| NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT LIVE BIRTH RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION, 1999-2003 |
| TOTAL BIRTHS | TOTAL RATE | WHITE BIRTHS | WHITE RATE | MINORITY BIRTHS | MINORITY RATE | |
| RESIDENCE | 587,713 | 14.3 | 424,074 | 13.9 | 163,639 | 15.7 |
| NORTH CAROLINA | ||||||
| ALAMANCE | 9,224 | 13.8 | 7,312 | 13.9 | 1,912 | 13.6 |
| ALEXANDER | 2,144 | 12.6 | 2,001 | 12.6 | 143 | 13.1 |
| ALLEGHANY | 509 | 9.5 | 503 | 9.6 | 6 | 5.2 |
| ANSON | 1,699 | 13.4 | 746 | 11.9 | 953 | 15.0 |
| ASHE | 1,314 | 10.7 | 1,301 | 10.7 | 13 | 6.5 |
| AVERY | 873 | 10.0 | 861 | 10.3 | 12 | 2.9 |
| BEAUFORT | 3,121 | 13.8 | 2,042 | 12.9 | 1,079 | 16.0 |
| BERTIE | 1,275 | 12.9 | 348 | 9.6 | 927 | 14.8 |
| BLADEN | 2,305 | 14.2 | 1,384 | 14.4 | 921 | 13.9 |
| BRUNSWICK | 4,263 | 11.1 | 3,501 | 10.9 | 762 | 12.5 |
| BUNCOMBE | 12,628 | 12.1 | 11,330 | 12.0 | 1,298 | 13.1 |
| BURKE | 5,351 | 12.0 | 4,608 | 11.8 | 743 | 13.9 |
| CABARRUS | 10,644 | 15.6 | 8,958 | 15.4 | 1,686 | 17.2 |
| CALDWELL | 4,899 | 12.6 | 4,561 | 12.6 | 338 | 12.9 |
| CAMDEN | 408 | 11.3 | 331 | 11.3 | 77 | 11.7 |
| CARTERET | 2,996 | 10.0 | 2,682 | 9.8 | 314 | 12.0 |
| CASWELL | 1,296 | 11.0 | 904 | 12.2 | 392 | 8.9 |
| CATAWBA | 10,262 | 14.2 | 8,743 | 13.9 | 1,519 | 16.5 |
| CHATHAM | 3,363 | 13.2 | 2,880 | 13.9 | 483 | 10.1 |
| CHEROKEE | 1,322 | 10.7 | 1,270 | 10.8 | 52 | 9.7 |
| CHOWAN | 898 | 12.5 | 446 | 10.1 | 452 | 16.3 |
| CLAY | 394 | 8.8 | 390 | 8.8 | 4 | 5.5 |
| CLEVELAND | 6,280 | 13.0 | 4,612 | 12.3 | 1,668 | 15.3 |
| COLUMBUS | 3,978 | 14.5 | 2,436 | 13.7 | 1,542 | 16.1 |
| CRAVEN | 7,895 | 17.2 | 5,665 | 17.2 | 2,230 | 17.3 |
| CUMBERLAND | 27,131 | 17.8 | 16,118 | 18.3 | 11,013 | 17.2 |
| CURRITUCK | 1,095 | 11.5 | 1,023 | 11.7 | 72 | 8.9 |
| DARE | 1,805 | 11.6 | 1,726 | 11.5 | 79 | 12.6 |
| DAVIDSON | 9,628 | 12.9 | 8,525 | 12.9 | 1,103 | 13.3 |
| DAVIE | 2,196 | 12.2 | 2,067 | 12.5 | 129 | 9.1 |
| DUPLIN | 3,907 | 15.7 | 2,903 | 16.7 | 1,004 | 13.4 |
| DURHAM | 18,879 | 16.5 | 10,309 | 16.5 | 8,570 | 16.5 |
| EDGECOMBE | 3,935 | 14.3 | 1,490 | 13.1 | 2,445 | 15.1 |
| FORSYTH | 22,849 | 14.7 | 16,465 | 14.8 | 6,384 | 14.4 |
| FRANKLIN | 3,227 | 13.2 | 2,327 | 13.8 | 900 | 11.8 |
| GASTON | 13,047 | 13.7 | 10,749 | 13.4 | 2,298 | 15.0 |
| GATES | 536 | 10.1 | 299 | 9.4 | 237 | 11.1 |
| GRAHAM | 515 | 12.9 | 466 | 12.6 | 49 | 15.5 |
| GRANVILLE | 2,998 | 12.0 | 2,092 | 13.1 | 906 | 9.9 |
| GREENE | 1,212 | 12.6 | 688 | 12.4 | 524 | 12.8 |
| GUILFORD | 29,453 | 13.9 | 17,759 | 12.7 | 11,694 | 16.2 |
| HALIFAX | 3,789 | 13.3 | 1,322 | 10.8 | 2,467 | 15.1 |
| HARNETT | 7,184 | 15.3 | 5,352 | 15.3 | 1,832 | 15.3 |
| HAYWOOD | 2,824 | 10.3 | 2,770 | 10.4 | 54 | 7.8 |
| HENDERSON | 5,399 | 11.8 | 5,151 | 11.9 | 248 | 11.4 |
| HERTFORD | 1,432 | 12.3 | 409 | 9.3 | 1,023 | 14.2 |
| HOKE | 3,378 | 19.3 | 1,893 | 22.4 | 1,485 | 16.4 |
| HYDE | 280 | 9.6 | 202 | 10.9 | 78 | 7.4 |
| IREDELL | 9,040 | 14.2 | 7,426 | 13.9 | 1,614 | 15.9 |
