TABLE 1- 2004 NC RESIDENT PREGNANCY RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION:
FEMALES AGES 15-44 BY RACE, PERINATAL CARE REGIONS, AND COUNTY OF RESIDENCE

  Total Pregnancies Rate White Pregnancies Rate Minority Pregnancies Rate
RESIDENCE 149,933 82.0 100,275 76.5 47,115 91.1
NORTH CAROLINA
PCR I WESTERN 9,217 70.2 8,304 68.9 892 82.0
PCR II NORTHWESTERN 32,838 74.1 24,160 69.4 8,222 86.5
PCR III SOUTHWESTERN 29,336 87.1 19,372 80.4 9,328 97.2
PCR IV NORTHEASTERN 32,902 84.1 21,068 77.2 11,008 93.1
PCR V SOUTHEASTERN 22,153 85.7 13,268 81.7 8,558 89.0
PCR VI EASTERN 23,421 87.7 14,082 84.9 9,080 89.8
ALAMANCE 2,301 78.0 1,685 74.3 558 81.7
ALEXANDER 443 62.1 405 60.5 32 73.6
ALLEGHANY 107 59.8 107 60.8 0 0.0
ANSON 354 73.4 156 73.2 196 72.8
ASHE 289 66.5 287 67.0 2 33.3
AVERY 166 54.1 166 54.7 0 0.0
BEAUFORT 701 83.7 447 79.9 247 88.7
BERTIE 296 77.4 58 47.8 237 90.8
BLADEN 545 85.1 333 91.0 200 72.8
BRUNSWICK 1,105 74.5 904 75.0 199 71.6
BUNCOMBE 3,289 75.7 2,892 73.7 383 90.4
BURKE 1,148 66.0 984 64.3 156 74.3
CABARRUS 2,676 84.7 2,123 79.8 509 102.3
CALDWELL 1,066 68.8 965 66.7 99 95.7
CAMDEN 118 68.9 100 69.0 18 68.2
CARTERET 787 72.6 692 70.7 86 81.8
CASWELL 266 60.9 168 59.0 95 62.7
CATAWBA 2,286 75.4 1,875 72.2 378 86.8
CHATHAM 866 80.8 712 80.7 139 73.3
CHEROKEE 291 68.5 283 69.8 8 41.2
CHOWAN 203 76.5 103 69.6 100 85.2
CLAY 93 64.1 91 64.1 2 66.7
CLEVELAND 1,425 71.1 999 66.2 418 84.2
COLUMBUS 920 85.7 519 77.4 400 99.1
CRAVEN 1,842 104.6 1,258 103.5 568 104.0
CUMBERLAND 7,012 97.9 3,697 94.0 3,174 98.2
CURRITUCK 326 72.5 300 72.3 26 75.4
DARE 623 97.3 606 98.9 14 50.0
DAVIDSON 2,161 68.6 1,862 67.5 271 69.0
DAVIE 466 63.2 425 62.3 40 72.2
DUPLIN 899 87.4 654 90.5 230 75.2
DURHAM 5,301 91.1 2,529 87.7 2,640 89.8
EDGECOMBE 1,032 91.3 369 89.8 648 90.1
FORSYTH 5,868 84.8 3,754 81.0 1,989 87.0
FRANKLIN 891 79.3 582 74.7 286 83.1
GASTON 3,065 76.4 2,372 72.6 653 87.8
GATES 134 60.5 73 55.1 61 68.5
GRAHAM 98 70.5 85 68.1 13 90.9
GRANVILLE 766 76.6 480 71.6 278 84.2
GREENE 305 80.2 157 73.5 143 85.8
GUILFORD 8,029 81.1 4,112 70.4 3,781 93.1
HALIFAX 946 85.5 296 73.3 641 91.2
HARNETT 1,761 78.0 1,285 77.1 456 77.2
HAYWOOD 610 59.5 594 59.7 16 53.2
HENDERSON 1,255 76.1 1,183 76.2 69 71.9
HERTFORD 424 86.7 90 59.5 333 98.6
HOKE 896 100.9 497 112.2 376 84.6
HYDE 61 71.3 50 84.7 11 41.5
IREDELL 2,115 74.5 1,651 70.4 447 90.6
JACKSON 423 53.6 328 48.3 95 87.1
JOHNSTON 2,735 87.7 2,145 83.2 553 102.6
