| 2018 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 | 799 | 100.0 | 354 | 44.3 | 138 | 17.3 | 189 | 23.7 | 117 | 14.6 | 1 | 0.1 |
| COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: | 10 | 1.3 | 3 | 30.0 | 2 | 20.0 | 2 | 20.0 | 3 | 30.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Alamance | ||||||||||||
| Alexander | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Anson | 6 | 0.8 | 3 | 50.0 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Beaufort | 4 | 0.5 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bladen | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Brunswick | 9 | 1.1 | 4 | 44.4 | 1 | 11.1 | 4 | 44.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Buncombe | 14 | 1.8 | 4 | 28.6 | 1 | 7.1 | 5 | 35.7 | 4 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Burke | 5 | 0.6 | 1 | 20.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cabarrus | 20 | 2.5 | 10 | 50.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 4 | 20.0 | 4 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Caldwell | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Carteret | 3 | 0.4 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Catawba | 9 | 1.1 | 2 | 22.2 | 3 | 33.3 | 1 | 11.1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Chatham | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cherokee | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Chowan | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cleveland | 6 | 0.8 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Columbus | 4 | 0.5 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Craven | 6 | 0.8 | 5 | 83.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cumberland | 47 | 5.9 | 24 | 51.1 | 7 | 14.9 | 10 | 21.3 | 6 | 12.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Currituck | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Dare | 3 | 0.4 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Davidson | 8 | 1.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 2 | 25.0 | 3 | 37.5 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Davie | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Duplin | 6 | 0.8 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Durham | 24 | 3.0 | 11 | 45.8 | 4 | 16.7 | 6 | 25.0 | 3 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Edgecombe | 7 | 0.9 | 3 | 42.9 | 4 | 57.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Forsyth | 30 | 3.8 | 17 | 56.7 | 2 | 6.7 | 7 | 23.3 | 4 | 13.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Franklin | 7 | 0.9 | 3 | 42.9 | 2 | 28.6 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Gaston | 19 | 2.4 | 3 | 15.8 | 4 | 21.1 | 5 | 26.3 | 7 | 36.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Granville | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Greene | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Guilford | 47 | 5.9 | 20 | 42.6 | 9 | 19.1 | 13 | 27.7 | 5 | 10.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Halifax | 4 | 0.5 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Harnett | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 75.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Haywood | 3 | 0.4 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Henderson | 5 | 0.6 | 3 | 60.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hoke | 9 | 1.1 | 5 | 55.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 33.3 | 1 | 11.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hyde | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Iredell | 12 | 1.5 | 2 | 16.7 | 3 | 25.0 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Johnston | 21 | 2.6 | 9 | 42.9 | 5 | 23.8 | 4 | 19.0 | 3 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jones | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lee | 7 | 0.9 | 5 | 71.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lenoir | 5 | 0.6 | 1 | 20.0 | 3 | 60.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lincoln | 5 | 0.6 | 3 | 60.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| McDowell | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Macon | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Madison | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Martin | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mecklenburg | 84 | 10.5 | 38 | 45.2 | 18 | 21.4 | 17 | 20.2 | 11 | 13.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Moore | 5 | 0.6 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Nash | 7 | 0.9 | 6 | 85.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| New Hanover | 8 | 1.0 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 37.5 | 3 | 37.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Northampton | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Onslow | 30 | 3.8 | 15 | 50.0 | 4 | 13.3 | 6 | 20.0 | 5 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Orange | 6 | 0.8 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pamlico | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pasquotank | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pender | 3 | 0.4 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Perquimans | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Person | 5 | 0.6 | 4 | 80.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pitt | 16 | 2.0 | 9 | 56.3 | 1 | 6.3 | 2 | 12.5 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Randolph | 11 | 1.4 | 6 | 54.5 | 1 | 9.1 | 3 | 27.3 | 1 | 9.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Richmond | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Robeson | 17 | 2.1 | 6 | 35.3 | 3 | 17.6 | 5 | 29.4 | 3 | 17.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rockingham | 6 | 0.8 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rowan | 6 | 0.8 | 2 | 33.3 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rutherford | 8 | 1.0 | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sampson | 4 | 0.5 | 3 | 75.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Scotland | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stanly | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stokes | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Surry | 3 | 0.4 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Transylvania | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Union | 20 | 2.5 | 8 | 40.0 | 4 | 20.0 | 6 | 30.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Vance | 10 | 1.3 | 5 | 50.0 | 2 | 20.0 | 2 | 20.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wake | 90 | 11.3 | 36 | 40.0 | 21 | 23.3 | 18 | 20.0 | 15 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Warren | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 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 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Watauga | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wayne | 19 | 2.4 | 7 | 36.8 | 2 | 10.5 | 7 | 36.8 | 2 | 10.5 | 1 | 5.3 |
| Wilkes | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wilson | 6 | 0.8 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 16.7 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Yadkin | 3 | 0.4 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Yancey | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 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 |