RESIDENCE	NUMBER HIGH PARITY BIRTHS	PERCENT HIGH PARITY
NORTH CAROLINA	75,149	19.1
ALAMANCE	1,318	21.2
ALEXANDER	268	17.6
ALLEGHANY	73	17.5
ANSON	334	25.8
ASHE	158	16.6
AVERY	94	15.2
BEAUFORT	508	21.4
BERTIE	228	22.9
BLADEN	368	20.3
BRUNSWICK	558	18.6
BUNCOMBE	1,300	15.6
BURKE	938	22.7
CABARRUS	1,137	16.7
CALDWELL	775	20.1
CAMDEN	24	11.1
CARTERET	346	16.7
CASWELL	195	21.3
CATAWBA	1,231	17.2
CHATHAM	356	17.3
CHEROKEE	173	17.2
CHOWAN	181	23.8
CLAY	39	14.3
CLEVELAND	1,210	25.0
COLUMBUS	774	24.6
CRAVEN	1,065	17.4
CUMBERLAND	3,579	17.3
CURRITUCK	98	13.9
DARE	155	15.9
DAVIDSON	1,314	19.3
DAVIE	286	19.1
DUPLIN	613	20.2
DURHAM	2,100	18.7
EDGECOMBE	979	30.7
FORSYTH	2,916	19.9
FRANKLIN	416	19.1
GASTON	2,011	20.9
GATES	64	17.4
GRAHAM	69	17.6
GRANVILLE	393	19.6
GREENE	234	23.5
GUILFORD	3,530	19.6
HALIFAX	768	25.9
HARNETT	1,161	21.5
HAYWOOD	306	15.9
HENDERSON	584	16.3
HERTFORD	270	23.7
HOKE	550	20.7
HYDE	39	19.4
IREDELL	1,067	17.9
JACKSON	221	17.2
JOHNSTON	1,131	16.8
JONES	99	25.6
LEE	709	23.4
LENOIR	808	25.2
LINCOLN	485	15.9
MCDOWELL	355	17.5
MACON	164	15.2
MADISON	116	14.1
MARTIN	289	22.7
MECKLENBURG	5,651	17.6
MITCHELL	81	13.0
MONTGOMERY	411	25.1
MOORE	659	20.8
NASH	915	21.2
NEW HANOVER	1,081	18.2
NORTHAMPTON	246	25.0
ONSLOW	1,699	13.0
ORANGE	520	17.4
PAMLICO	74	18.5
PASQUOTANK	352	21.0
PENDER	318	19.4
PERQUIMANS	83	19.5
PERSON	296	18.0
PITT	1,316	19.6
POLK	89	14.4
RANDOLPH	1,306	19.7
RICHMOND	783	28.6
ROBESON	2,279	26.5
ROCKINGHAM	869	20.1
ROWAN	1,293	20.9
RUTHERFORD	645	20.6
SAMPSON	783	22.3
SCOTLAND	562	27.5
STANLY	559	20.3
STOKES	287	15.7
SURRY	606	17.3
SWAIN	156	23.5
TRANSYLVANIA	194	19.5
TYRRELL	25	16.0
UNION	1,087	16.1
VANCE	759	27.0
WAKE	3,752	14.8
WARREN	195	25.4
WASHINGTON	138	21.7
WATAUGA	152	14.4
WAYNE	1,320	20.3
WILKES	615	18.5
WILSON	1,062	25.6
YADKIN	305	17.2
YANCEY	96	13.3

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