| YTD2025 QUARTER 3 (JAN-SEP) N.C. LIVE BIRTHS BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: NUMBER WITH |
| INTERVAL FROM LAST DELIVERY (LIVE BIRTH OR FETAL DEATH/ABORTION) TO CONCEPTION OF SIX MONTHS |
| OR LESS AND PERCENT OF ALL BIRTHS EXCLUDING 1ST PREGNANCIES |
| COUNTY OF RESIDENCE | NUMBER OF SHORT INTERVAL BIRTHS |
ALL BIRTHS EXCLUDING FIRST PREGNANCIES |
PERCENT SHORT INTERVAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8,432 | 61,409 | 13.7 | |
| Alamance | 106 | 1,001 | 10.6 |
| Alexander | 31 | 187 | 16.6 |
| Alleghany | 6 | 44 | 13.6 |
| Anson | 21 | 127 | 16.5 |
| Apex | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Ashe | 13 | 101 | 12.9 |
| Avery | 5 | 59 | 8.5 |
| Beaufort | 34 | 234 | 14.5 |
| Bertie | 8 | 46 | 17.4 |
| Bladen | 22 | 178 | 12.4 |
| Brunswick | 104 | 755 | 13.8 |
| Buncombe | 97 | 1,013 | 9.6 |
| Burke | 77 | 462 | 16.7 |
| Cabarrus | 212 | 1,441 | 14.7 |
| Caldwell | 77 | 450 | 17.1 |
| Camden | 3 | 21 | 14.3 |
| Carteret | 40 | 245 | 16.3 |
| Caswell | 16 | 92 | 17.4 |
| Catawba | 137 | 873 | 15.7 |
| Chatam | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Chatham | 37 | 326 | 11.3 |
| Cherokee | 1 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Chowan | 15 | 83 | 18.1 |
| Clay | 2 | 8 | 25.0 |
| Cleveland | 93 | 574 | 16.2 |
| Columbus | 26 | 220 | 11.8 |
| Craven | 121 | 633 | 19.1 |
| Cumberland | 435 | 2,643 | 16.5 |
| Currituck | 6 | 54 | 11.1 |
| Dare | 6 | 87 | 6.9 |
| Davidson | 136 | 889 | 15.3 |
| Davie | 35 | 245 | 14.3 |
| Duplin | 52 | 355 | 14.6 |
| Durham | 267 | 2,019 | 13.2 |
| Edgecombe | 36 | 293 | 12.3 |
| Forsyth | 356 | 2,321 | 15.3 |
| Franklin | 85 | 531 | 16.0 |
| Gaston | 204 | 1,533 | 13.3 |
| Gates | 9 | 21 | 42.9 |
| Graham | 2 | 41 | 4.9 |
| Granville | 41 | 313 | 13.1 |
| Greene | 18 | 118 | 15.3 |
| Guilford | 344 | 2,793 | 12.3 |
| Halifax | 27 | 234 | 11.5 |
| Hanrett | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Harnett | 173 | 1,117 | 15.5 |
| Haywood | 26 | 265 | 9.8 |
| Henderson | 37 | 499 | 7.4 |
| Hertford | 17 | 93 | 18.3 |
| Hoke | 65 | 453 | 14.3 |
| Hyde | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Iredell | 140 | 1,084 | 12.9 |
| Jackson | 18 | 173 | 10.4 |
| Johnson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Johnston | 251 | 1,666 | 15.1 |
| Jones | 6 | 40 | 15.0 |
| Lee | 57 | 442 | 12.9 |
| Lenior | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Lenoir | 35 | 309 | 11.3 |
| Lillington | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Lincoln | 80 | 483 | 16.6 |
| Macon | 18 | 176 | 10.2 |
| Madison | 9 | 84 | 10.7 |
| Martin | 22 | 126 | 17.5 |
| McDowell | 32 | 232 | 13.8 |
| Mebane | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Mecklenburg | 887 | 7,500 | 11.8 |
| Mitchell | 5 | 52 | 9.6 |
| Montgomery | 20 | 143 | 14.0 |
| Moore | 106 | 629 | 16.9 |
| Nash | 78 | 571 | 13.7 |
| New Hanover | 145 | 1,062 | 13.7 |
| Northampton | 19 | 66 | 28.8 |
| Onslow | 208 | 1,708 | 12.2 |
| Orange | 66 | 533 | 12.4 |
| Pamlico | 6 | 37 | 16.2 |
| Pasquotank | 21 | 158 | 13.3 |
| Pender | 52 | 385 | 13.5 |
| Perquimans | 5 | 32 | 15.6 |
| Person | 28 | 242 | 11.6 |
| Pitt | 154 | 1,041 | 14.8 |
| Polk | 5 | 60 | 8.3 |
| Randolph | 114 | 897 | 12.7 |
| Richmond | 42 | 261 | 16.1 |
| Robeson | 165 | 1,086 | 15.2 |
| Rockingham | 56 | 462 | 12.1 |
| Rougemont | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Rowan | 114 | 801 | 14.2 |
| Rutherford | 35 | 294 | 11.9 |
| Sampson | 60 | 436 | 13.8 |
| Scotland | 35 | 208 | 16.8 |
| Stanley | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Stanly | 56 | 403 | 13.9 |
| Stokes | 37 | 243 | 15.2 |
| Surry | 55 | 394 | 14.0 |
| Swain | 6 | 81 | 7.4 |
| Transylvania | 11 | 108 | 10.2 |
| Tyrrell | 1 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Union | 212 | 1,438 | 14.7 |
| Vance | 32 | 284 | 11.3 |
| Wake | 911 | 6,586 | 13.8 |
| Warren | 11 | 83 | 13.3 |
| Washington | 13 | 60 | 21.7 |
| Watauga | 31 | 153 | 20.3 |
| Wayne | 111 | 867 | 12.8 |
| Wilkes | 71 | 352 | 20.2 |
| Wilson | 56 | 455 | 12.3 |
| Yadkin | 37 | 201 | 18.4 |
| Yancey | 5 | 76 | 6.6 |
| 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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