NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT LIVE BIRTH RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION, 2000-2002

	TOTAL BIRTHS	TOTAL RATE	WHITE BIRTHS	WHITE RATE	MINORITY BIRTHS	MINORITY RATE
RESIDENCE	355,666	14.5	256,662	14.0	99,004	15.8
NORTH CAROLINA
ALAMANCE	5,615	14.0	4,436	14.0	1,179	13.9
ALEXANDER	1,283	12.6	1,192	12.5	91	13.9
ALLEGHANY	330	10.2	326	10.3	4	5.7
ANSON	997	13.1	434	11.5	563	14.7
ASHE	751	10.2	743	10.2	8	6.7
AVERY	525	9.9	519	10.3	6	2.4
BEAUFORT	1,921	14.1	1,254	13.1	667	16.4
BERTIE	785	13.2	214	9.9	571	15.1
BLADEN	1,402	14.4	838	14.5	564	14.2
BRUNSWICK	2,572	11.2	2,138	11.1	434	11.9
BUNCOMBE	7,651	12.2	6,820	12.0	831	14.0
BURKE	3,273	12.2	2,833	12.0	440	13.6
CABARRUS	6,523	16.0	5,496	15.7	1,027	17.6
CALDWELL	2,958	12.7	2,757	12.6	201	12.8
CAMDEN	221	10.4	176	10.1	45	11.6
CARTERET	1,790	10.0	1,601	9.8	189	12.0
CASWELL	774	10.9	547	12.3	227	8.6
CATAWBA	6,269	14.4	5,331	14.1	938	17.0
CHATHAM	2,009	13.1	1,732	13.9	277	9.7
CHEROKEE	803	10.8	771	10.9	32	10.0
CHOWAN	576	13.4	286	10.8	290	17.5
CLAY	237	8.8	233	8.8	4	9.2
CLEVELAND	3,832	13.2	2,779	12.3	1,053	16.1
COLUMBUS	2,384	14.5	1,481	13.9	903	15.6
CRAVEN	4,746	17.2	3,424	17.3	1,322	17.0
CUMBERLAND	16,413	18.0	9,681	18.3	6,732	17.6
CURRITUCK	658	11.6	619	11.9	39	8.1
DARE	1,058	11.3	1,010	11.3	48	12.8
DAVIDSON	5,803	13.0	5,165	13.0	638	12.8
DAVIE	1,365	12.6	1,286	12.9	79	9.3
DUPLIN	2,421	16.2	1,806	17.2	615	13.7
DURHAM	11,501	16.7	6,245	16.6	5,256	16.9
EDGECOMBE	2,411	14.6	927	13.5	1,484	15.3
FORSYTH	13,752	14.7	9,951	14.9	3,801	14.3
FRANKLIN	1,988	13.5	1,427	14.1	561	12.3
GASTON	7,882	13.7	6,531	13.5	1,351	14.7
GATES	335	10.5	189	9.9	146	11.4
GRAHAM	294	12.2	264	11.9	30	15.9
GRANVILLE	1,784	11.9	1,255	13.1	529	9.7
GREENE	735	12.8	417	12.6	318	13.0
GUILFORD	17,844	14.0	10,785	12.8	7,059	16.2
HALIFAX	2,315	13.5	816	11.1	1,499	15.2
HARNETT	4,360	15.5	3,265	15.6	1,095	15.3
HAYWOOD	1,678	10.2	1,645	10.3	33	8.0
HENDERSON	3,220	11.7	3,052	11.7	168	13.0
HERTFORD	833	12.0	241	9.1	592	13.7
HOKE	2,007	19.1	1,141	22.4	866	16.0
HYDE	179	10.2	136	12.2	43	6.8
IREDELL	5,534	14.5	4,546	14.2	988	16.3
JACKSON	1,093	10.8	884	10.1	209	15.4
JOHNSTON	6,262	16.3	5,160	16.2	1,102	16.8
JONES	278	9.0	186	9.5	92	8.0
LEE	2,480	16.7	1,903	16.5	577	17.4
LENOIR	2,491	14.0	1,296	12.5	1,195	16.0
LINCOLN	2,624	13.4	2,456	13.5	168	11.3
MCDOWELL	1,585	12.4	1,514	12.6	71	9.1
MACON	922	10.1	904	10.1	18	8.6
MADISON	655	11.0	650	11.1	5	5.0
MARTIN	957	12.6	450	11.1	507	14.3
MECKLENBURG	36,429	16.9	23,927	16.6	12,502	17.6
MITCHELL	497	10.5	495	10.5	2	3.4
MONTGOMERY	1,215	14.9	946	15.4	269	13.4
MOORE	2,720	11.9	2,089	11.0	631	16.0
NASH	3,751	14.1	2,249	13.3	1,502	15.6
NEW HANOVER	6,095	12.4	4,593	11.5	1,502	16.2
NORTHAMPTON	727	11.0	261	10.0	466	11.7
ONSLOW	9,563	21.2	7,385	21.6	2,178	20.0
ORANGE	3,914	11.0	3,012	10.5	902	12.9
PAMLICO	306	7.9	217	7.5	89	8.8
PASQUOTANK	1,381	13.1	737	12.2	644	14.2
PENDER	1,476	11.7	1,150	12.1	326	10.5
PERQUIMANS	356	10.3	231	9.4	125	12.7
PERSON	1,391	12.8	942	12.3	449	14.0
PITT	6,004	14.7	3,383	13.0	2,621	17.8
POLK	531	9.5	502	9.6	29	7.7
RANDOLPH	5,569	14.0	5,172	14.1	397	13.3
RICHMOND	1,965	14.0	1,238	13.4	727	15.2
ROBESON	6,295	16.9	2,093	16.0	4,202	17.3
ROCKINGHAM	3,501	12.7	2,805	12.8	696	12.1
ROWAN	5,065	12.8	4,088	12.6	977	13.9
RUTHERFORD	2,451	12.9	2,108	12.7	343	14.5
SAMPSON	2,752	15.0	1,886	15.4	866	14.2
SCOTLAND	1,486	13.8	657	11.8	829	16.0
STANLY	2,260	12.8	1,879	12.5	381	15.1
STOKES	1,509	11.1	1,448	11.3	61	8.2
SURRY	2,847	13.2	2,668	13.2	179	14.5
SWAIN	528	13.4	307	11.6	221	17.1
TRANSYLVANIA	832	9.4	782	9.4	50	9.9
TYRRELL	132	10.6	77	10.6	55	10.6
UNION	6,856	17.3	5,854	17.2	1,002	18.1
VANCE	2,183	16.6	1,024	15.6	1,159	17.6
WAKE	31,848	16.1	23,292	15.7	8,556	17.4
WARREN	586	9.7	189	7.9	397	11.0
WASHINGTON	526	12.9	202	9.9	324	15.7
WATAUGA	1,039	8.1	1,006	8.1	33	8.6
WAYNE	5,161	15.1	3,271	14.9	1,890	15.5
WILKES	2,668	13.4	2,525	13.4	143	14.0
WILSON	3,266	14.6	1,829	13.9	1,437	15.6
YADKIN	1,463	13.3	1,408	13.4	55	11.6
YANCEY	578	10.7	571	10.8	7	9.6

PREPARED BY NC-DHHS STATE CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (www.schs.state.nc.us/SCHS/)

RATES BASED ON SMALL NUMBERS (FEWER THAN 20 CASES)

ARE UNSTABLE AND SHOULD BE INTERPRETED WITH CAUTION