JONES 117 62.3 70 59.0 47 68.1
LEE 1,041 102.4 721 93.2 286 117.7
LENOIR 1,039 91.7 490 80.4 532 101.6
LINCOLN 985 70.4 898 69.3 77 73.9
MCDOWELL 546 66.0 523 66.6 22 52.8
MACON 370 71.9 354 70.5 16 125.0
MADISON 244 62.6 239 62.2 5 94.3
MARTIN 384 79.5 187 79.8 197 79.1
MECKLENBURG 17,109 94.0 9,752 85.8 6,880 100.6
MITCHELL 177 62.9 176 63.5 1 23.8
MONTGOMERY 412 82.4 312 83.0 94 75.7
MOORE 1,185 84.7 870 78.5 302 103.9
NASH 1,523 81.2 851 78.3 666 84.5
NEW HANOVER 2,963 76.3 2,208 70.0 728 100.0
NORTHAMPTON 291 74.0 98 70.5 193 75.9
ONSLOW 3,927 112.2 2,979 112.9 906 105.2
ORANGE 1,813 55.9 1,321 51.2 442 66.2
PAMLICO 152 75.1 122 81.0 29 56.0
PASQUOTANK 644 83.3 364 91.8 277 73.6
PENDER 584 67.8 443 66.5 137 70.3
PERQUIMANS 137 65.3 81 55.5 56 87.9
PERSON 582 78.6 385 74.9 191 84.5
PITT 2,714 75.0 1,478 63.8 1,209 92.9
POLK 192 61.4 183 62.9 9 41.5
RANDOLPH 2,085 74.5 1,885 73.1 160 72.2
RICHMOND 728 79.0 426 76.0 298 82.5
ROBESON 2,443 89.5 847 98.1 1,551 83.2
ROCKINGHAM 1,277 70.5 998 70.8 265 66.1
ROWAN 1,962 72.0 1,502 68.6 444 83.2
RUTHERFORD 906 73.7 768 72.6 135 78.6
SAMPSON 1,005 80.0 667 79.7 312 74.5
SCOTLAND 594 75.2 260 68.4 331 80.9
STANLY 869 74.3 727 73.8 138 74.6
STOKES 559 59.7 537 60.4 20 42.4
SURRY 982 70.9 919 70.4 52 65.1
SWAIN 219 85.1 124 77.5 95 97.6
TRANSYLVANIA 301 61.0 281 61.2 20 59.2
TYRRELL 52 78.2 34 85.2 18 67.7
UNION 2,853 87.6 2,345 83.7 457 100.0
VANCE 862 94.1 338 85.5 513 98.6
WAKE 15,217 87.8 9,928 79.0 4,842 101.7
WARREN 261 73.7 74 56.7 185 82.8
WASHINGTON 220 88.1 90 88.4 125 84.5
WATAUGA 462 41.7 440 41.2 18 45.5
WAYNE 2,149 89.0 1,290 86.1 808 88.0
WILKES 838 65.1 785 64.0 45 74.6
WILSON 1,375 87.7 695 83.9 654 88.5
YADKIN 529 71.2 501 70.3 23 75.4
YANCEY 203 64.7 200 64.6 3 71.4

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

TABLE 2 - 2004 NC RESIDENT FERTILITY RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION:
FEMALES AGES 15-44 BY RACE, PERINATAL CARE REGIONS, AND COUNTY OF RESIDENCE

  Total Births Fertility Rate White Births Fertility Rate Minority Births Fertility Rate
RESIDENCE 119,773 65.5 87,230 66.6 32,543 62.9
NORTH CAROLINA
PCR I WESTERN 7,796 59.3 7,105 59.0 691 63.5
PCR II NORTHWESTERN 26,665 60.2 21,176 60.9 5,489 57.7
PCR III SOUTHWESTERN 23,398 69.5 17,175 71.3 6,223 64.9
PCR IV NORTHEASTERN 25,380 64.9 18,269 66.9 7,111 60.2
PCR V SOUTHEASTERN 17,463 67.6 11,268 69.4 6,195 64.4
PCR VI EASTERN 19,071 71.4 12,237 73.8 6,834 67.6
ALAMANCE 1,769 59.9 1,433 63.2 336 49.2
