| 2021 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 | 719 | 100.0 | 318 | 44.2 | 134 | 18.6 | 145 | 20.2 | 112 | 15.6 | 10 | 1.4 |
| COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: | 15 | 2.1 | 6 | 40.0 | 3 | 20.0 | 2 | 13.3 | 4 | 26.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Alexander | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Alleghany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anson | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ashe | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Avery | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Beaufort | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bertie | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bladen | 3 | 0.4 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Brunswick | 7 | 1.0 | 6 | 85.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Buncombe | 11 | 1.5 | 2 | 18.2 | 1 | 9.1 | 3 | 27.3 | 5 | 45.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Burke | 6 | 0.8 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cabarrus | 11 | 1.5 | 6 | 54.5 | 3 | 27.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 18.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Caldwell | 5 | 0.7 | 3 | 60.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Camden | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Carteret | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Caswell | 3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Catawba | 12 | 1.7 | 6 | 50.0 | 2 | 16.7 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Chatham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cherokee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chowan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clay | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cleveland | 9 | 1.3 | 6 | 66.7 | 1 | 11.1 | 2 | 22.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Columbus | 5 | 0.7 | 4 | 80.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Craven | 13 | 1.8 | 5 | 38.5 | 1 | 7.7 | 5 | 38.5 | 2 | 15.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cumberland | 40 | 5.6 | 16 | 40.0 | 11 | 27.5 | 8 | 20.0 | 5 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Currituck | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Dare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davidson | 7 | 1.0 | 5 | 71.4 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Davie | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Duplin | 4 | 0.6 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Durham | 22 | 3.1 | 13 | 59.1 | 1 | 4.5 | 3 | 13.6 | 5 | 22.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Edgecombe | 3 | 0.4 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Forsyth | 29 | 4.0 | 13 | 44.8 | 6 | 20.7 | 6 | 20.7 | 4 | 13.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Franklin | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Gaston | 20 | 2.8 | 7 | 35.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 6 | 30.0 | 3 | 15.0 | 2 | 10.0 |
| Gates | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Graham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Granville | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 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 | 66 | 9.2 | 33 | 50.0 | 12 | 18.2 | 10 | 15.2 | 10 | 15.2 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Halifax | 4 | 0.6 | 3 | 75.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Harnett | 11 | 1.5 | 2 | 18.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 45.5 | 2 | 18.2 | 2 | 18.2 |
| Haywood | 3 | 0.4 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Henderson | 10 | 1.4 | 3 | 30.0 | 2 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hertford | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hoke | 7 | 1.0 | 2 | 28.6 | 3 | 42.9 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hyde | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Iredell | 8 | 1.1 | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jackson | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Johnston | 9 | 1.3 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 22.2 | 4 | 44.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee | 8 | 1.1 | 5 | 62.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 25.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lenoir | 5 | 0.7 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20.0 |
| Lincoln | 4 | 0.6 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| McDowell | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Macon | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Madison | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Martin | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mecklenburg | 74 | 10.3 | 27 | 36.5 | 22 | 29.7 | 16 | 21.6 | 9 | 12.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montgomery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moore | 11 | 1.5 | 5 | 45.5 | 1 | 9.1 | 1 | 9.1 | 4 | 36.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Nash | 6 | 0.8 | 4 | 66.7 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| New Hanover | 13 | 1.8 | 7 | 53.8 | 1 | 7.7 | 5 | 38.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Northampton | 3 | 0.4 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Onslow | 16 | 2.2 | 9 | 56.3 | 1 | 6.3 | 5 | 31.3 | 1 | 6.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Orange | 9 | 1.3 | 4 | 44.4 | 2 | 22.2 | 2 | 22.2 | 1 | 11.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pamlico | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pasquotank | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pender | 6 | 0.8 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Perquimans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Person | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pitt | 22 | 3.1 | 13 | 59.1 | 5 | 22.7 | 2 | 9.1 | 2 | 9.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Polk | 3 | 0.4 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Randolph | 8 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 62.5 | 3 | 37.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Richmond | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Robeson | 6 | 0.8 | 1 | 16.7 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 16.7 |
| Rockingham | 15 | 2.1 | 8 | 53.3 | 2 | 13.3 | 3 | 20.0 | 2 | 13.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rowan | 12 | 1.7 | 3 | 25.0 | 5 | 41.7 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rutherford | 5 | 0.7 | 1 | 20.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sampson | 11 | 1.5 | 4 | 36.4 | 1 | 9.1 | 3 | 27.3 | 3 | 27.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Scotland | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stanly | 8 | 1.1 | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 25.0 | 1 | 12.5 |
| Stokes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Surry | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Swain | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Transylvania | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Tyrrell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Union | 16 | 2.2 | 5 | 31.3 | 5 | 31.3 | 4 | 25.0 | 2 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Vance | 4 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wake | 42 | 5.8 | 16 | 38.1 | 7 | 16.7 | 9 | 21.4 | 8 | 19.0 | 2 | 4.8 |
| Warren | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Washington | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Watauga | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wayne | 7 | 1.0 | 3 | 42.9 | 2 | 28.6 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wilkes | 3 | 0.4 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wilson | 8 | 1.1 | 3 | 37.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 62.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Yadkin | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Yancey | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 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 |
| Please use caution when interpreting fetal death numbers. The State Center for Health Statistics (SCHS) is still processing fetal death data for 2021 |