YTD2025 QUARTER 3 (JAN-SEP) NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT BIRTHS BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND MATERNAL WEIGHT GAIN DURING PREGNANCY

  TOTAL MATERNAL WEIGHT GAIN DURING PREGNANCY
Inadequate
Adequate/Recommended
 Excessive
Unknown (BMI or amount
gained)
# % # % # % # % # %
TOTAL 80,725 100.0 15,092 18.7 22,106 27.4 41,569 51.5 1,958 2.4
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: 1,312 1.6 268 20.4 353 26.9 670 51.1 21 1.6
Alamance
Alexander 235 0.3 37 15.7 54 23.0 144 61.3 0 0.0
Alleghany 55 0.1 10 18.2 15 27.3 30 54.5 0 0.0
Anson 153 0.2 38 24.8 41 26.8 69 45.1 5 3.3
Apex 1 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Ashe 149 0.2 20 13.4 39 26.2 90 60.4 0 0.0
Avery 78 0.1 16 20.5 19 24.4 43 55.1 0 0.0
Beaufort 290 0.4 67 23.1 73 25.2 150 51.7 0 0.0
Bertie 76 0.1 10 13.2 29 38.2 37 48.7 0 0.0
Bladen 237 0.3 49 20.7 40 16.9 107 45.1 41 17.3
Brunswick 954 1.2 176 18.4 226 23.7 548 57.4 4 0.4
Buncombe 1,549 1.9 231 14.9 524 33.8 793 51.2 1 0.1
Burke 585 0.7 153 26.2 189 32.3 243 41.5 0 0.0
Cabarrus 1,822 2.3 327 17.9 520 28.5 914 50.2 61 3.3
Caldwell 563 0.7 124 22.0 146 25.9 293 52.0 0 0.0
Camden 34 0.0 7 20.6 8 23.5 19 55.9 0 0.0
Carteret 308 0.4 44 14.3 75 24.4 189 61.4 0 0.0
Caswell 127 0.2 30 23.6 33 26.0 59 46.5 5 3.9
Catawba 1,141 1.4 198 17.4 290 25.4 653 57.2 0 0.0
Chatam 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0
Chatham 402 0.5 62 15.4 111 27.6 216 53.7 13 3.2
Cherokee 24 0.0 4 16.7 6 25.0 14 58.3 0 0.0
Chowan 81 0.1 23 28.4 25 30.9 33 40.7 0 0.0
Clay 8 0.0 1 12.5 3 37.5 4 50.0 0 0.0
Cleveland 720 0.9 165 22.9 187 26.0 363 50.4 5 0.7
Columbus 351 0.4 28 8.0 30 8.5 87 24.8 206 58.7
Craven 849 1.1 142 16.7 211 24.9 494 58.2 2 0.2
Cumberland 3,390 4.2 585 17.3 824 24.3 1,946 57.4 35 1.0
Currituck 70 0.1 16 22.9 15 21.4 39 55.7 0 0.0
Dare 156 0.2 24 15.4 46 29.5 85 54.5 1 0.6
Davidson 1,119 1.4 198 17.7 296 26.5 615 55.0 10 0.9
Davie 312 0.4 63 20.2 71 22.8 177 56.7 1 0.3
Duplin 455 0.6 109 24.0 122 26.8 221 48.6 3 0.7
Durham 2,795 3.5 534 19.1 763 27.3 1,349 48.3 149 5.3
Edgecombe 346 0.4 85 24.6 91 26.3 168 48.6 2 0.6
Forsyth 2,956 3.7 573 19.4 758 25.6 1,609 54.4 16 0.5
Fosyth 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0
Franklin 643 0.8 111 17.3 154 24.0 355 55.2 23 3.6
Gaston 1,991 2.5 381 19.1 537 27.0 1,044 52.4 29 1.5
Gates 29 0.0 4 13.8 8 27.6 17 58.6 0 0.0
Graham 48 0.1 10 20.8 12 25.0 26 54.2 0 0.0
Granville 388 0.5 79 20.4 90 23.2 204 52.6 15 3.9
Greene 139 0.2 27 19.4 38 27.3 72 51.8 2 1.4
Guilford 3,650 4.5 773 21.2 970 26.6 1,807 49.5 100 2.7
Halifax 293 0.4 69 23.5 65 22.2 158 53.9 1 0.3
Hanrett 1 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Harnett 1,446 1.8 200 13.8 385 26.6 813 56.2 48 3.3
Harrett 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0
Haywood 362 0.4 58 16.0 118 32.6 186 51.4 0 0.0
Henderson 677 0.8 99 14.6 219 32.3 356 52.6 3 0.4
Hertford 103 0.1 27 26.2 34 33.0 42 40.8 0 0.0
Hoke 566 0.7 103 18.2 130 23.0 292 51.6 41 7.2
Huntersville 1 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Hyde 18 0.0 6 33.3 5 27.8 7 38.9 0 0.0
