TOTAL BIRTHS	TOTAL DEATHS	DEATH RATE
RESIDENCE	140,761	2,202	15.6
NORTH CAROLINA
ALAMANCE	1,743	47	27.0
ALEXANDER	94	1	10.6
ALLEGHANY	5	0	0
ANSON	922	20	21.7
ASHE	10	0	0
AVERY	6	0	0
BEAUFORT	1,062	19	17.9
BERTIE	919	16	17.4
BLADEN	860	12	14.0
BRUNSWICK	700	7	10.0
BUNCOMBE	1,120	26	23.2
BURKE	283	3	10.6
CABARRUS	1,497	28	18.7
CALDWELL	294	3	10.2
CAMDEN	65	0	0
CARTERET	262	8	30.5
CASWELL	388	3	7.7
CATAWBA	849	20	23.6
CHATHAM	437	5	11.4
CHEROKEE	32	0	0
CHOWAN	450	2	4.4
CLAY	2	0	0
CLEVELAND	1,589	27	17.0
COLUMBUS	1,395	23	16.5
CRAVEN	2,020	25	12.4
CUMBERLAND	9,672	186	19.2
CURRITUCK	58	2	34.5
DARE	53	1	18.9
DAVIDSON	936	12	12.8
DAVIE	119	1	8.4
DUPLIN	951	13	13.7
DURHAM	7,530	98	13.0
EDGECOMBE	2,429	39	16.1
FORSYTH	6,010	109	18.1
FRANKLIN	867	14	16.1
GASTON	2,077	37	17.8
GATES	235	2	8.5
GRAHAM	1	0	0
GRANVILLE	883	14	15.9
GREENE	522	9	17.2
GUILFORD	10,312	160	15.5
HALIFAX	2,275	24	10.5
HARNETT	1,671	23	13.8
HAYWOOD	31	1	32.3
HENDERSON	171	2	11.7
HERTFORD	1,009	20	19.8
HOKE	1,081	14	13.0
HYDE	76	1	13.2
IREDELL	1,384	24	17.3
JACKSON	27	1	37.0
JOHNSTON	1,619	24	14.8
JONES	171	1	5.8
LEE	879	7	8.0
LENOIR	1,920	35	18.2
LINCOLN	267	9	33.7
MCDOWELL	81	1	12.3
MACON	12	0	0
MADISON	4	0	0
MARTIN	850	7	8.2
MECKLENBURG	17,980	251	14.0
MITCHELL	2	0	0
MONTGOMERY	395	5	12.7
MOORE	917	14	15.3
NASH	2,311	35	15.1
NEW HANOVER	2,281	17	7.5
NORTHAMPTON	795	20	25.2
ONSLOW	2,944	46	15.6
ORANGE	987	8	8.1
PAMLICO	132	2	15.2
PASQUOTANK	1,061	13	12.3
PENDER	514	9	17.5
PERQUIMANS	200	5	25.0
PERSON	710	14	19.7
PITT	4,152	79	19.0
POLK	46	0	0
RANDOLPH	531	11	20.7
RICHMOND	1,139	18	15.8
ROBESON	2,481	46	18.5
ROCKINGHAM	1,091	9	8.2
ROWAN	1,526	17	11.1
RUTHERFORD	522	12	23.0
SAMPSON	1,273	25	19.6
SCOTLAND	1,122	14	12.5
STANLY	502	8	15.9
STOKES	75	3	40.0
SURRY	194	4	20.6
SWAIN	2	0	0
TRANSYLVANIA	64	1	15.6
TYRRELL	80	1	12.5
UNION	1,513	17	11.2
VANCE	1,878	33	17.6
WAKE	11,296	162	14.3
WARREN	678	13	19.2
WASHINGTON	519	6	11.6
WATAUGA	24	0	0
WAYNE	2,979	55	18.5
WILKES	183	5	27.3
WILSON	2,383	36	15.1
YADKIN	85	2	23.5
YANCEY	7	0	0

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

NOTE: RATES BASED ON SMALL NUMBERS (FEWER THAN 20 CASES)

ARE UNSTABLE AND SHOULD BE INTERPRETED WITH CAUTION