| YTD2025 QUARTER 3 (JAN-SEP) NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT BIRTHS BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND METHOD OF DELIVERY |
| TOTAL | METHOD OF DELIVERY | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaginal | C-Section | Unknown | ||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| TOTAL | 91,532 | 100.0 | 63,329 | 69.2 | 28,200 | 30.8 | 3 | 0.0 |
| COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: | 1,486 | 1.6 | 1,046 | 70.4 | 440 | 29.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Alamance | ||||||||
| Alexander | 270 | 0.3 | 184 | 68.1 | 86 | 31.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Alleghany | 60 | 0.1 | 42 | 70.0 | 18 | 30.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Anson | 181 | 0.2 | 123 | 68.0 | 58 | 32.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Apex | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ashe | 159 | 0.2 | 109 | 68.6 | 50 | 31.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Avery | 89 | 0.1 | 68 | 76.4 | 21 | 23.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Beaufort | 332 | 0.4 | 215 | 64.8 | 117 | 35.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bertie | 85 | 0.1 | 58 | 68.2 | 27 | 31.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bladen | 274 | 0.3 | 183 | 66.8 | 91 | 33.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Brunswick | 1,066 | 1.2 | 761 | 71.4 | 305 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Buncombe | 1,764 | 1.9 | 1,221 | 69.2 | 543 | 30.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Burke | 657 | 0.7 | 464 | 70.6 | 193 | 29.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cabarrus | 2,052 | 2.2 | 1,360 | 66.3 | 692 | 33.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Caldwell | 647 | 0.7 | 441 | 68.2 | 206 | 31.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Camden | 37 | 0.0 | 19 | 51.4 | 18 | 48.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Carteret | 343 | 0.4 | 232 | 67.6 | 111 | 32.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Caswell | 143 | 0.2 | 102 | 71.3 | 41 | 28.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Catawba | 1,272 | 1.4 | 872 | 68.6 | 400 | 31.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Chatam | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Chatham | 466 | 0.5 | 325 | 69.7 | 141 | 30.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cherokee | 30 | 0.0 | 16 | 53.3 | 14 | 46.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Chowan | 102 | 0.1 | 73 | 71.6 | 29 | 28.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Clay | 8 | 0.0 | 6 | 75.0 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cleveland | 822 | 0.9 | 585 | 71.2 | 237 | 28.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Columbus | 399 | 0.4 | 273 | 68.4 | 126 | 31.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Craven | 959 | 1.0 | 640 | 66.7 | 319 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cumberland | 3,822 | 4.2 | 2,614 | 68.4 | 1,208 | 31.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Currituck | 75 | 0.1 | 59 | 78.7 | 16 | 21.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Dare | 159 | 0.2 | 127 | 79.9 | 32 | 20.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Davidson | 1,282 | 1.4 | 883 | 68.9 | 399 | 31.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Davie | 360 | 0.4 | 253 | 70.3 | 107 | 29.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Duplin | 500 | 0.5 | 337 | 67.4 | 163 | 32.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Durham | 3,185 | 3.5 | 2,129 | 66.8 | 1,056 | 33.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Edgecombe | 420 | 0.5 | 270 | 64.3 | 150 | 35.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Forsyth | 3,404 | 3.7 | 2,377 | 69.8 | 1,027 | 30.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Fosyth | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Franklin | 746 | 0.8 | 522 | 70.0 | 224 | 30.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Gaston | 2,253 | 2.5 | 1,558 | 69.2 | 695 | 30.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Gates | 35 | 0.0 | 25 | 71.4 | 10 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Graham | 56 | 0.1 | 35 | 62.5 | 21 | 37.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Granville | 453 | 0.5 | 323 | 71.3 | 130 | 28.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Greene | 163 | 0.2 | 117 | 71.8 | 46 | 28.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Guilford | 4,135 | 4.5 | 2,943 | 71.2 | 1,192 | 28.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Halifax | 342 | 0.4 | 244 | 71.3 | 98 | 28.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hanrett | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Harnett | 1,644 | 1.8 | 1,176 | 71.5 | 468 | 28.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Harrett | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Haywood | 419 | 0.5 | 296 | 70.6 | 123 | 29.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Henderson | 767 | 0.8 | 537 | 70.0 | 230 | 30.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hertford | 131 | 0.1 | 91 | 69.5 | 40 | 30.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hoke | 628 | 0.7 | 447 | 71.2 | 181 | 28.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Huntersville | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hyde | 19 | 0.0 | 15 | 78.9 | 4 | 21.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Iredell | 1,660 | 1.8 | 1,104 | 66.5 | 555 | 33.4 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Jackson | 249 | 0.3 | 169 | 67.9 | 80 | 32.