TOTAL NEONATAL DEATHS	TOTAL NEONATAL DEATH RATE	WHITE NEONATAL DEATHS	WHITE NEONATAL DEATH RATE	MINORITY NEONATAL DEATHS	MINORITY NEONATAL DEATH RATE
RESIDENCE	3,597	6.2	1,824	4.4	1,773	10.8
NORTH CAROLINA
ALAMANCE	78	8.6	38	5.3	40	20.7
ALEXANDER	8	3.7	7	3.5	1	6.6
ALLEGHANY	2	3.7	2	3.8	0	0
ANSON	20	11.9	5	7.0	15	15.6
ASHE	10	7.8	10	7.9	0	0
AVERY	1	1.2	1	1.2	0	0
BEAUFORT	36	11.4	18	9.0	18	15.8
BERTIE	11	8.6	0	0	11	11.6
BLADEN	14	6.0	6	4.4	8	8.3
BRUNSWICK	13	3.1	9	2.6	4	5.5
BUNCOMBE	76	6.0	60	5.3	16	12.0
BURKE	27	4.9	19	4.0	8	10.3
CABARRUS	57	5.6	39	4.5	18	11.3
CALDWELL	32	6.3	29	6.1	3	8.2
CAMDEN	3	8.9	1	3.7	2	29.4
CARTERET	14	4.6	9	3.3	5	14.7
CASWELL	19	14.6	12	13.6	7	16.7
CATAWBA	58	5.7	43	5.0	15	9.9
CHATHAM	11	3.3	7	2.4	4	8.3
CHEROKEE	5	3.8	5	3.9	0	0
CHOWAN	9	9.1	7	13.8	2	4.1
CLAY	4	10.9	4	11.0	0	0
CLEVELAND	37	5.8	22	4.7	15	8.8
COLUMBUS	37	9.2	15	6.1	22	13.8
CRAVEN	40	5.0	20	3.5	20	8.8
CUMBERLAND	233	8.5	77	4.7	156	14.0
CURRITUCK	9	8.6	7	7.2	2	24.1
DARE	11	6.5	10	6.2	1	13.0
DAVIDSON	54	5.7	42	5.0	12	11.0
DAVIE	23	10.5	22	10.7	1	7.5
DUPLIN	24	6.1	15	5.1	9	9.0
DURHAM	103	5.6	29	3.0	74	8.6
EDGECOMBE	30	7.4	3	2.0	27	10.6
FORSYTH	169	7.5	77	4.8	92	14.4
FRANKLIN	18	5.7	9	4.0	9	9.7
GASTON	90	6.9	60	5.6	30	12.6
GATES	4	7.4	1	3.4	3	12.3
GRAHAM	1	2.0	0	0	1	19.6
GRANVILLE	11	3.7	5	2.5	6	6.5
GREENE	8	6.3	3	4.3	5	8.8
GUILFORD	182	6.2	66	3.7	116	10.1
HALIFAX	26	6.9	1	0.7	25	10.2
HARNETT	37	5.2	26	4.9	11	6.0
HAYWOOD	11	4.0	10	3.7	1	18.2
HENDERSON	22	4.2	22	4.4	0	0
HERTFORD	22	15.4	4	9.7	18	17.7
HOKE	21	6.3	9	4.9	12	8.2
HYDE	2	6.9	2	9.7	0	0
IREDELL	49	5.5	30	4.1	19	12.1
JACKSON	9	5.1	7	4.8	2	6.1
JOHNSTON	53	5.3	37	4.5	16	9.0
JONES	2	3.9	1	3.1	1	5.4
LEE	22	5.3	16	5.1	6	6.1
LENOIR	29	6.9	10	4.7	19	9.3
LINCOLN	31	7.2	24	6.0	7	23.5
MCDOWELL	11	4.2	11	4.4	0	0
MACON	11	7.3	11	7.4	0	0
MADISON	3	2.7	3	2.7	0	0
MARTIN	10	6.0	2	2.6	8	8.9
MECKLENBURG	319	5.5	121	3.2	198	9.8
MITCHELL	7	8.4	7	8.5	0	0
MONTGOMERY	9	4.4	6	3.9	3	6.1
MOORE	28	6.1	14	4.0	14	13.2
NASH	48	7.8	13	3.5	35	14.4
NEW HANOVER	46	4.6	32	4.3	14	5.5
NORTHAMPTON	17	13.4	3	6.9	14	16.8
ONSLOW	82	5.2	53	4.3	29	8.1
ORANGE	32	5.2	18	3.8	14	9.9
PAMLICO	2	3.8	1	2.7	1	6.3
PASQUOTANK	20	8.8	7	5.9	13	11.9
PENDER	11	4.7	6	3.3	5	9.2
PERQUIMANS	6	10.3	3	7.9	3	14.7
PERSON	15	6.5	3	1.9	12	16.1
PITT	93	9.5	24	4.4	69	16.0
POLK	5	5.6	4	4.8	1	18.2
RANDOLPH	50	5.5	39	4.6	11	17.1
RICHMOND	17	5.1	8	4.0	9	6.9
ROBESON	95	9.0	17	5.1	78	10.8
ROCKINGHAM	30	5.1	21	4.5	9	7.5
ROWAN	38	4.5	26	3.8	12	7.2
RUTHERFORD	30	7.4	22	6.3	8	14.2
SAMPSON	29	6.4	11	3.6	18	12.6
SCOTLAND	20	7.8	9	7.9	11	7.7
STANLY	24	6.5	16	5.2	8	12.4
STOKES	12	4.7	10	4.1	2	18.5
SURRY	19	4.0	18	4.0	1	3.7
SWAIN	2	2.3	1	2.0	1	2.7
TRANSYLVANIA	8	5.7	6	4.6	2	21.1
TYRRELL	3	13.5	0	0	3	34.9
UNION	50	4.6	39	4.3	11	6.7
VANCE	31	8.8	8	4.9	23	12.1
WAKE	270	5.4	135	3.7	135	9.9
WARREN	9	8.8	1	3.3	8	11.2
WASHINGTON	9	10.6	4	12.6	5	9.4
WATAUGA	11	6.4	11	6.6	0	0
WAYNE	62	7.2	22	4.0	40	12.8
WILKES	18	4.1	16	3.9	2	8.9
WILSON	45	8.2	19	6.3	26	10.4
YADKIN	10	4.0	8	3.4	2	22.0
YANCEY	2	2.1	2	2.2	0	0

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

NOTE: RATES BASED ON SMALL NUMBERS (FEWER THAN 20 CASES)

ARE UNSTABLE AND SHOULD BE INTERPRETED WITH CAUTION