TOTAL BIRTHS	BIRTHS BY CESAREAN	PERCENT BIRTHS BY CESAREAN
RESIDENCE	581,052	139,968	24.1
NORTH CAROLINA
ALAMANCE	9,042	2,137	23.6
ALEXANDER	2,154	561	26.0
ALLEGHANY	539	105	19.5
ANSON	1,677	451	26.9
ASHE	1,278	393	30.8
AVERY	859	270	31.4
BEAUFORT	3,147	894	28.4
BERTIE	1,277	263	20.6
BLADEN	2,330	597	25.6
BRUNSWICK	4,150	1,151	27.7
BUNCOMBE	12,615	2,677	21.2
BURKE	5,539	1,389	25.1
CABARRUS	10,196	2,306	22.6
CALDWELL	5,086	1,214	23.9
CAMDEN	338	82	24.3
CARTERET	3,031	804	26.5
CASWELL	1,303	285	21.9
CATAWBA	10,103	2,354	23.3
CHATHAM	3,341	806	24.1
CHEROKEE	1,321	279	21.1
CHOWAN	989	263	26.6
CLAY	368	79	21.5
CLEVELAND	6,406	1,637	25.6
COLUMBUS	4,043	1,010	25.0
CRAVEN	7,954	2,068	26.0
CUMBERLAND	27,476	5,752	20.9
CURRITUCK	1,050	273	26.0
DARE	1,688	482	28.6
DAVIDSON	9,531	2,398	25.2
DAVIE	2,190	469	21.4
DUPLIN	3,929	1,029	26.2
DURHAM	18,300	4,435	24.2
EDGECOMBE	4,048	847	20.9
FORSYTH	22,557	4,351	19.3
FRANKLIN	3,171	779	24.6
GASTON	13,105	2,936	22.4
GATES	542	139	25.6
GRAHAM	494	96	19.4
GRANVILLE	2,961	785	26.5
GREENE	1,270	276	21.7
GUILFORD	29,175	7,242	24.8
HALIFAX	3,788	1,002	26.5
HARNETT	7,162	2,012	28.1
HAYWOOD	2,755	629	22.8
HENDERSON	5,262	1,250	23.8
HERTFORD	1,427	268	18.8
HOKE	3,314	680	20.5
HYDE	288	75	26.0
IREDELL	8,851	2,361	26.7
JACKSON	1,779	370	20.8
JOHNSTON	10,061	2,830	28.1
JONES	512	164	32.0
LEE	4,155	992	23.9
LENOIR	4,186	1,294	30.9
LINCOLN	4,293	1,232	28.7
MCDOWELL	2,639	677	25.7
MACON	1,516	385	25.4
MADISON	1,113	218	19.6
MARTIN	1,676	438	26.1
MECKLENBURG	57,836	13,978	24.2
MITCHELL	831	228	27.4
MONTGOMERY	2,042	482	23.6
MOORE	4,605	1,122	24.4
NASH	6,155	1,377	22.4
NEW HANOVER	9,989	2,505	25.1
NORTHAMPTON	1,266	330	26.1
ONSLOW	15,917	3,142	19.7
ORANGE	6,195	1,475	23.8
PAMLICO	529	133	25.1
PASQUOTANK	2,278	600	26.3
PENDER	2,364	563	23.8
PERQUIMANS	584	185	31.7
PERSON	2,292	606	26.4
PITT	9,778	2,261	23.1
POLK	891	219	24.6
RANDOLPH	9,173	2,301	25.1
RICHMOND	3,325	962	28.9
ROBESON	10,524	3,132	29.8
ROCKINGHAM	5,883	1,433	24.4
ROWAN	8,470	1,817	21.5
RUTHERFORD	4,066	916	22.5
SAMPSON	4,524	1,347	29.8
SCOTLAND	2,574	665	25.8
STANLY	3,713	1,166	31.4
STOKES	2,570	527	20.5
SURRY	4,728	1,077	22.8
SWAIN	871	185	21.2
TRANSYLVANIA	1,394	254	18.2
TYRRELL	222	53	23.9
UNION	10,778	2,511	23.3
VANCE	3,539	882	24.9
WAKE	50,327	11,995	23.8
WARREN	1,018	262	25.7
WASHINGTON	848	272	32.1
WATAUGA	1,706	490	28.7
WAYNE	8,623	2,181	25.3
WILKES	4,346	1,254	28.9
WILSON	5,511	1,159	21.0
YADKIN	2,478	479	19.3
YANCEY	939	201	21.4

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