| NUMBER AND PERCENT OF WOMEN RECEIVING PRENATAL CARE IN THE |
| FIRST TRIMESTER (TOTAL, BLACK, AND NATIVE AMERICAN), 1998-2002 |
| TOTAL RECEIVING CARE IN 1ST TRIMESTER | BLACK RECEIVING CARE IN 1ST TRIMESTER | NATIVE AMERICAN RECEIVING CARE IN 1ST TRIMESTER | ||||
| NUMBER | PERCENT | NUMBER | PERCENT | NUMBER | PERCENT | |
| RESIDENCE | 488,222 | 84.0 | 106,538 | 75.1 | 6,428 | 75.8 |
| NORTH CAROLINA | ||||||
| ALAMANCE | 7,496 | 82.9 | 1,272 | 71.9 | 25 | 67.6 |
| ALEXANDER | 1,749 | 81.2 | 64 | 66.0 | 2 | 100.0 |
| ALLEGHANY | 468 | 86.8 | 5 | 83.3 | 0 | 0 |
| ANSON | 1,381 | 82.3 | 707 | 75.6 | 3 | 60.0 |
| ASHE | 1,133 | 88.7 | 9 | 90.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| AVERY | 777 | 90.5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 |
| BEAUFORT | 2,548 | 81.0 | 806 | 71.9 | 1 | 100.0 |
| BERTIE | 1,083 | 84.8 | 778 | 82.4 | 3 | 100.0 |
| BLADEN | 1,592 | 68.3 | 547 | 61.0 | 42 | 77.8 |
| BRUNSWICK | 3,417 | 82.3 | 490 | 72.9 | 24 | 80.0 |
| BUNCOMBE | 11,696 | 92.7 | 990 | 85.3 | 27 | 90.0 |
| BURKE | 4,454 | 80.4 | 219 | 73.5 | 10 | 100.0 |
| CABARRUS | 8,502 | 83.4 | 1,035 | 72.7 | 21 | 75.0 |
| CALDWELL | 4,586 | 90.2 | 268 | 82.2 | 6 | 75.0 |
| CAMDEN | 284 | 84.0 | 39 | 68.4 | 1 | 100.0 |
| CARTERET | 2,656 | 87.6 | 222 | 77.1 | 22 | 88.0 |
| CASWELL | 1,100 | 84.4 | 326 | 78.7 | 1 | 100.0 |
| CATAWBA | 8,181 | 81.0 | 624 | 71.1 | 18 | 69.2 |
| CHATHAM | 2,788 | 83.4 | 314 | 70.7 | 5 | 100.0 |
| CHEROKEE | 1,192 | 90.2 | 31 | 100.0 | 10 | 83.3 |
| CHOWAN | 817 | 82.6 | 360 | 75.5 | 0 | 0 |
| CLAY | 337 | 91.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| CLEVELAND | 5,223 | 81.5 | 1,133 | 69.3 | 4 | 80.0 |
| COLUMBUS | 2,773 | 68.6 | 813 | 56.0 | 96 | 73.3 |
| CRAVEN | 6,360 | 80.0 | 1,417 | 69.0 | 37 | 84.1 |
| CUMBERLAND | 23,891 | 87.0 | 7,964 | 80.9 | 368 | 82.5 |
| CURRITUCK | 914 | 87.0 | 55 | 78.6 | 1 | 100.0 |
| DARE | 1,499 | 88.8 | 46 | 86.8 | 4 | 100.0 |
| DAVIDSON | 8,089 | 84.9 | 664 | 71.2 | 22 | 81.5 |
| DAVIE | 1,998 | 91.2 | 107 | 86.3 | 2 | 100.0 |
| DUPLIN | 3,015 | 76.7 | 746 | 76.6 | 3 | 75.0 |
| DURHAM | 15,968 | 87.3 | 6,172 | 81.0 | 48 | 90.6 |
| EDGECOMBE | 2,653 | 65.5 | 1,449 | 57.5 | 3 | 75.0 |
| FORSYTH | 20,127 | 89.2 | 5,150 | 85.6 | 39 | 100.0 |
| FRANKLIN | 2,704 | 85.3 | 662 | 73.6 | 7 | 87.5 |
| GASTON | 11,184 | 85.3 | 1,692 | 77.6 | 15 | 78.9 |
| GATES | 462 | 85.2 | 184 | 75.4 | 0 | 0 |
| GRAHAM | 451 | 91.3 | 1 | 100.0 | 43 | 89.6 |
| GRANVILLE | 2,538 | 85.7 | 680 | 75.4 | 9 | 90.0 |
| GREENE | 1,040 | 81.9 | 445 | 78.8 | 1 | 100.0 |
| GUILFORD | 25,236 | 86.5 | 8,236 | 80.8 | 140 | 83.8 |
| HALIFAX | 3,093 | 81.7 | 1,715 | 75.8 | 147 | 90.7 |
| HARNETT | 5,761 | 80.4 | 1,114 | 66.2 | 58 | 78.4 |
| HAYWOOD | 2,519 | 91.4 | 21 | 70.0 | 11 | 84.6 |
| HENDERSON | 4,815 | 91.5 | 163 | 83.2 | 15 | 88.2 |
| HERTFORD | 1,194 | 83.7 | 800 | 80.1 | 9 | 100.0 |
| HOKE | 2,731 | 82.4 | 792 | 74.4 | 261 | 77.0 |