| JACKSON | 1,806 | 10.7 | 1,472 | 10.1 | 334 | 14.7 |
| JOHNSTON | 10,403 | 16.3 | 8,617 | 16.3 | 1,786 | 16.3 |
| JONES | 482 | 9.4 | 310 | 9.6 | 172 | 9.0 |
| LEE | 4,169 | 16.9 | 3,208 | 16.7 | 961 | 17.3 |
| LENOIR | 4,038 | 13.6 | 2,082 | 12.1 | 1,956 | 15.8 |
| LINCOLN | 4,407 | 13.5 | 4,113 | 13.6 | 294 | 11.9 |
| MCDOWELL | 2,642 | 12.4 | 2,517 | 12.6 | 125 | 9.5 |
| MACON | 1,550 | 10.2 | 1,518 | 10.2 | 32 | 9.1 |
| MADISON | 1,098 | 11.1 | 1,089 | 11.2 | 9 | 5.4 |
| MARTIN | 1,614 | 12.8 | 755 | 11.2 | 859 | 14.6 |
| MECKLENBURG | 60,112 | 16.8 | 39,305 | 16.4 | 20,807 | 17.6 |
| MITCHELL | 834 | 10.6 | 830 | 10.6 | 4 | 4.0 |
| MONTGOMERY | 1,990 | 14.7 | 1,542 | 15.1 | 448 | 13.4 |
| MOORE | 4,517 | 11.9 | 3,485 | 11.1 | 1,032 | 15.7 |
| NASH | 6,136 | 13.9 | 3,727 | 13.3 | 2,409 | 15.0 |
| NEW HANOVER | 10,169 | 12.4 | 7,684 | 11.6 | 2,485 | 16.1 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 1,252 | 11.4 | 451 | 10.4 | 801 | 12.1 |
| ONSLOW | 15,921 | 21.0 | 12,365 | 21.5 | 3,556 | 19.4 |
| ORANGE | 6,342 | 10.7 | 4,933 | 10.3 | 1,409 | 12.1 |
| PAMLICO | 514 | 8.0 | 381 | 8.0 | 133 | 7.9 |
| PASQUOTANK | 2,325 | 13.1 | 1,224 | 12.1 | 1,101 | 14.6 |
| PENDER | 2,366 | 11.2 | 1,839 | 11.6 | 527 | 10.1 |
| PERQUIMANS | 604 | 10.5 | 402 | 9.8 | 202 | 12.3 |
| PERSON | 2,292 | 12.7 | 1,568 | 12.3 | 724 | 13.5 |
| PITT | 9,875 | 14.6 | 5,557 | 12.8 | 4,318 | 17.7 |
| POLK | 884 | 9.5 | 834 | 9.6 | 50 | 7.9 |
| RANDOLPH | 9,245 | 14.0 | 8,585 | 14.0 | 660 | 13.2 |
| RICHMOND | 3,241 | 13.9 | 2,014 | 13.1 | 1,227 | 15.4 |
| ROBESON | 10,382 | 16.7 | 3,453 | 15.9 | 6,929 | 17.2 |
| ROCKINGHAM | 5,780 | 12.6 | 4,645 | 12.7 | 1,135 | 11.9 |
| ROWAN | 8,442 | 12.8 | 6,769 | 12.5 | 1,673 | 14.3 |
| RUTHERFORD | 4,035 | 12.8 | 3,481 | 12.6 | 554 | 14.1 |
| SAMPSON | 4,567 | 15.0 | 3,186 | 15.7 | 1,381 | 13.6 |
| SCOTLAND | 2,485 | 13.9 | 1,113 | 12.0 | 1,372 | 15.9 |
| STANLY | 3,692 | 12.6 | 3,051 | 12.2 | 641 | 15.3 |
| STOKES | 2,539 | 11.3 | 2,445 | 11.5 | 94 | 7.6 |
| SURRY | 4,689 | 13.1 | 4,428 | 13.1 | 261 | 12.6 |
| SWAIN | 866 | 13.2 | 509 | 11.6 | 357 | 16.5 |
| TRANSYLVANIA | 1,377 | 9.4 | 1,293 | 9.4 | 84 | 9.9 |
| TYRRELL | 224 | 10.7 | 142 | 11.7 | 82 | 9.4 |
| UNION | 11,292 | 17.1 | 9,608 | 16.9 | 1,684 | 18.1 |
| VANCE | 3,538 | 16.2 | 1,624 | 14.9 | 1,914 | 17.6 |
| WAKE | 52,638 | 16.0 | 38,485 | 15.6 | 14,153 | 17.3 |
| WARREN | 1,026 | 10.3 | 303 | 7.6 | 723 | 12.0 |
| WASHINGTON | 851 | 12.5 | 331 | 9.8 | 520 | 15.2 |
| WATAUGA | 1,725 | 8.1 | 1,679 | 8.1 | 46 | 7.2 |
| WAYNE | 8,616 | 15.2 | 5,484 | 15.1 | 3,132 | 15.4 |
| WILKES | 4,347 | 13.1 | 4,128 | 13.2 | 219 | 12.8 |
| WILSON | 5,354 | 14.4 | 2,932 | 13.4 | 2,422 | 15.8 |
| YADKIN | 2,404 | 13.1 | 2,310 | 13.2 | 94 | 11.9 |
| YANCEY | 936 | 10.5 | 922 | 10.5 | 14 | 11.5 |
| PREPARED BY NC-DHHS STATE CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (www.schs.state.nc.us/SCHS/) |
| RATES BASED ON SMALL NUMBERS (FEWER THAN 20 CASES) |
| ARE UNSTABLE AND SHOULD BE INTERPRETED WITH CAUTION |