ALEXANDER 393 55.1 367 54.8 26 59.8
ALLEGHANY 98 54.8 98 55.7 0 0.0
ANSON 285 59.1 133 62.4 152 56.4
ASHE 261 60.1 260 60.7 1 16.7
AVERY 143 46.6 143 47.2 0 0.0
BEAUFORT 594 70.9 400 71.5 194 69.7
BERTIE 231 60.4 50 41.2 181 69.4
BLADEN 467 72.9 308 84.2 159 57.9
BRUNSWICK 895 60.3 745 61.8 150 54.0
BUNCOMBE 2,576 59.3 2,317 59.1 259 61.1
BURKE 1,007 57.9 888 58.1 119 56.7
CABARRUS 2,268 71.8 1,907 71.7 361 72.5
CALDWELL 958 61.8 876 60.6 82 79.3
CAMDEN 107 62.5 91 62.8 16 60.6
CARTERET 649 59.9 579 59.2 70 66.6
CASWELL 212 48.6 147 51.6 65 42.9
CATAWBA 1,943 64.1 1,655 63.7 288 66.1
CHATHAM 723 67.5 643 72.9 80 42.2
CHEROKEE 259 61.0 252 62.2 7 36.1
CHOWAN 182 68.6 96 64.9 86 73.3
CLAY 85 58.6 83 58.5 2 66.7
CLEVELAND 1,184 59.1 884 58.6 300 60.5
COLUMBUS 741 69.0 443 66.1 298 73.9
CRAVEN 1,582 89.8 1,120 92.2 462 84.6
CUMBERLAND 5,226 73.0 3,119 79.3 2,107 65.2
CURRITUCK 265 58.9 245 59.0 20 58.0
DARE 489 76.3 478 78.0 11 39.3
DAVIDSON 1,883 59.8 1,672 60.6 211 53.7
DAVIE 419 56.8 390 57.2 29 52.3
DUPLIN 795 77.3 619 85.7 176 57.6
DURHAM 3,841 66.0 2,244 77.9 1,597 54.3
EDGECOMBE 784 69.4 316 76.9 468 65.1
FORSYTH 4,597 66.4 3,301 71.2 1,296 56.7
FRANKLIN 713 63.5 513 65.9 200 58.1
GASTON 2,582 64.4 2,100 64.3 482 64.8
GATES 113 51.0 68 51.3 45 50.6
GRAHAM 91 65.4 80 64.1 11 76.9
GRANVILLE 616 61.6 426 63.6 190 57.5
GREENE 264 69.4 148 69.3 116 69.6
GUILFORD 5,861 59.2 3,445 59.0 2,416 59.5
HALIFAX 723 65.3 246 60.9 477 67.8
HARNETT 1,455 64.5 1,113 66.8 342 57.9
HAYWOOD 530 51.7 515 51.8 15 49.8
HENDERSON 1,118 67.8 1,058 68.1 60 62.6
HERTFORD 311 63.6 72 47.6 239 70.8
HOKE 708 79.8 437 98.6 271 61.0
HYDE 56 65.5 47 79.7 9 34.0
IREDELL 1,734 61.1 1,420 60.6 314 63.7
JACKSON 345 43.7 258 38.0 87 79.7
JOHNSTON 2,308 74.0 1,924 74.6 384 71.2
JONES 92 49.0 57 48.0 35 50.7
LEE 821 80.8 638 82.5 183 75.3
LENOIR 778 68.7 410 67.3 368 70.3
LINCOLN 860 61.5 804 62.1 56 53.7
MCDOWELL 490 59.2 475 60.5 15 36.0
MACON 330 64.1 318 63.3 12 93.8
MADISON 227 58.2 224 58.3 3 56.6
MARTIN 314 65.0 166 70.8 148 59.4
MECKLENBURG 12,952 71.2 8,519 75.0 4,433 64.8
MITCHELL 163 57.9 162 58.4 1 23.8
MONTGOMERY 367 73.4 293 78.0 74 59.6
MOORE 962 68.7 760 68.5 202 69.5
NASH 1,225 65.3 744 68.5 481 61.0
NEW HANOVER 2,182 56.2 1,679 53.2 503 69.1
NORTHAMPTON 227 57.7 84 60.4 143 56.3
ONSLOW 3,367 96.2 2,640 100.1 727 84.4
ORANGE 1,331 41.0 1,062 41.2 269 40.3
PAMLICO 123 60.7 105 69.7 18 34.7
PASQUOTANK 517 66.9 312 78.7 205 54.5