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Johnson | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Johnston | 2,387 | 2.6 | 1,635 | 68.5 | 752 | 31.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jones | 59 | 0.1 | 36 | 61.0 | 23 | 39.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lee | 631 | 0.7 | 461 | 73.1 | 170 | 26.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lenior | 13 | 0.0 | 8 | 61.5 | 5 | 38.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lenoir | 457 | 0.5 | 310 | 67.8 | 147 | 32.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lillington | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lincoln | 727 | 0.8 | 477 | 65.6 | 250 | 34.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Macon | 259 | 0.3 | 184 | 71.0 | 75 | 29.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Madison | 140 | 0.2 | 96 | 68.6 | 44 | 31.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Martin | 186 | 0.2 | 134 | 72.0 | 52 | 28.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| McDowell | 342 | 0.4 | 227 | 66.4 | 115 | 33.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mebane | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mecklenburg | 11,477 | 12.5 | 7,777 | 67.8 | 3,700 | 32.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mitchell | 82 | 0.1 | 65 | 79.3 | 17 | 20.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Montgomery | 219 | 0.2 | 162 | 74.0 | 57 | 26.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Moore | 957 | 1.0 | 680 | 71.1 | 277 | 28.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Nash | 801 | 0.9 | 549 | 68.5 | 252 | 31.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| New Hanover | 1,654 | 1.8 | 1,158 | 70.0 | 496 | 30.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Northampton | 99 | 0.1 | 61 | 61.6 | 38 | 38.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Onslow | 2,904 | 3.2 | 2,151 | 74.1 | 753 | 25.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Orange | 786 | 0.9 | 544 | 69.2 | 242 | 30.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pamlico | 52 | 0.1 | 31 | 59.6 | 21 | 40.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pasquotank | 226 | 0.2 | 154 | 68.1 | 72 | 31.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pender | 552 | 0.6 | 396 | 71.7 | 156 | 28.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Perquimans | 53 | 0.1 | 36 | 67.9 | 17 | 32.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Person | 343 | 0.4 | 218 | 63.6 | 125 | 36.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pitt | 1,548 | 1.7 | 1,062 | 68.6 | 486 | 31.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Polk | 94 | 0.1 | 64 | 68.1 | 30 | 31.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Raleigh | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Randolph | 1,244 | 1.4 | 812 | 65.3 | 431 | 34.6 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Richmond | 395 | 0.4 | 260 | 65.8 | 135 | 34.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Robeson | 1,455 | 1.6 | 988 | 67.9 | 467 | 32.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rockingham | 718 | 0.8 | 484 | 67.4 | 234 | 32.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rougemont | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rowan | 1,183 | 1.3 | 781 | 66.0 | 402 | 34.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rutherford | 460 | 0.5 | 322 | 70.0 | 137 | 29.8 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Sampson | 591 | 0.6 | 388 | 65.7 | 203 | 34.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Scotland | 300 | 0.3 | 174 | 58.0 | 126 | 42.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stanley | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stanly | 605 | 0.7 | 403 | 66.6 | 202 | 33.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stokes | 332 | 0.4 | 244 | 73.5 | 88 | 26.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Surry | 580 | 0.6 | 390 | 67.2 | 190 | 32.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Swain | 114 | 0.1 | 82 | 71.9 | 32 | 28.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Transylvania | 170 | 0.2 | 121 | 71.2 | 49 | 28.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Tyrrell | 23 | 0.0 | 15 | 65.2 | 8 | 34.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Union | 2,023 | 2.2 | 1,461 | 72.2 | 562 | 27.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Vance | 435 | 0.5 | 279 | 64.1 | 156 | 35.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wake | 9,977 | 10.9 | 7,059 | 70.8 | 2,918 | 29.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Warren | 123 | 0.1 | 79 | 64.2 | 44 | 35.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Washington | 80 | 0.1 | 49 | 61.3 | 31 | 38.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Watauga | 236 | 0.3 | 173 | 73.3 | 63 | 26.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wayne | 1,227 | 1.3 | 873 | 71.1 | 354 | 28.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wilkes | 475 | 0.5 | 328 | 69.1 | 147 | 30.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wilson | 697 | 0.8 | 497 | 71.3 | 200 | 28.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Yadkin | 295 | 0.3 | 221 | 74.9 | 74 | 25.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Yancey | 124 | 0.1 | 95 | 76.6 | 29 | 23.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 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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