TOTAL BIRTHS	BIRTHS BY CESAREAN	PERCENT BIRTHS BY CESAREAN
RESIDENCE	581,052	91,602	15.8
NORTH CAROLINA
ALAMANCE	9,042	1,327	14.7
ALEXANDER	2,154	331	15.4
ALLEGHANY	539	65	12.1
ANSON	1,677	305	18.2
ASHE	1,278	270	21.1
AVERY	859	176	20.5
BEAUFORT	3,147	573	18.2
BERTIE	1,277	165	12.9
BLADEN	2,330	378	16.2
BRUNSWICK	4,150	701	16.9
BUNCOMBE	12,615	1,832	14.5
BURKE	5,539	860	15.5
CABARRUS	10,196	1,473	14.4
CALDWELL	5,086	772	15.2
CAMDEN	338	63	18.6
CARTERET	3,031	508	16.8
CASWELL	1,303	190	14.6
CATAWBA	10,103	1,504	14.9
CHATHAM	3,341	516	15.4
CHEROKEE	1,321	179	13.6
CHOWAN	989	154	15.6
CLAY	368	50	13.6
CLEVELAND	6,406	1,020	15.9
COLUMBUS	4,043	656	16.2
CRAVEN	7,954	1,273	16.0
CUMBERLAND	27,476	3,842	14.0
CURRITUCK	1,050	172	16.4
DARE	1,688	323	19.1
DAVIDSON	9,531	1,484	15.6
DAVIE	2,190	314	14.3
DUPLIN	3,929	622	15.8
DURHAM	18,300	3,385	18.5
EDGECOMBE	4,048	488	12.1
FORSYTH	22,557	3,181	14.1
FRANKLIN	3,171	556	17.5
GASTON	13,105	1,832	14.0
GATES	542	86	15.9
GRAHAM	494	60	12.1
GRANVILLE	2,961	520	17.6
GREENE	1,270	183	14.4
GUILFORD	29,175	4,665	16.0
HALIFAX	3,788	628	16.6
HARNETT	7,162	1,297	18.1
HAYWOOD	2,755	429	15.6
HENDERSON	5,262	803	15.3
HERTFORD	1,427	188	13.2
HOKE	3,314	448	13.5
HYDE	288	49	17.0
IREDELL	8,851	1,498	16.9
JACKSON	1,779	213	12.0
JOHNSTON	10,061	1,790	17.8
JONES	512	101	19.7
LEE	4,155	616	14.8
LENOIR	4,186	760	18.2
LINCOLN	4,293	738	17.2
MCDOWELL	2,639	407	15.4
MACON	1,516	233	15.4
MADISON	1,113	148	13.3
MARTIN	1,676	278	16.6
MECKLENBURG	57,836	9,442	16.3
MITCHELL	831	156	18.8
MONTGOMERY	2,042	283	13.9
MOORE	4,605	693	15.0
NASH	6,155	857	13.9
NEW HANOVER	9,989	1,682	16.8
NORTHAMPTON	1,266	213	16.8
ONSLOW	15,917	2,312	14.5
ORANGE	6,195	1,005	16.2
PAMLICO	529	73	13.8
PASQUOTANK	2,278	388	17.0
PENDER	2,364	361	15.3
PERQUIMANS	584	111	19.0
PERSON	2,292	413	18.0
PITT	9,778	1,614	16.5
POLK	891	134	15.0
RANDOLPH	9,173	1,395	15.2
RICHMOND	3,325	591	17.8
ROBESON	10,524	1,961	18.6
ROCKINGHAM	5,883	904	15.4
ROWAN	8,470	1,175	13.9
RUTHERFORD	4,066	581	14.3
SAMPSON	4,524	818	18.1
SCOTLAND	2,574	386	15.0
STANLY	3,713	694	18.7
STOKES	2,570	374	14.6
SURRY	4,728	649	13.7
SWAIN	871	98	11.3
TRANSYLVANIA	1,394	138	9.9
TYRRELL	222	38	17.1
UNION	10,778	1,499	13.9
VANCE	3,539	542	15.3
WAKE	50,327	8,257	16.4
WARREN	1,018	175	17.2
WASHINGTON	848	145	17.1
WATAUGA	1,706	329	19.3
WAYNE	8,623	1,435	16.6
WILKES	4,346	797	18.3
WILSON	5,511	747	13.6
YADKIN	2,478	335	13.5
YANCEY	939	124	13.2

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