RESIDENCE	NUMBER HIGH PARITY BIRTHS	PERCENT HIGH PARITY
NORTH CAROLINA	73,535	18.7
ALAMANCE	1,304	20.7
ALEXANDER	265	17.7
ALLEGHANY	69	17.6
ANSON	335	25.8
ASHE	158	16.2
AVERY	85	13.6
BEAUFORT	491	21.2
BERTIE	206	20.9
BLADEN	357	20.1
BRUNSWICK	541	17.6
BUNCOMBE	1,227	15.0
BURKE	857	21.7
CABARRUS	1,161	16.6
CALDWELL	717	19.6
CAMDEN	31	11.8
CARTERET	315	15.5
CASWELL	194	21.6
CATAWBA	1,178	16.4
CHATHAM	352	17.3
CHEROKEE	174	17.2
CHOWAN	163	23.8
CLAY	39	14.1
CLEVELAND	1,139	24.1
COLUMBUS	710	23.2
CRAVEN	1,034	17.1
CUMBERLAND	3,429	16.8
CURRITUCK	101	13.8
DARE	158	14.9
DAVIDSON	1,306	19.2
DAVIE	272	18.4
DUPLIN	595	20.0
DURHAM	2,051	17.9
EDGECOMBE	911	29.5
FORSYTH	2,928	19.8
FRANKLIN	432	19.8
GASTON	1,918	20.4
GATES	64	17.1
GRAHAM	70	17.5
GRANVILLE	375	18.6
GREENE	228	24.5
GUILFORD	3,546	19.7
HALIFAX	733	24.8
HARNETT	1,134	21.3
HAYWOOD	309	16.1
HENDERSON	557	15.4
HERTFORD	254	22.5
HOKE	529	19.9
HYDE	34	18.2
IREDELL	1,061	17.8
JACKSON	219	16.9
JOHNSTON	1,155	16.9
JONES	89	24.7
LEE	694	23.1
LENOIR	772	25.0
LINCOLN	487	16.0
MCDOWELL	348	17.3
MACON	178	16.3
MADISON	105	13.0
MARTIN	268	21.8
MECKLENBURG	5,651	17.1
MITCHELL	82	13.2
MONTGOMERY	394	24.9
MOORE	649	20.9
NASH	914	21.4
NEW HANOVER	1,053	17.5
NORTHAMPTON	239	24.8
ONSLOW	1,660	12.8
ORANGE	512	17.1
PAMLICO	75	19.2
PASQUOTANK	349	20.1
PENDER	302	18.6
PERQUIMANS	83	19.2
PERSON	297	18.3
PITT	1,296	19.3
POLK	89	14.9
RANDOLPH	1,278	19.3
RICHMOND	724	27.6
ROBESON	2,159	25.6
ROCKINGHAM	824	19.6
ROWAN	1,257	20.6
RUTHERFORD	655	21.3
SAMPSON	774	22.0
SCOTLAND	547	27.4
STANLY	534	19.8
STOKES	281	15.7
SURRY	596	17.5
SWAIN	149	22.3
TRANSYLVANIA	186	18.9
TYRRELL	25	16.4
UNION	1,104	16.0
VANCE	747	26.5
WAKE	3,841	14.5
WARREN	198	25.7
WASHINGTON	145	22.9
WATAUGA	137	12.9
WAYNE	1,326	20.5
WILKES	592	18.2
WILSON	997	25.0
YADKIN	302	17.6
YANCEY	100	13.9

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