RESIDENCE	HIGH PARITY BIRTHS	PERCENT HIGH PARITY
NORTH CAROLINA	33,681	17.9
ALAMANCE	495	17.6
ALEXANDER	97	15.4
ALLEGHANY	19	15.7
ANSON	91	23.7
ASHE	45	13.8
AVERY	43	17.8
BEAUFORT	148	19.1
BERTIE	45	15.9
BLADEN	80	15.4
BRUNSWICK	222	19.4
BUNCOMBE	796	18.5
BURKE	298	21.2
CABARRUS	533	15.6
CALDWELL	181	14.7
CAMDEN	17	13.9
CARTERET	190	19.9
CASWELL	77	20.0
CATAWBA	487	16.4
CHATHAM	264	20.6
CHEROKEE	55	17.4
CHOWAN	44	19.2
CLAY	19	19.8
CLEVELAND	286	18.3
COLUMBUS	189	21.2
CRAVEN	344	18.7
CUMBERLAND	1,204	17.8
CURRITUCK	76	21.9
DARE	151	21.1
DAVIDSON	421	15.4
DAVIE	118	17.1
DUPLIN	166	18.6
DURHAM	1,256	17.7
EDGECOMBE	226	26.3
FORSYTH	1,459	18.5
FRANKLIN	193	19.4
GASTON	555	15.9
GATES	35	20.1
GRAHAM	14	13.7
GRANVILLE	179	18.7
GREENE	47	17.0
GUILFORD	2,016	18.0
HALIFAX	162	19.7
HARNETT	347	19.6
HAYWOOD	113	13.5
HENDERSON	306	18.2
HERTFORD	70	24.6
HOKE	128	19.3
HYDE	25	28.7
IREDELL	468	16.1
JACKSON	92	18.7
JOHNSTON	520	15.6
JONES	20	15.9
LEE	258	22.8
LENOIR	206	21.0
LINCOLN	179	14.5
MCDOWELL	104	17.1
MACON	98	22.5
MADISON	50	17.2
MARTIN	69	17.2
MECKLENBURG	4,251	16.5
MITCHELL	35	17.0
MONTGOMERY	88	21.7
MOORE	276	19.3
NASH	323	17.5
NEW HANOVER	698	17.3
NORTHAMPTON	64	22.7
ONSLOW	513	17.8
ORANGE	640	20.0
PAMLICO	30	23.4
PASQUOTANK	128	21.4
PENDER	153	21.1
PERQUIMANS	41	25.8
PERSON	97	14.9
PITT	549	17.9
POLK	54	19.6
RANDOLPH	483	19.0
RICHMOND	102	17.3
ROBESON	415	21.6
ROCKINGHAM	242	15.6
ROWAN	426	18.7
RUTHERFORD	144	15.3
SAMPSON	184	18.1
SCOTLAND	108	20.5
STANLY	157	16.4
STOKES	141	19.1
SURRY	210	17.1
SWAIN	43	20.7
TRANSYLVANIA	88	22.1
TYRRELL	13	19.7
UNION	706	17.6
VANCE	164	22.7
WAKE	4,486	18.0
WARREN	56	22.4
WASHINGTON	50	23.6
WATAUGA	131	20.2
WAYNE	399	18.9
WILKES	179	17.6
WILSON	249	18.3
YADKIN	125	17.8
YANCEY	44	20.5

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