TOTAL BIRTHS	BIRTHS BY CESAREAN	PERCENT BIRTHS BY CESAREAN
RESIDENCE	587,713	95,918	16.3
NORTH CAROLINA
ALAMANCE	9,224	1,405	15.2
ALEXANDER	2,144	363	16.9
ALLEGHANY	509	65	12.8
ANSON	1,699	319	18.8
ASHE	1,314	296	22.5
AVERY	873	178	20.4
BEAUFORT	3,121	573	18.4
BERTIE	1,275	172	13.5
BLADEN	2,305	391	17.0
BRUNSWICK	4,263	736	17.3
BUNCOMBE	12,628	1,982	15.7
BURKE	5,351	872	16.3
CABARRUS	10,644	1,516	14.2
CALDWELL	4,899	789	16.1
CAMDEN	408	78	19.1
CARTERET	2,996	530	17.7
CASWELL	1,296	190	14.7
CATAWBA	10,262	1,565	15.3
CHATHAM	3,363	527	15.7
CHEROKEE	1,322	179	13.5
CHOWAN	898	128	14.3
CLAY	394	54	13.7
CLEVELAND	6,280	1,025	16.3
COLUMBUS	3,978	642	16.1
CRAVEN	7,895	1,257	15.9
CUMBERLAND	27,131	4,019	14.8
CURRITUCK	1,095	189	17.3
DARE	1,805	376	20.8
DAVIDSON	9,628	1,558	16.2
DAVIE	2,196	318	14.5
DUPLIN	3,907	595	15.2
DURHAM	18,879	3,608	19.1
EDGECOMBE	3,935	511	13.0
FORSYTH	22,849	3,306	14.5
FRANKLIN	3,227	578	17.9
GASTON	13,047	1,896	14.5
GATES	536	90	16.8
GRAHAM	515	68	13.2
GRANVILLE	2,998	542	18.1
GREENE	1,212	180	14.9
GUILFORD	29,453	4,876	16.6
HALIFAX	3,789	616	16.3
HARNETT	7,184	1,351	18.8
HAYWOOD	2,824	455	16.1
HENDERSON	5,399	887	16.4
HERTFORD	1,432	204	14.2
HOKE	3,378	476	14.1
HYDE	280	56	20.0
IREDELL	9,040	1,543	17.1
JACKSON	1,806	235	13.0
JOHNSTON	10,403	1,905	18.3
JONES	482	102	21.2
LEE	4,169	639	15.3
LENOIR	4,038	731	18.1
LINCOLN	4,407	762	17.3
MCDOWELL	2,642	418	15.8
MACON	1,550	238	15.4
MADISON	1,098	156	14.2
MARTIN	1,614	284	17.6
MECKLENBURG	60,112	10,075	16.8
MITCHELL	834	151	18.1
MONTGOMERY	1,990	293	14.7
MOORE	4,517	694	15.4
NASH	6,136	867	14.1
NEW HANOVER	10,169	1,754	17.2
NORTHAMPTON	1,252	204	16.3
ONSLOW	15,921	2,468	15.5
ORANGE	6,342	1,052	16.6
PAMLICO	514	74	14.4
PASQUOTANK	2,325	411	17.7
PENDER	2,366	356	15.0
PERQUIMANS	604	118	19.5
PERSON	2,292	439	19.2
PITT	9,875	1,738	17.6
POLK	884	145	16.4
RANDOLPH	9,245	1,429	15.5
RICHMOND	3,241	618	19.1
ROBESON	10,382	1,953	18.8
ROCKINGHAM	5,780	888	15.4
ROWAN	8,442	1,194	14.1
RUTHERFORD	4,035	611	15.1
SAMPSON	4,567	842	18.4
SCOTLAND	2,485	417	16.8
STANLY	3,692	703	19.0
STOKES	2,539	362	14.3
SURRY	4,689	655	14.0
SWAIN	866	87	10.0
TRANSYLVANIA	1,377	134	9.7
TYRRELL	224	38	17.0
UNION	11,292	1,665	14.7
VANCE	3,538	562	15.9
WAKE	52,638	9,117	17.3
WARREN	1,026	178	17.3
WASHINGTON	851	147	17.3
WATAUGA	1,725	344	19.9
WAYNE	8,616	1,485	17.2
WILKES	4,347	800	18.4
WILSON	5,354	778	14.5
YADKIN	2,404	331	13.8
YANCEY	936	141	15.1

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