Iredell 1,446 1.8 276 19.1 405 28.0 757 52.4 8 0.6
Jackson 223 0.3 32 14.3 65 29.1 124 55.6 2 0.9
Johnson 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0
Johnston 2,076 2.6 297 14.3 575 27.7 1,164 56.1 40 1.9
Jones 54 0.1 12 22.2 11 20.4 31 57.4 0 0.0
Lee 549 0.7 94 17.1 146 26.6 268 48.8 41 7.5
Lenior 12 0.0 2 16.7 3 25.0 7 58.3 0 0.0
Lenoir 391 0.5 89 22.8 105 26.9 187 47.8 10 2.6
Lillington 1 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Lincoln 639 0.8 126 19.7 156 24.4 352 55.1 5 0.8
Macon 231 0.3 41 17.7 67 29.0 122 52.8 1 0.4
Madison 122 0.2 23 18.9 42 34.4 57 46.7 0 0.0
Martin 168 0.2 32 19.0 41 24.4 95 56.5 0 0.0
McDowell 289 0.4 57 19.7 84 29.1 145 50.2 3 1.0
Mebane 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0
Mecklenburg 10,226 12.7 2,010 19.7 3,150 30.8 4,952 48.4 114 1.1
Mitchell 70 0.1 18 25.7 19 27.1 33 47.1 0 0.0
Montgomery 199 0.2 35 17.6 43 21.6 83 41.7 38 19.1
Moore 847 1.0 77 9.1 193 22.8 387 45.7 190 22.4
Nash 690 0.9 169 24.5 171 24.8 345 50.0 5 0.7
New Hanover 1,462 1.8 259 17.7 393 26.9 808 55.3 2 0.1
Northampton 90 0.1 18 20.0 18 20.0 54 60.0 0 0.0
Onslow 2,564 3.2 386 15.1 677 26.4 1,498 58.4 3 0.1
Orange 702 0.9 107 15.2 222 31.6 358 51.0 15 2.1
Pamlico 46 0.1 5 10.9 8 17.4 33 71.7 0 0.0
Pasquotank 201 0.2 52 25.9 45 22.4 104 51.7 0 0.0
Pender 500 0.6 82 16.4 143 28.6 274 54.8 1 0.2
Perquimans 47 0.1 8 17.0 13 27.7 26 55.3 0 0.0
Person 293 0.4 53 18.1 69 23.5 165 56.3 6 2.0
Pitt 1,301 1.6 226 17.4 339 26.1 730 56.1 6 0.5
Polk 84 0.1 10 11.9 30 35.7 43 51.2 1 1.2
Raleigh 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0
Randolph 1,076 1.3 206 19.1 285 26.5 569 52.9 16 1.5
Richmond 335 0.4 59 17.6 62 18.5 119 35.5 95 28.4
Robeson 1,267 1.6 325 25.7 361 28.5 522 41.2 59 4.7
Rockingham 638 0.8 131 20.5 140 21.9 355 55.6 12 1.9
Rougemont 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0
Rowan 1,030 1.3 202 19.6 248 24.1 550 53.4 30 2.9
Rutherford 409 0.5 86 21.0 99 24.2 221 54.0 3 0.7
Sampson 519 0.6 112 21.6 128 24.7 268 51.6 11 2.1
Scotland 253 0.3 60 23.7 68 26.9 112 44.3 13 5.1
Stanley 1 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Stanly 528 0.7 101 19.1 148 28.0 262 49.6 17 3.2
Stokes 290 0.4 52 17.9 56 19.3 179 61.7 3 1.0
Surry 523 0.6 99 18.9 143 27.3 281 53.7 0 0.0
Swain 95 0.1 11 11.6 30 31.6 53 55.8 1 1.1
Transylvania 152 0.2 18 11.8 48 31.6 86 56.6 0 0.0
Tyrrell 16 0.0 2 12.5 6 37.5 8 50.0 0 0.0
Union 1,826 2.3 340 18.6 570 31.2 904 49.5 12 0.7
Vance 363 0.4 82 22.6 90 24.8 183 50.4 8 2.2
Wake 8,967 11.1 1,622 18.1 2,647 29.5 4,384 48.9 314 3.5
Warren 106 0.1 26 24.5 20 18.9 58 54.7 2 1.9
Washington 65 0.1 19 29.2 18 27.7 28 43.1 0 0.0
Watauga 219 0.3 40 18.3 66 30.1 113 51.6 0 0.0
Wayne 1,069 1.3 254 23.8 309 28.9 492 46.0 14 1.3
Wilkes 415 0.5 69 16.6 103 24.8 243 58.6 0 0.0
Wilson 604 0.7 145 24.0 136 22.5 315 52.2 8 1.3
Yadkin 264 0.3 49 18.6 60 22.7 155 58.7 0 0.0
Yancey 107 0.1 18 16.8 33 30.8 52 48.6 4 3.7

Percent of women with live, term (37+) singleton births who gain within the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Recommended Weight Gain Ranges
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.