 | 12 | 7.1 | 154 | 90.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Tyrrell | 23 | 0.0 | 1 | 4.3 | 1 | 4.3 | 5 | 21.7 | 16 | 69.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Union | 2,023 | 2.2 | 16 | 0.8 | 13 | 0.6 | 148 | 7.3 | 1,846 | 91.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Vance | 435 | 0.5 | 4 | 0.9 | 4 | 0.9 | 62 | 14.3 | 365 | 83.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wake | 9,977 | 10.9 | 37 | 0.4 | 99 | 1.0 | 756 | 7.6 | 9,083 | 91.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Warren | 123 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.8 | 13 | 10.6 | 108 | 87.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Washington | 80 | 0.1 | 2 | 2.5 | 1 | 1.3 | 11 | 13.8 | 65 | 81.3 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Watauga | 236 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.8 | 12 | 5.1 | 222 | 94.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wayne | 1,227 | 1.3 | 12 | 1.0 | 21 | 1.7 | 116 | 9.5 | 1,077 | 87.8 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Wilkes | 475 | 0.5 | 3 | 0.6 | 4 | 0.8 | 49 | 10.3 | 419 | 88.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wilson | 697 | 0.8 | 8 | 1.1 | 4 | 0.6 | 68 | 9.8 | 616 | 88.4 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Yadkin | 295 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1.7 | 24 | 8.1 | 266 | 90.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Yancey | 124 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2.4 | 12 | 9.7 | 109 | 87.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| * Gestational Categories Based on World Health Organization (WHO) definitions |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics 23OCT25 |
| CAUTION: Data shown are provisional and include only resident events occurring within North Carolina. Data does not reflect events affecting North Carolina |
| residents that occurred in other states. Therefore provisional data will not match the final number of resident events reported. |
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