LOW WEIGHT		VERY LOW WEIGHT
	NUMBER	PERCENT	NUMBER	PERCENT
RESIDENCE	52,456	8.9	11,081	1.9
NORTH CAROLINA
ALAMANCE	803	8.7	195	2.1
ALEXANDER	161	7.5	31	1.4
ALLEGHANY	38	7.5	5	1.0
ANSON	180	10.6	48	2.8
ASHE	106	8.1	22	1.7
AVERY	94	10.8	7	0.8
BEAUFORT	314	10.1	71	2.3
BERTIE	167	13.1	52	4.1
BLADEN	230	10.0	38	1.6
BRUNSWICK	408	9.6	64	1.5
BUNCOMBE	1,140	9.0	225	1.8
BURKE	483	9.0	91	1.7
CABARRUS	873	8.2	172	1.6
CALDWELL	420	8.6	72	1.5
CAMDEN	37	9.1	4	1.0
CARTERET	221	7.4	39	1.3
CASWELL	127	9.8	33	2.5
CATAWBA	866	8.4	160	1.6
CHATHAM	231	6.9	38	1.1
CHEROKEE	104	7.9	15	1.1
CHOWAN	86	9.6	20	2.2
CLAY	27	6.9	4	1.0
CLEVELAND	591	9.4	135	2.1
COLUMBUS	437	11.0	105	2.6
CRAVEN	666	8.4	153	1.9
CUMBERLAND	2,593	9.6	688	2.5
CURRITUCK	93	8.5	14	1.3
DARE	138	7.6	23	1.3
DAVIDSON	876	9.1	172	1.8
DAVIE	189	8.6	47	2.1
DUPLIN	356	9.1	83	2.1
DURHAM	1,812	9.6	422	2.2
EDGECOMBE	462	11.7	99	2.5
FORSYTH	2,255	9.9	521	2.3
FRANKLIN	276	8.6	57	1.8
GASTON	1,210	9.3	249	1.9
GATES	61	11.4	8	1.5
GRAHAM	30	5.8	9	1.7
GRANVILLE	235	7.8	46	1.5
GREENE	133	11.0	37	3.1
GUILFORD	2,700	9.2	554	1.9
HALIFAX	434	11.5	87	2.3
HARNETT	595	8.3	116	1.6
HAYWOOD	233	8.3	45	1.6
HENDERSON	429	7.9	70	1.3
HERTFORD	215	15.0	65	4.5
HOKE	319	9.4	71	2.1
HYDE	24	8.6	5	1.8
IREDELL	865	9.6	173	1.9
JACKSON	122	6.8	29	1.6
JOHNSTON	821	7.9	163	1.6
JONES	58	12.0	8	1.7
LEE	365	8.8	63	1.5
LENOIR	451	11.2	100	2.5
LINCOLN	354	8.0	82	1.9
MCDOWELL	237	9.0	43	1.6
MACON	108	7.0	19	1.2
MADISON	100	9.1	11	1.0
MARTIN	194	12.0	46	2.9
MECKLENBURG	5,168	8.6	1,071	1.8
MITCHELL	64	7.7	10	1.2
MONTGOMERY	166	8.3	26	1.3
MOORE	408	9.0	78	1.7
NASH	578	9.4	137	2.2
NEW HANOVER	898	8.8	184	1.8
NORTHAMPTON	158	12.6	40	3.2
ONSLOW	1,228	7.7	246	1.5
ORANGE	540	8.5	118	1.9
PAMLICO	43	8.4	11	2.1
PASQUOTANK	216	9.3	37	1.6
PENDER	215	9.1	41	1.7
PERQUIMANS	53	8.8	9	1.5
PERSON	209	9.1	50	2.2
PITT	1,060	10.7	269	2.7
POLK	66	7.5	16	1.8
RANDOLPH	734	7.9	145	1.6
RICHMOND	321	9.9	76	2.3
ROBESON	1,166	11.2	252	2.4
ROCKINGHAM	546	9.4	101	1.7
ROWAN	772	9.1	155	1.8
RUTHERFORD	364	9.0	70	1.7
SAMPSON	422	9.2	98	2.1
SCOTLAND	277	11.1	61	2.5
STANLY	326	8.8	53	1.4
STOKES	214	8.4	43	1.7
SURRY	380	8.1	60	1.3
SWAIN	47	5.4	8	0.9
TRANSYLVANIA	106	7.7	21	1.5
TYRRELL	21	9.4	5	2.2
UNION	794	7.0	146	1.3
VANCE	417	11.8	89	2.5
WAKE	4,077	7.7	872	1.7
WARREN	115	11.2	26	2.5
WASHINGTON	78	9.2	17	2.0
WATAUGA	139	8.1	24	1.4
WAYNE	767	8.9	163	1.9
WILKES	365	8.4	67	1.5
WILSON	520	9.7	115	2.1
YADKIN	187	7.8	34	1.4
YANCEY	78	8.3	13	1.4

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