| HYDE | 220 | 76.4 | 59 | 73.8 | 0 | 0 |
| IREDELL | 7,030 | 79.4 | 835 | 61.7 | 11 | 68.8 |
| JACKSON | 1,608 | 90.4 | 19 | 90.5 | 240 | 84.5 |
| JOHNSTON | 7,561 | 75.2 | 986 | 60.3 | 38 | 67.9 |
| JONES | 402 | 78.5 | 120 | 64.9 | 1 | 100.0 |
| LEE | 3,208 | 77.2 | 627 | 69.4 | 22 | 88.0 |
| LENOIR | 3,100 | 74.1 | 1,269 | 63.3 | 3 | 100.0 |
| LINCOLN | 3,687 | 85.9 | 201 | 73.9 | 10 | 100.0 |
| MCDOWELL | 2,277 | 86.3 | 63 | 80.8 | 7 | 87.5 |
| MACON | 1,353 | 89.2 | 15 | 100.0 | 8 | 80.0 |
| MADISON | 1,040 | 93.4 | 5 | 100.0 | 2 | 100.0 |
| MARTIN | 1,419 | 84.7 | 682 | 76.5 | 3 | 100.0 |
| MECKLENBURG | 50,529 | 87.4 | 14,233 | 81.0 | 122 | 80.8 |
| MITCHELL | 759 | 91.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100.0 |
| MONTGOMERY | 1,480 | 72.5 | 286 | 66.5 | 3 | 60.0 |
| MOORE | 3,633 | 78.9 | 621 | 64.8 | 48 | 80.0 |
| NASH | 4,775 | 77.6 | 1,556 | 66.6 | 28 | 84.8 |
| NEW HANOVER | 8,163 | 81.7 | 1,543 | 66.2 | 29 | 70.7 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 1,055 | 83.3 | 671 | 81.1 | 3 | 75.0 |
| ONSLOW | 14,496 | 91.1 | 2,591 | 87.1 | 89 | 83.2 |
| ORANGE | 5,559 | 89.7 | 765 | 75.7 | 25 | 96.2 |
| PAMLICO | 410 | 77.5 | 101 | 64.7 | 0 | 0 |
| PASQUOTANK | 1,821 | 79.9 | 747 | 71.3 | 1 | 100.0 |
| PENDER | 1,859 | 78.6 | 370 | 69.8 | 3 | 100.0 |
| PERQUIMANS | 479 | 82.0 | 145 | 71.8 | 0 | 0 |
| PERSON | 1,992 | 86.9 | 566 | 77.4 | 7 | 87.5 |
| PITT | 8,298 | 84.9 | 3,223 | 77.6 | 21 | 80.8 |
| POLK | 768 | 86.2 | 27 | 51.9 | 1 | 100.0 |
| RANDOLPH | 7,576 | 82.6 | 400 | 74.9 | 27 | 87.1 |
| RICHMOND | 2,568 | 77.2 | 831 | 68.3 | 45 | 73.8 |
| ROBESON | 7,309 | 69.5 | 1,605 | 62.3 | 3,232 | 70.8 |
| ROCKINGHAM | 4,967 | 84.4 | 910 | 78.0 | 9 | 69.2 |
| ROWAN | 6,624 | 78.2 | 987 | 64.5 | 16 | 72.7 |
| RUTHERFORD | 3,478 | 85.5 | 414 | 76.7 | 1 | 50.0 |
| SAMPSON | 3,427 | 75.8 | 920 | 70.1 | 66 | 78.6 |
| SCOTLAND | 1,992 | 77.4 | 808 | 69.5 | 198 | 76.7 |
| STANLY | 3,130 | 84.3 | 368 | 74.6 | 8 | 100.0 |
| STOKES | 2,403 | 93.5 | 73 | 80.2 | 6 | 85.7 |
| SURRY | 3,966 | 83.9 | 154 | 75.1 | 4 | 100.0 |
| SWAIN | 770 | 88.4 | 0 | 0 | 299 | 82.4 |
| TRANSYLVANIA | 1,234 | 88.5 | 56 | 77.8 | 3 | 50.0 |
| TYRRELL | 192 | 86.5 | 70 | 82.4 | 0 | 0 |
| UNION | 9,285 | 86.1 | 1,160 | 77.9 | 31 | 86.1 |
| VANCE | 2,581 | 72.9 | 1,214 | 64.5 | 5 | 71.4 |
| WAKE | 43,011 | 85.5 | 8,208 | 74.5 | 104 | 78.8 |
| WARREN | 820 | 80.6 | 506 | 75.7 | 41 | 89.1 |
| WASHINGTON | 660 | 77.8 | 377 | 71.1 | 0 | 0 |
| WATAUGA | 1,487 | 87.2 | 20 | 76.9 | 2 | 100.0 |
| WAYNE | 5,894 | 68.4 | 1,708 | 57.2 | 20 | 90.9 |
| WILKES | 3,762 | 86.6 | 153 | 78.1 | 10 | 100.0 |
| WILSON | 4,486 | 81.4 | 1,867 | 75.5 | 7 | 100.0 |
| YADKIN | 2,274 | 91.8 | 65 | 78.3 | 0 | 0 |
| YANCEY | 870 | 92.7 | 6 | 100.0 | 1 | 50.0 |
| PREPARED BY NC-DHHS STATE CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (www.schs.state.nc.us/SCHS/) |