TOTAL BIRTHS	BIRTHS BY CESAREAN	PERCENT BIRTHS BY CESAREAN
RESIDENCE	587,713	148,477	25.3
NORTH CAROLINA
ALAMANCE	9,224	2,275	24.7
ALEXANDER	2,144	587	27.4
ALLEGHANY	509	106	20.8
ANSON	1,699	493	29.0
ASHE	1,314	440	33.5
AVERY	873	281	32.2
BEAUFORT	3,121	919	29.4
BERTIE	1,275	268	21.0
BLADEN	2,305	626	27.2
BRUNSWICK	4,263	1,204	28.2
BUNCOMBE	12,628	2,898	22.9
BURKE	5,351	1,397	26.1
CABARRUS	10,644	2,426	22.8
CALDWELL	4,899	1,278	26.1
CAMDEN	408	108	26.5
CARTERET	2,996	835	27.9
CASWELL	1,296	294	22.7
CATAWBA	10,262	2,489	24.3
CHATHAM	3,363	832	24.7
CHEROKEE	1,322	276	20.9
CHOWAN	898	240	26.7
CLAY	394	88	22.3
CLEVELAND	6,280	1,699	27.1
COLUMBUS	3,978	1,045	26.3
CRAVEN	7,895	2,107	26.7
CUMBERLAND	27,131	6,126	22.6
CURRITUCK	1,095	299	27.3
DARE	1,805	546	30.2
DAVIDSON	9,628	2,550	26.5
DAVIE	2,196	473	21.5
DUPLIN	3,907	1,003	25.7
DURHAM	18,879	4,731	25.1
EDGECOMBE	3,935	883	22.4
FORSYTH	22,849	4,603	20.1
FRANKLIN	3,227	812	25.2
GASTON	13,047	3,058	23.4
GATES	536	136	25.4
GRAHAM	515	104	20.2
GRANVILLE	2,998	833	27.8
GREENE	1,212	292	24.1
GUILFORD	29,453	7,618	25.9
HALIFAX	3,789	1,020	26.9
HARNETT	7,184	2,168	30.2
HAYWOOD	2,824	698	24.7
HENDERSON	5,399	1,389	25.7
HERTFORD	1,432	289	20.2
HOKE	3,378	735	21.8
HYDE	280	83	29.6
IREDELL	9,040	2,466	27.3
JACKSON	1,806	406	22.5
JOHNSTON	10,403	3,060	29.4
JONES	482	164	34.0
LEE	4,169	1,035	24.8
LENOIR	4,038	1,237	30.6
LINCOLN	4,407	1,288	29.2
MCDOWELL	2,642	717	27.1
MACON	1,550	395	25.5
MADISON	1,098	241	21.9
MARTIN	1,614	444	27.5
MECKLENBURG	60,112	15,278	25.4
MITCHELL	834	238	28.5
MONTGOMERY	1,990	498	25.0
MOORE	4,517	1,142	25.3
NASH	6,136	1,398	22.8
NEW HANOVER	10,169	2,603	25.6
NORTHAMPTON	1,252	331	26.4
ONSLOW	15,921	3,374	21.2
ORANGE	6,342	1,573	24.8
PAMLICO	514	131	25.5
PASQUOTANK	2,325	648	27.9
PENDER	2,366	559	23.6
PERQUIMANS	604	193	32.0
PERSON	2,292	638	27.8
PITT	9,875	2,470	25.0
POLK	884	232	26.2
RANDOLPH	9,245	2,398	25.9
RICHMOND	3,241	1,010	31.2
ROBESON	10,382	3,198	30.8
ROCKINGHAM	5,780	1,437	24.9
ROWAN	8,442	1,905	22.6
RUTHERFORD	4,035	994	24.6
SAMPSON	4,567	1,410	30.9
SCOTLAND	2,485	697	28.0
STANLY	3,692	1,226	33.2
STOKES	2,539	533	21.0
SURRY	4,689	1,094	23.3
SWAIN	866	177	20.4
TRANSYLVANIA	1,377	245	17.8
TYRRELL	224	58	25.9
UNION	11,292	2,788	24.7
VANCE	3,538	935	26.4
WAKE	52,638	13,357	25.4
WARREN	1,026	274	26.7
WASHINGTON	851	275	32.3
WATAUGA	1,725	524	30.4
WAYNE	8,616	2,313	26.8
WILKES	4,347	1,281	29.5
WILSON	5,354	1,225	22.9
YADKIN	2,404	481	20.0
YANCEY	936	223	23.8

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