| 2025 QUARTER 3 (JAN-SEP) 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 | 531 | 100.0 | 259 | 48.8 | 76 | 14.3 | 103 | 19.4 | 93 | 17.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: | 9 | 1.7 | 8 | 88.9 | 1 | 11.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Alamance | ||||||||||||
| Alexander | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Alleghany | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Anson | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ashe | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Avery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beaufort | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bertie | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bladen | 2 | 0.4 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Brunswick | 7 | 1.3 | 5 | 71.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Buncombe | 8 | 1.5 | 5 | 62.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Burke | 7 | 1.3 | 3 | 42.9 | 2 | 28.6 | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cabarrus | 15 | 2.8 | 6 | 40.0 | 2 | 13.3 | 1 | 6.7 | 6 | 40.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Caldwell | 5 | 0.9 | 3 | 60.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Camden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carteret | 3 | 0.6 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Caswell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Catawba | 9 | 1.7 | 3 | 33.3 | 3 | 33.3 | 2 | 22.2 | 1 | 11.1 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland | 3 | 0.6 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Columbus | 2 | 0.4 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Craven | 7 | 1.3 | 4 | 57.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 42.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cumberland | 29 | 5.5 | 13 | 44.8 | 5 | 17.2 | 5 | 17.2 | 6 | 20.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Currituck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davidson | 9 | 1.7 | 5 | 55.6 | 2 | 22.2 | 1 | 11.1 | 1 | 11.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Davie | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Duplin | 5 | 0.9 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Durham | 20 | 3.8 | 7 | 35.0 | 3 | 15.0 | 6 | 30.0 | 4 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Edgecombe | 4 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Forsyth | 13 | 2.4 | 8 | 61.5 | 2 | 15.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 23.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Franklin | 2 | 0.4 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Gaston | 18 | 3.4 | 4 | 22.2 | 4 | 22.2 | 5 | 27.8 | 5 | 27.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Gates | 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 | 3 | 0.6 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Greene | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Guilford | 34 | 6.4 | 17 | 50.0 | 6 | 17.6 | 6 | 17.6 | 5 | 14.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Halifax | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Harnett | 11 | 2.1 | 5 | 45.5 | 1 | 9.1 | 4 | 36.4 | 1 | 9.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Haywood | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Henderson | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hertford | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hoke | 6 | 1.1 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 50.0 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hyde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Iredell | 10 | 1.9 | 5 | 50.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 2 | 20.0 | 2 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jackson | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Johnston | 7 | 1.3 | 1 | 14.3 | 2 | 28.6 | 2 | 28.6 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee | 5 | 0.9 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lenoir | 7 | 1.3 | 4 | 57.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 28.6 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lincoln | 2 | 0.4 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| McDowell | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Macon | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Madison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mecklenburg | 53 | 10.0 | 31 | 58.5 | 6 | 11.3 | 10 | 18.9 | 6 | 11.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montgomery | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Moore | 4 | 0.8 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Nash | 7 | 1.3 | 4 | 57.1 | 2 | 28.6 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| New Hanover | 13 | 2.4 | 6 | 46.2 | 3 | 23.1 | 3 | 23.1 | 1 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Northampton | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Onslow | 14 | 2.6 | 9 | 64.3 | 1 | 7.1 | 2 | 14.3 | 2 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Orange | 2 | 0.4 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pamlico | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pasquotank | 2 | 0.4 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pender | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Perquimans | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Person | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pitt | 9 | 1.7 | 2 | 22.2 | 3 | 33.3 | 2 | 22.2 | 2 | 22.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Polk | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Randolph | 9 | 1.7 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Richmond | 7 | 1.3 | 2 | 28.6 | 1 | 14.3 | 4 | 57.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Robeson | 9 | 1.7 | 7 | 77.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 22.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rockingham | 7 | 1.3 | 3 | 42.9 | 2 | 28.6 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rowan | 11 | 2.1 | 5 | 45.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 27.3 | 3 | 27.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rutherford | 4 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sampson | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Scotland | 4 | 0.8 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stanly | 2 | 0.4 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stokes | 3 | 0.6 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Surry | 5 | 0.9 | 4 | 80.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Swain | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 100.0 | 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 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Union | 7 | 1.3 | 3 | 42.9 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Vance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wake | 48 | 9.0 | 20 | 41.7 | 10 | 20.8 | 8 | 16.7 | 10 | 20.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Warren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Watauga | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wayne | 7 | 1.3 | 6 | 85.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wilkes | 5 | 0.9 | 4 | 80.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Wilson | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Yadkin | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Yancey | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| * Gestational Categories Based on World Health Organization (WHO) definitions |
| CAUTION: Data shown are provisional and include only resident events occurring within North Carolina. Data does not reflect events affecting North Carolina |
| residents that occurred in other states. Therefore provisional data will not match the final number of resident events reported. |
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