YTD2025 QUARTER 3 (JAN-SEP) NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT BIRTHS BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND MATERNAL PRE-PREGNANCY BMI

  TOTAL MATERNAL PRE-PREGNANCY BMI
Underweight (<18.5) Normal (18.5-24.9)
 Overweight (25.0-29.9) Obese (30.0+)
Unknown
# % # % # % # % # % # %
TOTAL 91,532 100.0 2,351 2.6 32,186 35.2 25,027 27.3 30,731 33.6 1,237 1.4
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: 1,486 1.6 37 2.5 405 27.3 421 28.3 605 40.7 18 1.2
Alamance
Alexander 270 0.3 10 3.7 93 34.4 70 25.9 97 35.9 0 0.0
Alleghany 60 0.1 3 5.0 18 30.0 18 30.0 21 35.0 0 0.0
Anson 181 0.2 3 1.7 65 35.9 43 23.8 70 38.7 0 0.0
Apex 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Ashe 159 0.2 7 4.4 62 39.0 37 23.3 53 33.3 0 0.0
Avery 89 0.1 1 1.1 27 30.3 26 29.2 35 39.3 0 0.0
Beaufort 332 0.4 13 3.9 89 26.8 77 23.2 153 46.1 0 0.0
Bertie 85 0.1 5 5.9 16 18.8 23 27.1 41 48.2 0 0.0
Bladen 274 0.3 8 2.9 75 27.4 71 25.9 114 41.6 6 2.2
Brunswick 1,066 1.2 28 2.6 402 37.7 270 25.3 365 34.2 1 0.1
Buncombe 1,764 1.9 40 2.3 819 46.4 479 27.2 425 24.1 1 0.1
Burke 657 0.7 29 4.4 200 30.4 164 25.0 264 40.2 0 0.0
Cabarrus 2,052 2.2 44 2.1 605 29.5 614 29.9 726 35.4 63 3.1
Caldwell 647 0.7 21 3.2 206 31.8 154 23.8 266 41.1 0 0.0
Camden 37 0.0 2 5.4 10 27.0 15 40.5 10 27.0 0 0.0
Carteret 343 0.4 14 4.1 147 42.9 97 28.3 85 24.8 0 0.0
Caswell 143 0.2 3 2.1 46 32.2 31 21.7 59 41.3 4 2.8
Catawba 1,272 1.4 28 2.2 416 32.7 376 29.6 452 35.5 0 0.0
Chatam 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Chatham 466 0.5 7 1.5 184 39.5 122 26.2 149 32.0 4 0.9
Cherokee 30 0.0 1 3.3 10 33.3 9 30.0 10 33.3 0 0.0
Chowan 102 0.1 4 3.9 23 22.5 26 25.5 48 47.1 1 1.0
Clay 8 0.0 0 0.0 2 25.0 2 25.0 4 50.0 0 0.0
Cleveland 822 0.9 19 2.3 222 27.0 225 27.4 348 42.3 8 1.0
Columbus 399 0.4 17 4.3 125 31.3 91 22.8 156 39.1 10 2.5
Craven 959 1.0 28 2.9 327 34.1 258 26.9 343 35.8 3 0.3
Cumberland 3,822 4.2 120 3.1 1,324 34.6 1,051 27.5 1,312 34.3 15 0.4
Currituck 75 0.1 3 4.0 30 40.0 21 28.0 21 28.0 0 0.0
Dare 159 0.2 3 1.9 78 49.1 39 24.5 38 23.9 1 0.6
Davidson 1,282 1.4 37 2.9 398 31.0 347 27.1 491 38.3 9 0.7
Davie 360 0.4 11 3.1 111 30.8 93 25.8 145 40.3 0 0.0
Duplin 500 0.5 12 2.4 138 27.6 147 29.4 199 39.8 4 0.8
Durham 3,185 3.5 92 2.9 1,214 38.1 875 27.5 883 27.7 121 3.8
Edgecombe 420 0.5 8 1.9 131 31.2 101 24.0 178 42.4 2 0.5
Forsyth 3,404 3.7 87 2.6 1,175 34.5 906 26.6 1,218 35.8 18 0.5
Fosyth 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Franklin 746 0.8 20 2.7 238 31.9 196 26.3 269 36.1 23 3.1
Gaston 2,253 2.5 64 2.8 775 34.4 595 26.4 791 35.1 28 1.2
Gates 35 0.0 1 2.9 9 25.7 8 22.9 17 48.6 0 0.0
Graham 56 0.1 2 3.6 21 37.5 14 25.0 19 33.9 0 0.0
Granville 453 0.5 16 3.5 135 29.8 104 23.0 188 41.5 10 2.2
Greene 163 0.2 4 2.5 42 25.8 31 19.0 83 50.9 3 1.8
Guilford 4,135 4.5 89 2.2 1,291 31.2 1,094 26.5 1,539 37.2 122 3.0
Halifax 342 0.4 9 2.6 114 33.3 86 25.1 132 38.6 1 0.3
Hanrett 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Harnett 1,644 1.8 45 2.7 593 36.1 436 26.5 557 33.9 13 0.8
Harrett 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0
Haywood 419 0.5 12 2.9 146 34.8 112 26.7 149 35.6 0 0.0
Henderson 767 0.8 28 3.7 313 40.8 203 26.5 222 28.9 1 0.1
Hertford 131 0.1 4 3.1 38 29.0 28 21.4 61 46.6 0 0.0
Hoke 628 0.7 6 1.0 222 35.4 195 31.1 199 31.7 6 1.0