PENDER 478 55.5 382 57.4 96 49.2
PERQUIMANS 112 53.4 68 46.6 44 69.1
PERSON 447 60.4 315 61.2 132 58.4
PITT 2,101 58.1 1,199 51.8 902 69.3
POLK 162 51.8 154 53.0 8 36.9
RANDOLPH 1,777 63.5 1,661 64.5 116 52.4
RICHMOND 608 65.9 380 67.8 228 63.1
ROBESON 2,028 74.3 766 88.7 1,262 67.7
ROCKINGHAM 1,057 58.3 872 61.8 185 46.1
ROWAN 1,611 59.1 1,326 60.5 285 53.4
RUTHERFORD 782 63.6 676 63.9 106 61.7
SAMPSON 864 68.8 620 74.1 244 58.2
SCOTLAND 482 61.1 223 58.7 259 63.3
STANLY 770 65.8 668 67.8 102 55.1
STOKES 490 52.4 473 53.2 17 36.0
SURRY 866 62.5 824 63.2 42 52.6
SWAIN 197 76.5 111 69.3 86 88.4
TRANSYLVANIA 253 51.3 237 51.6 16 47.3
TYRRELL 44 66.2 30 75.2 14 52.6
UNION 2,497 76.7 2,160 77.1 337 73.7
VANCE 658 71.9 289 73.1 369 70.9
WAKE 11,751 67.8 8,572 68.2 3,179 66.8
WARREN 190 53.7 63 48.2 127 56.8
WASHINGTON 185 74.1 83 81.5 102 69.0
WATAUGA 347 31.3 339 31.8 8 20.2
WAYNE 1,760 72.9 1,154 77.1 606 66.0
WILKES 750 58.3 714 58.2 36 59.7
WILSON 1,081 69.0 610 73.6 471 63.7
YADKIN 470 63.2 452 63.4 18 59.0
YANCEY 188 59.9 185 59.7 3 71.4

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

TABLE 3 - 2004 NC RESIDENT ABORTION RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION:
FEMALES AGES 15-44 BY RACE, PERINATAL CARE REGIONS, AND COUNTY OF RESIDENCE

  Total Abortions Rate White Abortions Rate Minority Abortions Rate
RESIDENCE 29,337 16.0 12,568 9.6 14,226 27.5
NORTH CAROLINA
PCR I WESTERN 1,373 10.5 1,160 9.6 192 17.6
PCR II NORTHWESTERN 6,003 13.6 2,856 8.2 2,691 28.3
PCR III SOUTHWESTERN 5,762 17.1 2,104 8.7 3,022 31.5
PCR IV NORTHEASTERN 7,343 18.8 2,696 9.9 3,821 32.3
PCR V SOUTHEASTERN 4,573 17.7 1,939 11.9 2,307 24.0
PCR VI EASTERN 4,217 15.8 1,792 10.8 2,166 21.4
ALAMANCE 525 17.8 248 10.9 219 32.1
ALEXANDER 48 6.7 36 5.4 6 13.8
ALLEGHANY 9 5.0 9 5.1 0 0.0
ANSON 66 13.7 21 9.9 43 16.0
ASHE 28 6.4 27 6.3 1 16.7
AVERY 20 6.5 20 6.6 0 0.0
BEAUFORT 100 11.9 46 8.2 47 16.9
BERTIE 60 15.7 6 4.9 53 20.3
BLADEN 76 11.9 24 6.6 40 14.6
BRUNSWICK 206 13.9 158 13.1 46 16.6
BUNCOMBE 697 16.0 565 14.4 118 27.9
BURKE 136 7.8 92 6.0 36 17.1
CABARRUS 389 12.3 202 7.6 143 28.7
CALDWELL 102 6.6 83 5.7 17 16.4
CAMDEN 11 6.4 9 6.2 2 7.6
CARTERET 135 12.5 110 11.2 16 15.2
CASWELL 53 12.1 21 7.4 29 19.1
CATAWBA 330 10.9 208 8.0 89 20.4
CHATHAM 139 13.0 65 7.4 59 31.1
CHEROKEE 31 7.3 30 7.4 1 5.2
CHOWAN 20 7.5 7 4.7 13 11.1
CLAY 7 4.8 7 4.9 0 0.0
CLEVELAND 232 11.6 109 7.2 115 23.2
COLUMBUS 176 16.4 74 11.0 101 25.0
CRAVEN 250 14.2 133 10.9 101 18.5
