| 2017 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 |
Unknown Gestation |
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| TOTAL | 798 | 100.0 | 357 | 44.7 | 140 | 17.5 | 173 | 21.7 | 127 | 15.9 | 1 | 0.1 |
| COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: | 14 | 1.8 | 8 | 57.1 | 1 | 7.1 | 3 | 21.4 | 2 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Alamance | ||||||||||||
| Alexander | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Anson | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ashe | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Beaufort | 4 | 0.5 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 75.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bertie | 3 | 0.4 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bladen | 5 | 0.6 | 1 | 20.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Brunswick | 8 | 1.0 | 2 | 25.0 | 2 | 25.0 | 2 | 25.0 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Buncombe | 14 | 1.8 | 6 | 42.9 | 3 | 21.4 | 2 | 14.3 | 3 | 21.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Burke | 5 | 0.6 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cabarrus | 17 | 2.1 | 8 | 47.1 | 2 | 11.8 | 5 | 29.4 | 2 | 11.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Caldwell | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Camden | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Carteret | 5 | 0.6 | 2 | 40.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Caswell | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Catawba | 12 | 1.5 | 6 | 50.0 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 8.3 | 2 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Chatham | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Clay | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cleveland | 8 | 1.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 2 | 25.0 | 3 | 37.5 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Columbus | 9 | 1.1 | 4 | 44.4 | 2 | 22.2 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Craven | 6 | 0.8 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 16.7 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cumberland | 39 | 4.9 | 15 | 38.5 | 11 | 28.2 | 7 | 17.9 | 5 | 12.8 | 1 | 2.6 |
| Currituck | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Dare | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Davidson | 10 | 1.3 | 2 | 20.0 | 2 | 20.0 | 4 | 40.0 | 2 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Davie | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Duplin | 8 | 1.0 | 3 | 37.5 | 3 | 37.5 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Durham | 22 | 2.8 | 12 | 54.5 | 5 | 22.7 | 4 | 18.2 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Edgecombe | 6 | 0.8 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Forsyth | 11 | 1.4 | 6 | 54.5 | 1 | 9.1 | 2 | 18.2 | 2 | 18.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Franklin | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Gaston | 18 | 2.3 | 9 | 50.0 | 4 | 22.2 | 4 | 22.2 | 1 | 5.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Graham | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Granville | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Greene | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Guilford | 49 | 6.1 | 28 | 57.1 | 7 | 14.3 | 9 | 18.4 | 5 | 10.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Halifax | 8 | 1.0 | 4 | 50.0 | 3 | 37.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Harnett | 7 | 0.9 | 1 | 14.3 | 3 | 42.9 | 2 | 28.6 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Haywood | 4 | 0.5 | 3 | 75.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Henderson | 8 | 1.0 | 3 | 37.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 25.0 | 3 | 37.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hertford | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hoke | 6 | 0.8 | 1 | 16.7 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Iredell | 21 | 2.6 | 12 | 57.1 | 3 | 14.3 | 3 | 14.3 | 3 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jackson | 4 | 0.5 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Johnston | 10 | 1.3 | 7 | 70.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 2 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jones | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lee | 5 | 0.6 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lenoir | 6 | 0.8 | 4 | 66.7 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lincoln | 6 | 0.8 | 4 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| McDowell | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Macon | 3 | 0.4 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Martin | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mecklenburg | 107 | 13.4 | 44 | 41.1 | 16 | 15.0 | 31 | 29.0 | 16 | 15.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mitchell | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Montgomery | 3 | 0.4 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Moore | 8 | 1.0 | 3 | 37.5 | 3 | 37.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Nash | 8 | 1.0 | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 2 | 25.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| New Hanover | 12 | 1.5 | 4 | 33.3 | 4 | 33.3 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Northampton | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Onslow | 19 | 2.4 | 8 | 42.1 | 1 | 5.3 | 2 | 10.5 | 8 | 42.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Orange | 5 | 0.6 | 3 | 60.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pamlico | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pasquotank | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pender | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Perquimans | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Person | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pitt | 21 | 2.6 | 10 | 47.6 | 3 | 14.3 | 6 | 28.6 | 2 | 9.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Polk | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Randolph | 7 | 0.9 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 28.6 | 4 | 57.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Richmond | 5 | 0.6 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Robeson | 24 | 3.0 | 11 | 45.8 | 4 | 16.7 | 8 | 33.3 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rockingham | 8 | 1.0 | 2 | 25.0 | 2 | 25.0 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rowan | 14 | 1.8 | 7 | 50.0 | 2 | 14.3 | 4 | 28.6 | 1 | 7.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rutherford | 5 | 0.6 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sampson | 13 | 1.6 | 7 | 53.8 | 1 | 7.7 | 1 | 7.7 | 4 | 30.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Scotland | 3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stanly | 4 | 0.5 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stokes | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Surry | 7 | 0.9 | 3 | 42.9 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Swain | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Transylvania | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Union | 20 | 2.5 | 7 | 35.0 | 4 | 20.0 | 5 | 25.0 | 4 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Vance | 5 | 0.6 | 1 | 20.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wake | 68 | 8.5 | 33 | 48.5 | 8 | 11.8 | 12 | 17.6 | 15 | 22.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Warren | 3 | 0.4 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Washington | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Watauga | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wayne | 12 | 1.5 | 7 | 58.3 | 3 | 25.0 | 2 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wilkes | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wilson | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Yadkin | 4 | 0.5 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| * Gestational Categories Based on World Health Organization (WHO) definitions |
| Prepared by NC DHHS/Division of Public Health/State Center for Health Statistics |