TOTAL LOW BIRTHWEIGHT		WHITE LOW BIRTHWEIGHT		MINORITY LOW BIRTHWEIGHT
	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT
RESIDENCE	52,456	8.9	30,830	7.3	21,626	13.2
NORTH CAROLINA
ALAMANCE	803	8.7	541	7.4	262	13.7
ALEXANDER	161	7.5	149	7.4	12	8.4
ALLEGHANY	38	7.5	38	7.6	0	0
ANSON	180	10.6	51	6.8	129	13.5
ASHE	106	8.1	104	8.0	2	15.4
AVERY	94	10.8	93	10.8	1	8.3
BEAUFORT	314	10.1	144	7.1	170	15.8
BERTIE	167	13.1	34	9.8	133	14.3
BLADEN	230	10.0	98	7.1	132	14.3
BRUNSWICK	408	9.6	302	8.6	106	13.9
BUNCOMBE	1,140	9.0	959	8.5	181	13.9
BURKE	483	9.0	396	8.6	87	11.7
CABARRUS	873	8.2	635	7.1	238	14.1
CALDWELL	420	8.6	379	8.3	41	12.1
CAMDEN	37	9.1	29	8.8	8	10.4
CARTERET	221	7.4	187	7.0	34	10.8
CASWELL	127	9.8	68	7.5	59	15.1
CATAWBA	866	8.4	677	7.7	189	12.4
CHATHAM	231	6.9	170	5.9	61	12.6
CHEROKEE	104	7.9	101	8.0	3	5.8
CHOWAN	86	9.6	38	8.5	48	10.6
CLAY	27	6.9	27	6.9	0	0
CLEVELAND	591	9.4	375	8.1	216	12.9
COLUMBUS	437	11.0	204	8.4	233	15.1
CRAVEN	666	8.4	362	6.4	304	13.6
CUMBERLAND	2,593	9.6	1,147	7.1	1,446	13.1
CURRITUCK	93	8.5	85	8.3	8	11.1
DARE	138	7.6	127	7.4	11	13.9
DAVIDSON	876	9.1	712	8.4	164	14.9
DAVIE	189	8.6	168	8.1	21	16.3
DUPLIN	356	9.1	231	8.0	125	12.5
DURHAM	1,812	9.6	629	6.1	1,183	13.8
EDGECOMBE	462	11.7	103	6.9	359	14.7
FORSYTH	2,255	9.9	1,250	7.6	1,005	15.7
FRANKLIN	276	8.6	142	6.1	134	14.9
GASTON	1,210	9.3	907	8.4	303	13.2
GATES	61	11.4	30	10.0	31	13.1
GRAHAM	30	5.8	27	5.8	3	6.1
GRANVILLE	235	7.8	135	6.5	100	11.0
GREENE	133	11.0	42	6.1	91	17.4
GUILFORD	2,700	9.2	1,200	6.8	1,500	12.8
HALIFAX	434	11.5	79	6.0	355	14.4
HARNETT	595	8.3	336	6.3	259	14.1
HAYWOOD	233	8.3	227	8.2	6	11.1
HENDERSON	429	7.9	406	7.9	23	9.3
HERTFORD	215	15.0	43	10.5	172	16.8
HOKE	319	9.4	128	6.8	191	12.9
HYDE	24	8.6	15	7.4	9	11.5
IREDELL	865	9.6	609	8.2	256	15.9
JACKSON	122	6.8	98	6.7	24	7.2
JOHNSTON	821	7.9	598	6.9	223	12.5
JONES	58	12.0	31	10.0	27	15.7
LEE	365	8.8	242	7.5	123	12.8
LENOIR	451	11.2	162	7.8	289	14.8
LINCOLN	354	8.0	312	7.6	42	14.3
MCDOWELL	237	9.0	223	8.9	14	11.2
MACON	108	7.0	106	7.0	2	6.3
MADISON	100	9.1	100	9.2	0	0
MARTIN	194	12.0	62	8.2	132	15.4
MECKLENBURG	5,168	8.6	2,575	6.6	2,593	12.5
MITCHELL	64	7.7	64	7.7	0	0
MONTGOMERY	166	8.3	112	7.3	54	12.1
MOORE	408	9.0	259	7.4	149	14.4
NASH	578	9.4	252	6.8	326	13.5
NEW HANOVER	898	8.8	576	7.5	322	13.0
NORTHAMPTON	158	12.6	40	8.9	118	14.7
ONSLOW	1,228	7.7	867	7.0	361	10.2
ORANGE	540	8.5	357	7.2	183	13.0
PAMLICO	43	8.4	25	6.6	18	13.5
PASQUOTANK	216	9.3	82	6.7	134	12.2
PENDER	215	9.1	137	7.4	78	14.8
PERQUIMANS	53	8.8	23	5.7	30	14.9
PERSON	209	9.1	117	7.5	92	12.7
PITT	1,060	10.7	379	6.8	681	15.8
POLK	66	7.5	62	7.4	4	8.0
RANDOLPH	734	7.9	660	7.7	74	11.2
RICHMOND	321	9.9	168	8.3	153	12.5
ROBESON	1,166	11.2	294	8.5	872	12.6
ROCKINGHAM	546	9.4	392	8.4	154	13.6
ROWAN	772	9.1	521	7.7	251	15.0
RUTHERFORD	364	9.0	282	8.1	82	14.8
SAMPSON	422	9.2	233	7.3	189	13.7
SCOTLAND	277	11.1	78	7.0	199	14.5
STANLY	326	8.8	239	7.8	87	13.6
STOKES	214	8.4	199	8.1	15	16.0
SURRY	380	8.1	344	7.8	36	13.8
SWAIN	47	5.4	27	5.3	20	5.6
TRANSYLVANIA	106	7.7	98	7.6	8	9.5
TYRRELL	21	9.4	11	7.7	10	12.2
UNION	794	7.0	598	6.2	196	11.6
VANCE	417	11.8	129	7.9	288	15.0
WAKE	4,077	7.7	2,428	6.3	1,649	11.7
WARREN	115	11.2	26	8.6	89	12.3
WASHINGTON	78	9.2	18	5.4	60	11.5
WATAUGA	139	8.1	135	8.0	4	8.7
WAYNE	767	8.9	364	6.6	403	12.9
WILKES	365	8.4	332	8.0	33	15.1
WILSON	520	9.7	205	7.0	315	13.0
YADKIN	187	7.8	172	7.4	15	16.0
YANCEY	78	8.3	77	8.4	1	7.1

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