TOTAL LOW BIRTHWEIGHT		WHITE LOW BIRTHWEIGHT		MINORITY LOW BIRTHWEIGHT
	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT
RESIDENCE	51,679	8.9	30,064	7.2	21,615	13.2
NORTH CAROLINA
ALAMANCE	769	8.5	504	7.1	265	13.7
ALEXANDER	145	6.7	132	6.6	13	8.6
ALLEGHANY	40	7.4	40	7.5	0	0
ANSON	181	10.8	49	6.8	132	13.7
ASHE	97	7.6	96	7.6	1	8.3
AVERY	98	11.4	97	11.4	1	10.0
BEAUFORT	341	10.8	155	7.7	186	16.4
BERTIE	185	14.5	37	11.3	148	15.6
BLADEN	218	9.4	85	6.2	133	13.9
BRUNSWICK	374	9.0	273	8.0	101	14.0
BUNCOMBE	1,143	9.1	966	8.6	177	13.2
BURKE	502	9.1	415	8.7	87	11.2
CABARRUS	820	8.0	612	7.1	208	13.0
CALDWELL	444	8.7	395	8.4	49	13.3
CAMDEN	31	9.2	22	8.1	9	13.2
CARTERET	222	7.3	181	6.7	41	12.0
CASWELL	127	9.7	65	7.3	62	14.8
CATAWBA	850	8.4	665	7.7	185	12.2
CHATHAM	239	7.2	170	5.9	69	14.3
CHEROKEE	88	6.7	86	6.8	2	3.9
CHOWAN	99	10.0	42	8.3	57	11.8
CLAY	26	7.1	26	7.1	0	0
CLEVELAND	586	9.1	382	8.1	204	11.9
COLUMBUS	415	10.3	186	7.6	229	14.4
CRAVEN	654	8.2	358	6.3	296	13.1
CUMBERLAND	2,582	9.4	1,143	7.0	1,439	12.9
CURRITUCK	89	8.5	76	7.9	13	15.7
DARE	118	7.0	110	6.8	8	10.4
DAVIDSON	860	9.0	695	8.2	165	15.1
DAVIE	187	8.5	168	8.2	19	14.3
DUPLIN	340	8.7	225	7.7	115	11.4
DURHAM	1,818	9.9	590	6.1	1,228	14.4
EDGECOMBE	465	11.5	99	6.6	366	14.4
FORSYTH	2,234	9.9	1,230	7.6	1,004	15.7
FRANKLIN	282	8.9	148	6.6	134	14.4
GASTON	1,186	9.0	857	8.0	329	13.8
GATES	53	9.8	23	7.7	30	12.3
GRAHAM	31	6.3	28	6.3	3	5.9
GRANVILLE	234	7.9	120	5.9	114	12.3
GREENE	137	10.8	44	6.3	93	16.3
GUILFORD	2,648	9.1	1,206	6.8	1,442	12.5
HALIFAX	397	10.5	80	6.0	317	12.9
HARNETT	584	8.2	330	6.2	254	13.8
HAYWOOD	214	7.8	208	7.7	6	10.9
HENDERSON	417	7.9	390	7.8	27	9.7
HERTFORD	206	14.4	39	9.5	167	16.4
HOKE	306	9.2	121	6.5	185	12.7
HYDE	23	8.0	13	6.3	10	12.3
IREDELL	825	9.3	586	8.1	239	15.2
JACKSON	105	5.9	91	6.3	14	4.3
JOHNSTON	803	8.0	574	6.9	229	12.9
JONES	55	10.7	27	8.3	28	15.1
LEE	358	8.6	234	7.4	124	12.5
LENOIR	493	11.8	177	8.2	316	15.5
LINCOLN	355	8.3	314	7.9	41	13.8
MCDOWELL	237	9.0	226	9.0	11	9.1
MACON	107	7.1	103	7.0	4	11.8
MADISON	99	8.9	99	9.0	0	0
MARTIN	187	11.2	56	7.2	131	14.5
MECKLENBURG	5,046	8.7	2,483	6.6	2,563	12.7
MITCHELL	66	7.9	66	8.0	0	0
MONTGOMERY	175	8.6	111	7.1	64	13.1
MOORE	426	9.3	262	7.4	164	15.4
NASH	596	9.7	261	7.0	335	13.7
NEW HANOVER	899	9.0	567	7.6	332	13.1
NORTHAMPTON	148	11.7	34	7.9	114	13.7
ONSLOW	1,216	7.6	847	6.9	369	10.3
ORANGE	514	8.3	336	7.0	178	12.6
PAMLICO	41	7.8	22	5.9	19	12.0
PASQUOTANK	226	9.9	78	6.6	148	13.6
PENDER	225	9.5	151	8.3	74	13.6
PERQUIMANS	45	7.7	19	5.0	26	12.7
PERSON	215	9.4	118	7.6	97	13.0
PITT	1,029	10.5	373	6.8	656	15.2
POLK	58	6.5	56	6.7	2	3.6
RANDOLPH	699	7.6	627	7.4	72	11.2
RICHMOND	324	9.7	162	8.0	162	12.5
ROBESON	1,166	11.1	275	8.3	891	12.4
ROCKINGHAM	565	9.6	403	8.6	162	13.4
ROWAN	768	9.1	524	7.7	244	14.6
RUTHERFORD	348	8.6	271	7.7	77	13.7
SAMPSON	402	8.9	216	7.0	186	13.0
SCOTLAND	275	10.7	73	6.4	202	14.1
STANLY	326	8.8	240	7.8	86	13.4
STOKES	218	8.5	201	8.2	17	15.7
SURRY	391	8.3	356	8.0	35	13.0
SWAIN	50	5.7	31	6.2	19	5.2
TRANSYLVANIA	104	7.5	93	7.2	11	11.6
TYRRELL	23	10.4	12	8.8	11	12.8
UNION	779	7.2	581	6.4	198	12.1
VANCE	429	12.1	133	8.1	296	15.5
WAKE	3,902	7.8	2,290	6.2	1,612	11.8
WARREN	121	11.9	33	11.0	88	12.3
WASHINGTON	82	9.7	20	6.3	62	11.7
WATAUGA	144	8.4	139	8.4	5	11.4
WAYNE	759	8.8	361	6.6	398	12.7
WILKES	353	8.1	318	7.7	35	15.6
WILSON	528	9.6	197	6.6	331	13.2
YADKIN	199	8.0	186	7.8	13	14.3
YANCEY	70	7.5	69	7.4	1	8.3

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