NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT LIVE BIRTH RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION, 2003-2007

  TOTAL BIRTHS TOTAL RATE WHITE BIRTHS WHITE RATE MINORITY BIRTHS MINORITY RATE
RESIDENCE 619,637 14.2 449,086 13.8 170,551 15.4
NORTH CAROLINA
ALAMANCE 9,362 13.5 7,485 13.6 1,877 12.9
ALEXANDER 2,096 11.7 1,962 11.7 134 12.2
ALLEGHANY 502 9.2 500 9.3 2 2.0
ANSON 1,579 12.4 713 11.3 866 13.4
ASHE 1,391 10.9 1,377 11.0 14 7.2
AVERY 879 9.7 873 10.2 6 1.3
BEAUFORT 2,920 12.7 1,968 12.1 952 14.3
BERTIE 1,181 12.0 319 8.9 862 13.7
BLADEN 2,252 13.7 1,449 14.7 803 12.2
BRUNSWICK 4,975 11.0 4,183 10.9 792 11.7
BUNCOMBE 13,321 12.2 11,980 12.1 1,341 13.2
BURKE 4,995 11.3 4,338 11.2 657 11.8
CABARRUS 12,018 15.8 10,027 15.4 1,991 18.3
CALDWELL 4,659 11.8 4,351 11.8 308 11.6
CAMDEN 533 12.1 451 12.2 82 11.6
CARTERET 3,219 10.3 2,883 10.1 336 12.8
CASWELL 1,134 9.6 797 10.5 337 8.0
CATAWBA 10,136 13.6 8,605 13.3 1,531 15.5
CHATHAM 3,638 12.9 3,196 13.7 442 9.3
CHEROKEE 1,318 10.1 1,262 10.0 56 10.4
CHOWAN 893 12.3 467 10.4 426 15.3
CLAY 421 8.5 411 8.5 10 14.2
CLEVELAND 5,908 12.2 4,334 11.5 1,574 14.5
COLUMBUS 3,761 13.8 2,327 13.1 1,434 15.0
CRAVEN 7,885 16.8 5,670 16.8 2,215 16.8
CUMBERLAND 27,268 17.7 16,158 18.4 11,110 16.7
CURRITUCK 1,264 11.2 1,168 11.2 96 11.5
DARE 2,252 13.1 2,164 13.1 88 13.4
DAVIDSON 9,580 12.4 8,499 12.4 1,081 12.7
DAVIE 2,193 11.3 2,067 11.5 126 9.0
DUPLIN 4,038 15.5 3,097 16.6 941 12.8
DURHAM 20,336 16.7 12,035 18.4 8,301 14.7
EDGECOMBE 3,748 14.1 1,382 12.7 2,366 15.1
FORSYTH 24,081 14.7 17,208 14.7 6,873 14.7
FRANKLIN 3,496 12.9 2,566 13.4 930 11.7
GASTON 13,262 13.6 10,734 13.2 2,528 15.7
GATES 601 10.6 363 10.4 238 11.0
GRAHAM 513 12.7 458 12.3 55 16.8
GRANVILLE 3,165 11.8 2,138 12.2 1,027 11.0
GREENE 1,277 12.5 745 12.6 532 12.4
GUILFORD 30,161 13.6 17,508 12.2 12,653 16.1
HALIFAX 3,581 12.8 1,211 10.4 2,370 14.4
HARNETT 7,537 14.8 5,738 15.1 1,799 14.0
HAYWOOD 2,869 10.2 2,788 10.1 81 11.5
HENDERSON 5,918 12.1 5,621 12.0 297 13.2
HERTFORD 1,529 12.9 402 9.1 1,127 15.1
HOKE 3,852 19.1 2,408 23.5 1,444 14.6
HYDE 297 10.6 228 12.9 69 6.7
IREDELL 9,565 13.6 7,863 13.2 1,702 15.6
JACKSON 1,943 10.8 1,523 9.8 420 17.4
JOHNSTON 11,646 15.9 9,740 15.9 1,906 15.8
JONES 475 9.3 332 10.1 143 7.8
LEE 4,406 16.6 3,425 16.4 981 17.3
LENOIR 3,910 13.4 2,084 12.4 1,826 14.8
LINCOLN 4,415 12.6 4,137 12.7 278 11.5
MCDOWELL 2,589 11.9 2,486 12.2 103 7.7
MACON 1,797 11.1 1,741 11.0 56 15.9
MADISON 1,029 10.1 1,014 10.2 15 9.8
MARTIN 1,493 12.2 735 11.3 758 13.2
MECKLENBURG 68,363 17.1 44,029 16.6 24,334 18.0
MITCHELL 805 10.1 799 10.1 6 6.7
MONTGOMERY 1,961 14.3 1,570 14.9 391 12.3
MOORE 4,799 11.9 3,780 11.2 1,019 15.2
NASH 6,071 13.3 3,626 12.6 2,445 14.4
NEW HANOVER 11,567 12.9 8,957 12.2 2,610 16.1
NORTHAMPTON 1,230 11.4 400 9.3 830 12.8
ONSLOW 16,968 21.1 13,482 22.0 3,486 18.2
ORANGE 6,648 10.8 5,189 10.5 1,459 12.3
PAMLICO 562 8.6 456 9.4 106 6.4
PASQUOTANK 2,721 14.0 1,577 14.5 1,144 13.5
PENDER 2,597 11.1 2,121 11.7 476 9.0
PERQUIMANS 649 10.7 442 9.9 207 12.6
PERSON 2,283 12.3 1,614 12.2 669 12.5
PITT 10,657 14.8 6,080 13.2 4,577 17.4
POLK 800 8.4 755 8.5 45 7.6
RANDOLPH 8,994 13.1 8,336 13.1 658 12.9
RICHMOND 3,227 13.9 2,068 13.6 1,159 14.3
ROBESON 10,533 16.5 3,939 17.5 6,594 16.0
ROCKINGHAM 5,392 11.7 4,352 11.9 1,040 11.2
ROWAN 8,496 12.7 6,816 12.3 1,680 14.2
RUTHERFORD 3,818 12.1 3,324 12.0 494 12.6
SAMPSON 4,591 14.5 3,355 15.6 1,236 12.2
SCOTLAND 2,559 14.0 1,077 11.6 1,482 16.4
STANLY 3,632 12.3 3,058 12.1 574 13.3
STOKES 2,398 10.4 2,310 10.6 88 7.3
SURRY 4,491 12.4 4,280 12.5 211 10.4
SWAIN 927 13.6 568 12.5 359 15.8
TRANSYLVANIA 1,425 9.5 1,336 9.4 89 10.5
TYRRELL 249 11.8 167 13.5 82 9.3
UNION 12,902 15.9 11,004 15.6 1,898 18.0
VANCE 3,446 15.7 1,578 14.7 1,868 16.7
WAKE 61,505 16.2 44,680 15.6 16,825 17.8
WARREN 1,093 10.9 358 8.8 735 12.3
WASHINGTON 894 13.4 379 11.6 515 15.0
WATAUGA 1,862 8.6 1,816 8.6 46 7.1
WAYNE 8,856 15.4 5,758 15.7 3,098 14.9
WILKES 4,003 12.0 3,778 11.9 225 13.5
WILSON 5,359 13.9 3,026 13.4 2,333 14.7
YADKIN 2,338 12.5 2,256 12.6 82 10.7
YANCEY 904 9.9 896 10.0 8 7.6

PREPARED BY NC-DHHS STATE CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (www.schs.state.nc.us/SCHS/)
RATES BASED ON SMALL NUMBERS (FEWER THAN 20 CASES)
ARE UNSTABLE AND SHOULD BE INTERPRETED WITH CAUTION