TOTAL BIRTHS	TOTAL DEATHS	DEATH RATE
RESIDENCE	141,875	2,274	16.0
NORTH CAROLINA
ALAMANCE	1,769	48	27.1
ALEXANDER	97	1	10.3
ALLEGHANY	6	0	0
ANSON	935	22	23.5
ASHE	10	0	0
AVERY	5	0	0
BEAUFORT	1,121	23	20.5
BERTIE	944	16	16.9
BLADEN	897	14	15.6
BRUNSWICK	672	7	10.4
BUNCOMBE	1,161	26	22.4
BURKE	298	3	10.1
CABARRUS	1,424	19	13.3
CALDWELL	326	4	12.3
CAMDEN	57	3	52.6
CARTERET	288	9	31.3
CASWELL	414	7	16.9
CATAWBA	878	19	21.6
CHATHAM	444	6	13.5
CHEROKEE	31	0	0
CHOWAN	477	2	4.2
CLAY	2	0	0
CLEVELAND	1,636	28	17.1
COLUMBUS	1,451	26	17.9
CRAVEN	2,053	31	15.1
CUMBERLAND	9,850	191	19.4
CURRITUCK	70	2	28.6
DARE	53	1	18.9
DAVIDSON	933	15	16.1
DAVIE	124	1	8.1
DUPLIN	974	15	15.4
DURHAM	7,620	113	14.8
EDGECOMBE	2,522	43	17.0
FORSYTH	6,017	113	18.8
FRANKLIN	899	12	13.3
GASTON	2,180	38	17.4
GATES	244	4	16.4
GRAHAM	1	0	0
GRANVILLE	902	11	12.2
GREENE	565	10	17.7
GUILFORD	10,196	154	15.1
HALIFAX	2,263	29	12.8
HARNETT	1,683	19	11.3
HAYWOOD	30	1	33.3
HENDERSON	196	2	10.2
HERTFORD	999	18	18.0
HOKE	1,065	15	14.1
HYDE	80	1	12.5
IREDELL	1,354	25	18.5
JACKSON	21	1	47.6
JOHNSTON	1,634	21	12.9
JONES	185	1	5.4
LEE	904	8	8.8
LENOIR	2,006	32	16.0
LINCOLN	272	8	29.4
MCDOWELL	78	0	0
MACON	15	0	0
MADISON	5	0	0
MARTIN	892	11	12.3
MECKLENBURG	17,567	249	14.2
MITCHELL	0	0	0
MONTGOMERY	430	4	9.3
MOORE	958	22	23.0
NASH	2,335	43	18.4
NEW HANOVER	2,332	17	7.3
NORTHAMPTON	827	18	21.8
ONSLOW	2,974	39	13.1
ORANGE	1,010	14	13.9
PAMLICO	156	1	6.4
PASQUOTANK	1,047	16	15.3
PENDER	530	7	13.2
PERQUIMANS	202	5	24.8
PERSON	731	16	21.9
PITT	4,154	79	19.0
POLK	52	0	0
RANDOLPH	534	13	24.3
RICHMOND	1,217	18	14.8
ROBESON	2,576	47	18.2
ROCKINGHAM	1,166	11	9.4
ROWAN	1,531	18	11.8
RUTHERFORD	540	12	22.2
SAMPSON	1,312	23	17.5
SCOTLAND	1,163	18	15.5
STANLY	493	11	22.3
STOKES	91	2	22.0
SURRY	205	3	14.6
SWAIN	0	0	0
TRANSYLVANIA	72	1	13.9
TYRRELL	85	3	35.3
UNION	1,490	19	12.8
VANCE	1,881	31	16.5
WAKE	11,017	163	14.8
WARREN	668	12	18.0
WASHINGTON	530	8	15.1
WATAUGA	26	0	0
WAYNE	2,986	58	19.4
WILKES	196	4	20.4
WILSON	2,474	37	15.0
YADKIN	83	3	36.1
YANCEY	6	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