NC RESIDENT PREGNANCY RATES FOR GIRLS 15-17, BY RACE, 1998-2002

  WHITE PREGNANCIES WHITE RATE MINORITY PREGNANCIES MINORITY RATE TOTAL PREGNANCIES TOTAL RATE
RESIDENCE 18,256 35.5 15,312 64.0 33,680 44.7
NORTH CAROLINA
ALAMANCE 440 49.3 226 73.1 668 55.6
ALEXANDER 97 32.9 18 84.9 115 36.4
ALLEGHANY 38 46.9 0 0 38 45.9
ANSON 38 37.8 109 69.0 147 56.9
ASHE 75 37.7 1 35.7 76 37.7
AVERY 47 37.2 0 0 47 36.5
BEAUFORT 102 38.0 110 70.0 213 50.0
BERTIE 7 12.0 108 64.7 115 51.0
BLADEN 66 38.4 92 58.2 158 47.9
BRUNSWICK 213 46.8 70 42.1 285 45.9
BUNCOMBE 600 36.8 119 55.2 719 38.9
BURKE 332 49.0 85 69.1 420 52.5
CABARRUS 380 36.0 151 68.7 534 41.8
CALDWELL 294 46.6 34 67.7 329 48.3
CAMDEN 13 23.6 5 33.8 18 25.8
CARTERET 169 35.7 22 33.6 192 35.6
CASWELL 51 40.1 38 40.1 90 40.5
CATAWBA 387 35.2 152 75.9 540 41.5
CHATHAM 124 39.1 45 46.7 169 40.9
CHEROKEE 69 33.6 3 34.9 72 33.7
CHOWAN 27 34.2 54 66.3 81 50.5
CLAY 13 18.0 1 58.8 14 18.9
CLEVELAND 276 41.3 223 91.3 500 54.8
COLUMBUS 144 43.7 177 69.6 321 55.0
CRAVEN 196 34.0 224 77.9 423 48.9
CUMBERLAND 554 35.0 863 55.6 1,420 45.3
CURRITUCK 43 25.5 4 16.2 47 24.3
DARE 71 28.2 12 68.2 83 30.8
DAVIDSON 477 40.3 118 58.7 597 43.1
DAVIE 98 32.8 15 53.2 113 34.6
DUPLIN 149 48.9 112 60.8 262 53.6
DURHAM 324 39.0 677 66.9 1,008 54.7
EDGECOMBE 80 42.9 321 78.6 402 67.6
FORSYTH 660 35.5 644 66.3 1,312 46.3
FRANKLIN 105 37.7 119 71.1 224 50.3
GASTON 622 43.6 253 69.7 876 48.9
GATES 10 16.8 27 47.8 37 31.8
GRAHAM 32 52.5 4 46.0 36 51.7
GRANVILLE 106 40.4 100 59.4 206 47.8
GREENE 45 48.4 69 71.0 114 60.0
GUILFORD 624 27.6 859 56.7 1,489 39.5
HALIFAX 95 48.4 293 70.7 388 63.5
HARNETT 253 40.5 215 75.3 469 51.5
HAYWOOD 142 33.2 2 13.9 144 32.6
HENDERSON 246 37.2 21 35.7 267 37.1
HERTFORD 21 28.7 136 74.5 157 61.4
HOKE 71 53.6 135 61.5 206 58.5
HYDE 5 16.7 15 82.9 20 41.6
IREDELL 285 30.9 192 80.8 477 41.2
JACKSON 57 28.7 21 42.2 78 31.4
JOHNSTON 347 40.7 176 70.5 523 47.5
JONES 31 53.3 28 63.5 59 57.7
LEE 179 50.0 111 79.3 291 58.5
LENOIR 109 35.8 265 93.9 375 63.9
LINCOLN 207 38.9 29 45.4 237 39.7
MCDOWELL 144 43.2 12 38.5 156 42.8
MACON 80 33.3 4 33.3 84 33.3
MADISON 51 34.5 1 66.7 52 34.9
MARTIN 45 36.0 103 71.2 148 54.9
MECKLENBURG 969 25.5 1,730 64.7 2,715 42.0
MITCHELL 32 23.5 0 0 32 23.3
MONTGOMERY 109 61.3 53 70.2 162 63.9
MOORE 185 36.9 111 65.9 297 44.3
NASH 164 33.2 243 64.3 407 46.7
NEW HANOVER 264 26.0 247 69.8 515 37.6
NORTHAMPTON 15 22.7 99 61.5 114 50.2
ONSLOW 345 34.6 216 48.8 562 39.1
ORANGE 166 18.9 111 44.4 279 24.8
PAMLICO 18 25.6 18 43.2 36 32.2
PASQUOTANK 63 32.6 114 63.2 178 47.6
PENDER 89 35.4 55 45.9 145 39.1
PERQUIMANS 26 36.6 21 49.8 47 41.5
PERSON 60 27.5 83 81.1 143 44.6
PITT 195 27.7 386 63.2 582 44.2
POLK 56 45.4 2 16.1 58 42.7
RANDOLPH 539 48.4 72 60.9 614 49.8
RICHMOND 129 50.5 157 78.0 286 62.6
ROBESON 223 60.6 724 70.3 949 67.9
ROCKINGHAM 321 51.5 125 62.7 447 54.3
ROWAN 376 38.7 198 68.4 575 45.6
RUTHERFORD 225 45.7 47 56.7 272 47.3
SAMPSON 180 51.2 126 52.4 306 51.7
SCOTLAND 95 55.0 151 65.8 246 61.2
STANLY 171 35.7 74 74.2 246 42.5
STOKES 119 31.8 5 19.4 124 31.0
SURRY 240 43.4 27 49.5 267 44.0
SWAIN 26 41.2 43 73.4 69 56.7
TRANSYLVANIA 84 36.5 7 38.5 91 36.7
TYRRELL 6 26.4 9 53.9 15 38.1
UNION 310 31.0 148 67.9 459 37.7
VANCE 100 55.2 227 86.4 327 73.6
WAKE 907 22.3 849 50.6 1,777 30.9
WARREN 25 38.9 70 54.2 97 50.2
WASHINGTON 15 25.9 52 56.6 67 44.8
WATAUGA 74 23.9 4 51.3 79 24.9
WAYNE 242 35.0 363 72.3 605 50.6
WILKES 220 41.1 16 40.1 236 41.1
WILSON 153 40.6 299 78.1 452 59.5
YADKIN 108 35.1 6 43.5 114 35.5
YANCEY 46 33.3 1 26.3 47 33.1

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