| 2015 NC RESIDENT FETAL DEATHS OCCURRING IN NC 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 |
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| TOTAL | 856 | 100.0 | 394 | 46.0 | 139 | 16.2 | 164 | 19.2 | 159 | 18.6 |
| COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: | 15 | 1.8 | 8 | 53.3 | 2 | 13.3 | 2 | 13.3 | 3 | 20.0 |
| Alamance | ||||||||||
| Alexander | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Alleghany | 2 | 0.2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Anson | 5 | 0.6 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 40.0 |
| Ashe | 2 | 0.2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Avery | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Beaufort | 6 | 0.7 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bertie | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bladen | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Brunswick | 7 | 0.8 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 28.6 | 3 | 42.9 |
| Buncombe | 12 | 1.4 | 5 | 41.7 | 2 | 16.7 | 3 | 25.0 | 2 | 16.7 |
| Burke | 6 | 0.7 | 3 | 50.0 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 |
| Cabarrus | 18 | 2.1 | 10 | 55.6 | 4 | 22.2 | 1 | 5.6 | 3 | 16.7 |
| Caldwell | 5 | 0.6 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Caswell | 2 | 0.2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 |
| Catawba | 17 | 2.0 | 8 | 47.1 | 4 | 23.5 | 3 | 17.6 | 2 | 11.8 |
| Chatham | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 |
| Cherokee | 5 | 0.6 | 1 | 20.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20.0 |
| Chowan | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cleveland | 3 | 0.4 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Columbus | 11 | 1.3 | 6 | 54.5 | 2 | 18.2 | 1 | 9.1 | 2 | 18.2 |
| Craven | 8 | 0.9 | 2 | 25.0 | 2 | 25.0 | 3 | 37.5 | 1 | 12.5 |
| Cumberland | 61 | 7.1 | 26 | 42.6 | 9 | 14.8 | 16 | 26.2 | 10 | 16.4 |
| Dare | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Davidson | 13 | 1.5 | 5 | 38.5 | 1 | 7.7 | 3 | 23.1 | 4 | 30.8 |
| Duplin | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 |
| Durham | 26 | 3.0 | 14 | 53.8 | 6 | 23.1 | 4 | 15.4 | 2 | 7.7 |
| Edgecombe | 11 | 1.3 | 6 | 54.5 | 4 | 36.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9.1 |
| Forsyth | 34 | 4.0 | 17 | 50.0 | 4 | 11.8 | 6 | 17.6 | 7 | 20.6 |
| Franklin | 6 | 0.7 | 1 | 16.7 | 4 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 |
| Gaston | 14 | 1.6 | 8 | 57.1 | 2 | 14.3 | 1 | 7.1 | 3 | 21.4 |
| Graham | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Granville | 2 | 0.2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Greene | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Guilford | 36 | 4.2 | 19 | 52.8 | 6 | 16.7 | 6 | 16.7 | 5 | 13.9 |
| Halifax | 3 | 0.4 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Harnett | 16 | 1.9 | 3 | 18.8 | 6 | 37.5 | 5 | 31.3 | 2 | 12.5 |
| Haywood | 5 | 0.6 | 2 | 40.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Henderson | 8 | 0.9 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 37.5 | 1 | 12.5 |
| Hertford | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hoke | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Iredell | 10 | 1.2 | 8 | 80.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 20.0 |
| Jackson | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Johnston | 9 | 1.1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 33.3 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Jones | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 |
| Lee | 7 | 0.8 | 3 | 42.9 | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 14.3 | 2 | 28.6 |
| Lenoir | 4 | 0.5 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Lincoln | 3 | 0.4 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| McDowell | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Martin | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mecklenburg | 102 | 11.9 | 49 | 48.0 | 15 | 14.7 | 15 | 14.7 | 23 | 22.5 |
| Mitchell | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Montgomery | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Moore | 5 | 0.6 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 2 | 40.0 |
| Nash | 18 | 2.1 | 9 | 50.0 | 4 | 22.2 | 2 | 11.1 | 3 | 16.7 |
| New Hanover | 9 | 1.1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 44.4 | 2 | 22.2 |
| Northampton | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Onslow | 22 | 2.6 | 10 | 45.5 | 3 | 13.6 | 4 | 18.2 | 5 | 22.7 |
| Orange | 8 | 0.9 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 5 | 62.5 |
| Pamlico | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pasquotank | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 |
| Pender | 6 | 0.7 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 16.7 |
| Person | 7 | 0.8 | 6 | 85.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pitt | 20 | 2.3 | 10 | 50.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 7 | 35.0 |
| Polk | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Randolph | 17 | 2.0 | 3 | 17.6 | 6 | 35.3 | 4 | 23.5 | 4 | 23.5 |
| Richmond | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Robeson | 16 | 1.9 | 7 | 43.8 | 2 | 12.5 | 5 | 31.3 | 2 | 12.5 |
| Rockingham | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rowan | 12 | 1.4 | 5 | 41.7 | 2 | 16.7 | 2 | 16.7 | 3 | 25.0 |
| Rutherford | 5 | 0.6 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 2 | 40.0 |
| Sampson | 7 | 0.8 | 7 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Scotland | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stanly | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Surry | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 |
| Swain | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Transylvania | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 100.0 |
| Union | 22 | 2.6 | 9 | 40.9 | 2 | 9.1 | 6 | 27.3 | 5 | 22.7 |
| Vance | 6 | 0.7 | 3 | 50.0 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wake | 79 | 9.2 | 35 | 44.3 | 17 | 21.5 | 15 | 19.0 | 12 | 15.2 |
| Warren | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Washington | 3 | 0.4 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Watauga | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 |
| Wayne | 11 | 1.3 | 4 | 36.4 | 3 | 27.3 | 2 | 18.2 | 2 | 18.2 |
| Wilkes | 5 | 0.6 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20.0 |
| Wilson | 8 | 0.9 | 4 | 50.0 | 2 | 25.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 12.5 |
| Yadkin | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 |
| * Gestational Categories Based on World Health Organization (WHO) definitions |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |