RESIDENCE	HIGH PARITY BIRTHS	PERCENT HIGH PARITY
NORTH CAROLINA	35,274	18.1
ALAMANCE	524	18.0
ALEXANDER	101	15.6
ALLEGHANY	17	14.5
ANSON	88	22.1
ASHE	45	13.2
AVERY	42	16.9
BEAUFORT	141	17.5
BERTIE	50	17.2
BLADEN	87	16.4
BRUNSWICK	227	19.1
BUNCOMBE	832	18.7
BURKE	291	20.8
CABARRUS	572	15.7
CALDWELL	182	14.6
CAMDEN	21	14.4
CARTERET	180	18.6
CASWELL	81	20.5
CATAWBA	489	15.8
CHATHAM	253	19.1
CHEROKEE	59	19.0
CHOWAN	41	19.2
CLAY	28	23.7
CLEVELAND	290	18.6
COLUMBUS	195	21.3
CRAVEN	346	18.7
CUMBERLAND	1,271	19.0
CURRITUCK	82	22.5
DARE	157	21.1
DAVIDSON	474	16.8
DAVIE	136	19.0
DUPLIN	170	18.3
DURHAM	1,323	17.8
EDGECOMBE	216	25.6
FORSYTH	1,538	19.1
FRANKLIN	208	19.8
GASTON	610	16.7
GATES	31	19.3
GRAHAM	14	12.1
GRANVILLE	176	17.9
GREENE	51	18.1
GUILFORD	2,104	18.4
HALIFAX	172	20.5
HARNETT	356	19.3
HAYWOOD	119	13.2
HENDERSON	316	17.6
HERTFORD	60	20.0
HOKE	143	19.8
HYDE	22	23.7
IREDELL	502	16.4
JACKSON	91	17.8
JOHNSTON	537	15.0
JONES	20	16.5
LEE	266	22.8
LENOIR	204	21.3
LINCOLN	195	14.4
MCDOWELL	103	16.4
MACON	105	22.9
MADISON	50	17.4
MARTIN	69	18.0
MECKLENBURG	4,582	16.9
MITCHELL	36	16.9
MONTGOMERY	89	21.9
MOORE	271	19.3
NASH	340	18.2
NEW HANOVER	718	17.2
NORTHAMPTON	63	21.9
ONSLOW	531	17.8
ORANGE	672	20.1
PAMLICO	31	25.0
PASQUOTANK	118	20.1
PENDER	146	19.7
PERQUIMANS	42	24.4
PERSON	111	16.5
PITT	565	17.8
POLK	51	17.9
RANDOLPH	515	19.6
RICHMOND	117	19.0
ROBESON	416	21.5
ROCKINGHAM	241	15.2
ROWAN	454	19.5
RUTHERFORD	153	16.0
SAMPSON	191	18.2
SCOTLAND	108	22.0
STANLY	163	16.4
STOKES	124	16.6
SURRY	234	18.4
SWAIN	39	19.7
TRANSYLVANIA	85	21.5
TYRRELL	17	23.6
UNION	776	17.6
VANCE	156	21.8
WAKE	4,778	18.3
WARREN	60	23.6
WASHINGTON	47	21.7
WATAUGA	139	20.9
WAYNE	413	19.2
WILKES	194	17.7
WILSON	252	18.5
YADKIN	116	16.8
YANCEY	47	21.5

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