Huntersville 1 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Hyde 19 0.0 0 0.0 6 31.6 2 10.5 11 57.9 0 0.0
Iredell 1,660 1.8 48 2.9 626 37.7 446 26.9 535 32.2 5 0.3
Jackson 249 0.3 5 2.0 77 30.9 78 31.3 89 35.7 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 48 2.0 755 31.6 697 29.2 844 35.4 43 1.8
Jones 59 0.1 1 1.7 15 25.4 14 23.7 29 49.2 0 0.0
Lee 631 0.7 14 2.2 211 33.4 155 24.6 242 38.4 9 1.4
Lenior 13 0.0 1 7.7 5 38.5 4 30.8 3 23.1 0 0.0
Lenoir 457 0.5 11 2.4 140 30.6 108 23.6 185 40.5 13 2.8
Lillington 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Lincoln 727 0.8 18 2.5 252 34.7 177 24.3 275 37.8 5 0.7
Macon 259 0.3 10 3.9 98 37.8 65 25.1 84 32.4 2 0.8
Madison 140 0.2 1 0.7 59 42.1 39 27.9 41 29.3 0 0.0
Martin 186 0.2 10 5.4 47 25.3 46 24.7 83 44.6 0 0.0
McDowell 342 0.4 10 2.9 106 31.0 76 22.2 148 43.3 2 0.6
Mebane 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Mecklenburg 11,477 12.5 254 2.2 4,418 38.5 3,393 29.6 3,305 28.8 107 0.9
Mitchell 82 0.1 5 6.1 29 35.4 20 24.4 28 34.1 0 0.0
Montgomery 219 0.2 4 1.8 55 25.1 65 29.7 83 37.9 12 5.5
Moore 957 1.0 16 1.7 407 42.5 253 26.4 235 24.6 46 4.8
Nash 801 0.9 17 2.1 222 27.7 193 24.1 365 45.6 4 0.5
New Hanover 1,654 1.8 43 2.6 716 43.3 471 28.5 422 25.5 2 0.1
Northampton 99 0.1 0 0.0 27 27.3 26 26.3 46 46.5 0 0.0
Onslow 2,904 3.2 99 3.4 1,088 37.5 852 29.3 862 29.7 3 0.1
Orange 786 0.9 17 2.2 362 46.1 205 26.1 189 24.0 13 1.7
Pamlico 52 0.1 2 3.8 21 40.4 12 23.1 17 32.7 0 0.0
Pasquotank 226 0.2 8 3.5 60 26.5 67 29.6 89 39.4 2 0.9
Pender 552 0.6 6 1.1 224 40.6 161 29.2 160 29.0 1 0.2
Perquimans 53 0.1 1 1.9 17 32.1 13 24.5 22 41.5 0 0.0
Person 343 0.4 10 2.9 91 26.5 83 24.2 153 44.6 6 1.7
Pitt 1,548 1.7 51 3.3 476 30.7 411 26.6 604 39.0 6 0.4
Polk 94 0.1 5 5.3 36 38.3 26 27.7 26 27.7 1 1.1
Raleigh 1 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Randolph 1,244 1.4 35 2.8 344 27.7 336 27.0 508 40.8 21 1.7
Richmond 395 0.4 9 2.3 108 27.3 107 27.1 155 39.2 16 4.1
Robeson 1,455 1.6 41 2.8 369 25.4 408 28.0 598 41.1 39 2.7
Rockingham 718 0.8 19 2.6 170 23.7 179 24.9 336 46.8 14 1.9
Rougemont 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0
Rowan 1,183 1.3 24 2.0 366 30.9 313 26.5 455 38.5 25 2.1
Rutherford 460 0.5 19 4.1 155 33.7 115 25.0 169 36.7 2 0.4
Sampson 591 0.6 16 2.7 170 28.8 157 26.6 235 39.8 13 2.2
Scotland 300 0.3 7 2.3 84 28.0 80 26.7 125 41.7 4 1.3
Stanley 1 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Stanly 605 0.7 11 1.8 192 31.7 164 27.1 222 36.7 16 2.6
Stokes 332 0.4 12 3.6 91 27.4 94 28.3 131 39.5 4 1.2
Surry 580 0.6 14 2.4 188 32.4 134 23.1 243 41.9 1 0.2
Swain 114 0.1 3 2.6 35 30.7 25 21.9 51 44.7 0 0.0
Transylvania 170 0.2 5 2.9 68 40.0 54 31.8 43 25.3 0 0.0
Tyrrell 23 0.0 0 0.0 5 21.7 7 30.4 10 43.5 1 4.3
Union 2,023 2.2 43 2.1 783 38.7 558 27.6 629 31.1 10 0.5
Vance 435 0.5 19 4.4 112 25.7 91 20.9 209 48.0 4 0.9
Wake 9,977 10.9 220 2.2 4,220 42.3 2,783 27.9 2,490 25.0 264 2.6
Warren 123 0.1 5 4.1 35 28.5 33 26.8 49 39.8 1 0.8
Washington 80 0.1 0 0.0 21 26.3 13 16.3 45 56.3 1 1.3
Watauga 236 0.3 8 3.4 94 39.8 64 27.1 70 29.7 0 0.0
Wayne 1,227 1.3 27 2.2 315 25.7 331 27.0 539 43.9 15 1.2
Wilkes 475 0.5 20 4.2 152 32.0 130 27.4 172 36.2 1 0.2
Wilson 697 0.8 21 3.0 198 28.4 161 23.1 312 44.8 5 0.7
Yadkin 295 0.3 8 2.7 87 29.5 84 28.5 116 39.3 0 0.0
Yancey 124 0.1 5 4.0 45 36.3 41 33.1 33 26.6 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.