| 2022 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 | 699 | 100.0 | 322 | 46.1 | 118 | 16.9 | 135 | 19.3 | 113 | 16.2 | 11 | 1.6 |
| COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: | 10 | 1.4 | 7 | 70.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 10.0 |
| Alamance | ||||||||||||
| Alexander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alleghany | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Anson | 3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ashe | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Avery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beaufort | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bertie | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bladen | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Brunswick | 3 | 0.4 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Buncombe | 11 | 1.6 | 4 | 36.4 | 3 | 27.3 | 2 | 18.2 | 2 | 18.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Burke | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cabarrus | 20 | 2.9 | 9 | 45.0 | 3 | 15.0 | 6 | 30.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Caldwell | 5 | 0.7 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caswell | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Catawba | 4 | 0.6 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Chatham | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cherokee | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Chowan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland | 8 | 1.1 | 5 | 62.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Columbus | 6 | 0.9 | 1 | 16.7 | 2 | 33.3 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Craven | 8 | 1.1 | 6 | 75.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12.5 |
| Cumberland | 52 | 7.4 | 29 | 55.8 | 10 | 19.2 | 8 | 15.4 | 3 | 5.8 | 2 | 3.8 |
| Currituck | 3 | 0.4 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Dare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davidson | 9 | 1.3 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 33.3 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Davie | 4 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Duplin | 7 | 1.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 5 | 71.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Durham | 22 | 3.1 | 9 | 40.9 | 4 | 18.2 | 1 | 4.5 | 7 | 31.8 | 1 | 4.5 |
| Edgecombe | 6 | 0.9 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 16.7 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Forsyth | 22 | 3.1 | 10 | 45.5 | 3 | 13.6 | 4 | 18.2 | 5 | 22.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Franklin | 6 | 0.9 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Gaston | 11 | 1.6 | 4 | 36.4 | 1 | 9.1 | 3 | 27.3 | 3 | 27.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Gates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Graham | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Granville | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Greene | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Guilford | 56 | 8.0 | 33 | 58.9 | 10 | 17.9 | 4 | 7.1 | 9 | 16.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Halifax | 4 | 0.6 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Harnett | 10 | 1.4 | 4 | 40.0 | 2 | 20.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 3 | 30.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Haywood | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Henderson | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hertford | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hoke | 12 | 1.7 | 4 | 33.3 | 3 | 25.0 | 2 | 16.7 | 2 | 16.7 | 1 | 8.3 |
| Hyde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Iredell | 11 | 1.6 | 5 | 45.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 36.4 | 2 | 18.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnston | 13 | 1.9 | 8 | 61.5 | 1 | 7.7 | 2 | 15.4 | 2 | 15.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jones | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lee | 7 | 1.0 | 3 | 42.9 | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 14.3 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lenoir | 7 | 1.0 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 42.9 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lincoln | 6 | 0.9 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| McDowell | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Macon | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Madison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mecklenburg | 70 | 10.0 | 29 | 41.4 | 17 | 24.3 | 11 | 15.7 | 11 | 15.7 | 2 | 2.9 |
| Mitchell | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Montgomery | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Moore | 7 | 1.0 | 5 | 71.4 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Nash | 11 | 1.6 | 3 | 27.3 | 2 | 18.2 | 4 | 36.4 | 2 | 18.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| New Hanover | 11 | 1.6 | 6 | 54.5 | 2 | 18.2 | 3 | 27.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Northampton | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Onslow | 16 | 2.3 | 9 | 56.3 | 3 | 18.8 | 3 | 18.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6.3 |
| Orange | 10 | 1.4 | 3 | 30.0 | 2 | 20.0 | 4 | 40.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pamlico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pasquotank | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pender | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Perquimans | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Person | 4 | 0.6 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pitt | 16 | 2.3 | 7 | 43.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 31.3 | 3 | 18.8 | 1 | 6.3 |
| Polk | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Randolph | 10 | 1.4 | 7 | 70.0 | 2 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Richmond | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Robeson | 20 | 2.9 | 10 | 50.0 | 6 | 30.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rockingham | 7 | 1.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 4 | 57.1 | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rowan | 9 | 1.3 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 22.2 | 1 | 11.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rutherford | 7 | 1.0 | 4 | 57.1 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sampson | 7 | 1.0 | 3 | 42.9 | 2 | 28.6 | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Scotland | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stanly | 4 | 0.6 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stokes | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Surry | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Swain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Transylvania | 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 | 10 | 1.4 | 5 | 50.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 3 | 30.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Vance | 3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wake | 54 | 7.7 | 24 | 44.4 | 8 | 14.8 | 11 | 20.4 | 11 | 20.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Warren | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Washington | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Watauga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne | 3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wilkes | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wilson | 14 | 2.0 | 5 | 35.7 | 1 | 7.1 | 3 | 21.4 | 4 | 28.6 | 1 | 7.1 |
| Yadkin | 3 | 0.4 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Yancey | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 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 |