LOW WEIGHT		VERY LOW WEIGHT
	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT
RESIDENCE	51,679	8.9	11,083	1.9
NORTH CAROLINA
ALAMANCE	769	8.5	195	2.2
ALEXANDER	145	6.7	25	1.2
ALLEGHANY	40	7.4	5	0.9
ANSON	181	10.8	46	2.7
ASHE	97	7.6	24	1.9
AVERY	98	11.4	11	1.3
BEAUFORT	341	10.8	81	2.6
BERTIE	185	14.5	55	4.3
BLADEN	218	9.4	38	1.6
BRUNSWICK	374	9.0	53	1.3
BUNCOMBE	1,143	9.1	219	1.7
BURKE	502	9.1	89	1.6
CABARRUS	820	8.0	162	1.6
CALDWELL	444	8.7	81	1.6
CAMDEN	31	9.2	7	2.1
CARTERET	222	7.3	45	1.5
CASWELL	127	9.7	34	2.6
CATAWBA	850	8.4	164	1.6
CHATHAM	239	7.2	37	1.1
CHEROKEE	88	6.7	9	0.7
CHOWAN	99	10.0	28	2.8
CLAY	26	7.1	7	1.9
CLEVELAND	586	9.1	133	2.1
COLUMBUS	415	10.3	100	2.5
CRAVEN	654	8.2	151	1.9
CUMBERLAND	2,582	9.4	682	2.5
CURRITUCK	89	8.5	13	1.2
DARE	118	7.0	20	1.2
DAVIDSON	860	9.0	168	1.8
DAVIE	187	8.5	49	2.2
DUPLIN	340	8.7	78	2.0
DURHAM	1,818	9.9	423	2.3
EDGECOMBE	465	11.5	106	2.6
FORSYTH	2,234	9.9	514	2.3
FRANKLIN	282	8.9	64	2.0
GASTON	1,186	9.0	253	1.9
GATES	53	9.8	8	1.5
GRAHAM	31	6.3	7	1.4
GRANVILLE	234	7.9	42	1.4
GREENE	137	10.8	40	3.1
GUILFORD	2,648	9.1	557	1.9
HALIFAX	397	10.5	97	2.6
HARNETT	584	8.2	116	1.6
HAYWOOD	214	7.8	43	1.6
HENDERSON	417	7.9	75	1.4
HERTFORD	206	14.4	62	4.3
HOKE	306	9.2	72	2.2
HYDE	23	8.0	5	1.7
IREDELL	825	9.3	165	1.9
JACKSON	105	5.9	20	1.1
JOHNSTON	803	8.0	154	1.5
JONES	55	10.7	6	1.2
LEE	358	8.6	69	1.7
LENOIR	493	11.8	100	2.4
LINCOLN	355	8.3	84	2.0
MCDOWELL	237	9.0	41	1.6
MACON	107	7.1	20	1.3
MADISON	99	8.9	13	1.2
MARTIN	187	11.2	43	2.6
MECKLENBURG	5,046	8.7	1,052	1.8
MITCHELL	66	7.9	10	1.2
MONTGOMERY	175	8.6	32	1.6
MOORE	426	9.3	97	2.1
NASH	596	9.7	157	2.6
NEW HANOVER	899	9.0	186	1.9
NORTHAMPTON	148	11.7	32	2.5
ONSLOW	1,216	7.6	243	1.5
ORANGE	514	8.3	111	1.8
PAMLICO	41	7.8	10	1.9
PASQUOTANK	226	9.9	53	2.3
PENDER	225	9.5	49	2.1
PERQUIMANS	45	7.7	6	1.0
PERSON	215	9.4	48	2.1
PITT	1,029	10.5	259	2.6
POLK	58	6.5	15	1.7
RANDOLPH	699	7.6	135	1.5
RICHMOND	324	9.7	72	2.2
ROBESON	1,166	11.1	261	2.5
ROCKINGHAM	565	9.6	99	1.7
ROWAN	768	9.1	155	1.8
RUTHERFORD	348	8.6	66	1.6
SAMPSON	402	8.9	97	2.1
SCOTLAND	275	10.7	57	2.2
STANLY	326	8.8	59	1.6
STOKES	218	8.5	45	1.8
SURRY	391	8.3	61	1.3
SWAIN	50	5.7	8	0.9
TRANSYLVANIA	104	7.5	23	1.6
TYRRELL	23	10.4	5	2.3
UNION	779	7.2	146	1.4
VANCE	429	12.1	97	2.7
WAKE	3,902	7.8	863	1.7
WARREN	121	11.9	24	2.4
WASHINGTON	82	9.7	18	2.1
WATAUGA	144	8.4	24	1.4
WAYNE	759	8.8	163	1.9
WILKES	353	8.1	66	1.5
WILSON	528	9.6	123	2.2
YADKIN	199	8.0	36	1.5
YANCEY	70	7.5	12	1.3

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