NC RESIDENT PREGNANCY RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION FOR GIRLS 15-17, BY RACE, 2001-2005

  WHITE PREGNANCIES WHITE RATE MINORITY PREGNANCIES MINORITY RATE TOTAL PREGNANCIES TOTAL RATE
RESIDENCE 16,328 29.2 13,699 53.6 30,260 37.2
NORTH CAROLINA
ALAMANCE 398 40.1 199 55.7 601 44.5
ALEXANDER 79 26.8 16 63.0 95 29.6
ALLEGHANY 26 32.9 0 0 26 32.6
ANSON 23 23.2 89 59.9 113 45.6
ASHE 58 31.6 0 0 58 31.1
AVERY 30 23.8 0 0 30 23.4
BEAUFORT 81 31.5 92 62.7 174 43.1
BERTIE 12 21.8 84 57.3 96 47.6
BLADEN 59 36.6 75 50.4 134 43.2
BRUNSWICK 189 36.3 62 37.9 252 36.8
BUNCOMBE 480 27.1 140 65.8 621 31.3
BURKE 238 33.0 66 47.8 304 35.4
CABARRUS 360 30.5 135 50.8 498 34.5
CALDWELL 247 37.8 29 54.7 276 39.1
CAMDEN 12 17.4 7 49.3 19 22.9
CARTERET 153 32.8 33 60.0 186 35.7
CASWELL 38 28.3 21 26.7 59 27.7
CATAWBA 339 29.0 133 53.3 479 33.8
CHATHAM 109 29.1 36 36.6 146 30.9
CHEROKEE 56 30.1 3 44.1 59 30.6
CHOWAN 27 38.3 34 44.8 61 41.7
CLAY 16 24.4 1 50.0 17 25.2
CLEVELAND 230 33.2 203 77.6 435 45.6
COLUMBUS 133 43.5 148 62.5 281 51.8
CRAVEN 164 29.2 191 66.9 358 42.3
CUMBERLAND 437 26.3 705 41.5 1,158 34.4
CURRITUCK 42 22.1 4 22.0 46 22.1
DARE 84 30.9 8 62.5 92 32.3
DAVIDSON 416 33.5 108 54.4 531 36.9
DAVIE 68 22.5 10 35.6 78 23.7
DUPLIN 145 42.9 90 53.3 237 46.7
DURHAM 354 40.4 631 53.5 992 48.3
EDGECOMBE 64 33.8 262 67.4 326 56.4
FORSYTH 675 32.4 638 57.1 1,322 41.4
FRANKLIN 119 36.2 105 55.5 226 43.6
GASTON 523 35.4 228 57.8 753 40.2
GATES 16 24.8 26 52.3 42 36.7
GRAHAM 21 37.0 3 34.9 24 36.8
GRANVILLE 85 28.5 88 54.3 174 37.8
GREENE 52 53.4 60 70.9 113 62.1
GUILFORD 519 20.8 884 50.2 1,414 33.3
HALIFAX 75 39.9 245 61.9 320 54.8
HARNETT 228 31.8 197 62.0 426 41.1
HAYWOOD 143 30.9 2 12.7 145 30.3
HENDERSON 232 33.0 26 55.2 258 34.4
HERTFORD 22 28.5 149 83.4 171 66.9
HOKE 58 32.0 122 53.9 180 44.2
HYDE 9 33.1 10 70.4 19 45.9
IREDELL 312 29.9 166 62.4 481 36.7
JACKSON 64 30.8 32 61.2 96 36.9
JOHNSTON 323 32.0 152 57.2 480 37.6
JONES 28 43.5 18 46.3 46 44.6
LEE 170 45.9 92 70.1 266 53.0
LENOIR 105 35.2 217 81.5 323 57.2
LINCOLN 167 28.5 21 35.8 189 29.4
MCDOWELL 119 32.5 6 21.8 125 31.7
MACON 63 26.3 3 41.7 66 26.8
MADISON 41 27.9 1 26.3 42 27.9
MARTIN 31 27.9 65 46.6 96 38.3
MECKLENBURG 917 20.7 1,672 53.6 2,622 34.8
MITCHELL 31 23.1 0 0 32 23.6
MONTGOMERY 85 48.2 47 66.8 133 53.9
MOORE 156 29.8 92 56.8 250 36.4
NASH 141 28.0 220 56.4 362 40.5
NEW HANOVER 226 20.6 215 55.7 444 29.9
NORTHAMPTON 15 23.3 84 58.0 99 47.3
ONSLOW 313 32.3 192 43.4 509 36.0
ORANGE 136 15.1 94 38.3 236 20.6
PAMLICO 25 34.6 11 38.9 37 36.8
PASQUOTANK 62 30.9 100 58.3 163 43.8
PENDER 85 28.6 45 41.0 130 32.0
PERQUIMANS 24 33.8 22 49.5 46 39.9
PERSON 60 27.5 66 55.6 129 38.3
PITT 162 22.8 335 54.3 498 37.5
POLK 47 33.3 7 64.2 54 35.5
RANDOLPH 469 39.0 49 40.1 526 39.7
RICHMOND 122 46.0 121 62.5 243 52.9
ROBESON 231 60.3 599 59.4 833 59.9
ROCKINGHAM 266 40.8 95 48.1 365 42.9
ROWAN 343 32.5 192 69.1 538 40.3
RUTHERFORD 210 41.7 48 52.0 258 43.3
SAMPSON 162 42.0 102 47.7 265 44.2
SCOTLAND 87 48.8 130 58.7 218 54.5
STANLY 161 32.8 54 48.6 215 35.7
STOKES 104 26.6 3 12.2 107 25.8
SURRY 204 34.4 23 44.6 230 35.7
SWAIN 20 30.3 31 53.1 51 41.0
TRANSYLVANIA 76 31.6 7 38.7 83 32.1
TYRRELL 3 16.0 8 51.0 11 32.0
UNION 318 26.6 158 65.0 480 33.3
VANCE 95 55.9 233 84.7 329 73.9
WAKE 848 16.9 766 35.9 1,657 23.2
WARREN 19 30.2 66 52.3 87 46.0
WASHINGTON 14 28.1 54 62.6 68 50.0
WATAUGA 69 22.9 3 24.8 73 23.3
WAYNE 223 30.8 317 62.3 544 44.1
WILKES 176 30.7 9 29.3 186 30.8
WILSON 121 32.8 255 66.1 376 49.8
YADKIN 96 28.8 2 16.0 98 28.4
YANCEY 39 26.8 1 37.0 40 27.0

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