CUMBERLAND 1,753 24.5 561 14.3 1,051 32.5
CURRITUCK 58 12.9 52 12.5 6 17.4
DARE 133 20.8 127 20.7 3 10.7
DAVIDSON 272 8.6 185 6.7 59 15.0
DAVIE 46 6.2 34 5.0 11 19.9
DUPLIN 104 10.1 35 4.8 54 17.7
DURHAM 1,435 24.6 275 9.5 1,028 35.0
EDGECOMBE 243 21.5 51 12.4 177 24.6
FORSYTH 1,244 18.0 436 9.4 683 29.9
FRANKLIN 170 15.1 64 8.2 83 24.1
GASTON 468 11.7 261 8.0 167 22.4
GATES 21 9.5 5 3.8 16 18.0
GRAHAM 5 3.6 3 2.4 2 14.0
GRANVILLE 146 14.6 51 7.6 87 26.3
GREENE 37 9.7 7 3.3 25 15.0
GUILFORD 2,122 21.4 642 11.0 1,344 33.1
HALIFAX 219 19.8 50 12.4 160 22.8
HARNETT 302 13.4 169 10.1 113 19.1
HAYWOOD 75 7.3 74 7.4 1 3.3
HENDERSON 133 8.1 122 7.9 8 8.3
HERTFORD 112 22.9 18 11.9 93 27.5
HOKE 179 20.2 56 12.6 100 22.5
HYDE 5 5.8 3 5.1 2 7.5
IREDELL 371 13.1 222 9.5 132 26.8
JACKSON 77 9.8 69 10.2 8 7.3
JOHNSTON 417 13.4 215 8.3 165 30.6
JONES 25 13.3 13 11.0 12 17.4
LEE 214 21.1 79 10.2 101 41.6
LENOIR 252 22.2 79 13.0 156 29.8
LINCOLN 114 8.1 84 6.5 20 19.2
MCDOWELL 53 6.4 45 5.7 7 16.8
MACON 36 7.0 32 6.4 4 31.3
MADISON 17 4.4 15 3.9 2 37.7
MARTIN 69 14.3 20 8.5 49 19.7
MECKLENBURG 4,059 22.3 1,198 10.5 2,384 34.9
MITCHELL 13 4.6 13 4.7 0 0.0
MONTGOMERY 45 9.0 19 5.1 20 16.1
MOORE 215 15.4 104 9.4 98 33.7
NASH 283 15.1 105 9.7 172 21.8
NEW HANOVER 766 19.7 518 16.4 221 30.3
NORTHAMPTON 63 16.0 14 10.1 49 19.3
ONSLOW 548 15.7 331 12.5 175 20.3
ORANGE 472 14.5 253 9.8 169 25.3
PAMLICO 28 13.8 16 10.6 11 21.2
PASQUOTANK 126 16.3 52 13.1 71 18.9
PENDER 105 12.2 60 9.0 41 21.0
PERQUIMANS 25 11.9 13 8.9 12 18.8
PERSON 130 17.6 66 12.8 58 25.7
PITT 593 16.4 272 11.7 294 22.6
POLK 30 9.6 29 10.0 1 4.6
RANDOLPH 299 10.7 215 8.3 44 19.9
RICHMOND 112 12.1 43 7.7 65 18.0
ROBESON 396 14.5 75 8.7 276 14.8
ROCKINGHAM 210 11.6 119 8.4 77 19.2
ROWAN 342 12.6 171 7.8 155 29.1
RUTHERFORD 119 9.7 89 8.4 27 15.7
SAMPSON 137 10.9 45 5.4 66 15.8
SCOTLAND 105 13.3 33 8.7 69 16.9
STANLY 95 8.1 55 5.6 36 19.5
STOKES 65 6.9 60 6.8 3 6.4
SURRY 108 7.8 87 6.7 10 12.5
SWAIN 21 8.2 12 7.5 9 9.2
TRANSYLVANIA 44 8.9 40 8.7 4 11.8
TYRRELL 8 12.0 4 10.0 4 15.0
UNION 339 10.4 174 6.2 114 24.9
VANCE 197 21.5 49 12.4 137 26.3
WAKE 3,379 19.5 1,301 10.3 1,631 34.3
WARREN 66 18.6 9 6.9 55 24.6
WASHINGTON 32 12.8 5 4.9 22 14.9
WATAUGA 112 10.1 98 9.2 10 25.3
WAYNE 373 15.4 129 8.6 193 21.0
WILKES 82 6.4 65 5.3 9 14.9
WILSON 284 18.1 80 9.7 178 24.1
YADKIN 57 7.7 47 6.6 5 16.4
YANCEY 15 4.8 15 4.8 0 0.0

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