NC RESIDENT PREGNANCY RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION FOR GIRLS 15-17, BY RACE, 2003-2007

  WHITE PREGNANCIES WHITE RATE MINORITY PREGNANCIES MINORITY RATE TOTAL PREGNANCIES TOTAL RATE
RESIDENCE 16,133 27.9 13,706 49.9 30,230 35.5
NORTH CAROLINA
ALAMANCE 368 35.3 198 52.9 578 40.8
ALEXANDER 85 29.4 12 45.1 98 31.1
ALLEGHANY 25 31.6 0 0 25 31.3
ANSON 20 21.1 93 60.1 114 45.7
ASHE 62 34.9 0 0 62 34.0
AVERY 21 17.2 0 0 21 16.9
BEAUFORT 88 36.2 87 57.0 176 44.5
BERTIE 14 25.8 89 65.4 103 54.1
BLADEN 64 41.9 71 48.5 135 45.1
BRUNSWICK 210 37.2 54 31.8 267 36.3
BUNCOMBE 435 24.0 149 63.1 586 28.6
BURKE 239 33.0 55 38.8 295 34.1
CABARRUS 369 29.6 133 46.0 512 33.4
CALDWELL 249 38.0 29 51.3 279 39.2
CAMDEN 12 16.1 6 40.8 18 20.1
CARTERET 152 33.9 30 60.6 182 36.5
CASWELL 32 24.3 21 26.2 53 25.0
CATAWBA 341 28.4 128 45.5 480 32.3
CHATHAM 116 30.4 34 34.3 151 31.4
CHEROKEE 47 26.4 5 54.3 52 27.8
CHOWAN 24 33.5 34 46.3 58 40.0
CLAY 14 22.4 0 0 14 21.9
CLEVELAND 223 30.5 201 69.7 426 41.8
COLUMBUS 121 41.0 139 59.9 261 49.5
CRAVEN 151 27.5 187 61.6 341 39.9
CUMBERLAND 414 25.0 709 38.7 1,149 32.9
CURRITUCK 42 21.6 3 17.2 45 21.2
DARE 77 29.1 9 70.3 86 31.0
DAVIDSON 391 30.9 97 46.5 497 33.7
DAVIE 74 23.4 5 18.0 79 23.0
DUPLIN 145 42.6 89 52.0 238 46.5
DURHAM 339 38.8 594 45.2 951 43.5
EDGECOMBE 64 34.9 239 61.5 304 53.2
FORSYTH 677 30.2 662 52.3 1,353 38.6
FRANKLIN 109 30.5 93 46.0 205 36.6
GASTON 520 34.0 235 54.2 760 38.8
GATES 20 30.3 25 52.7 45 39.7
GRAHAM 25 42.3 6 62.5 32 46.6
GRANVILLE 85 28.2 77 45.6 165 35.1
GREENE 44 45.2 62 69.0 107 57.2
GUILFORD 501 19.4 928 48.5 1,449 32.3
HALIFAX 71 38.1 236 59.5 307 52.7
HARNETT 215 28.4 184 52.5 400 36.1
HAYWOOD 137 30.5 6 38.7 144 31.0
HENDERSON 246 34.8 20 42.6 267 35.4
HERTFORD 17 22.1 144 77.9 161 61.5
HOKE 53 26.5 121 50.2 175 39.7
HYDE 12 46.0 8 46.8 20 46.3
IREDELL 310 27.7 166 57.9 481 34.2
JACKSON 65 32.6 35 62.2 100 39.2
JOHNSTON 332 30.1 135 48.4 479 34.7
JONES 19 30.9 18 44.8 37 36.4
LEE 180 46.7 94 69.4 285 54.7
LENOIR 119 40.7 198 75.3 318 57.3
LINCOLN 189 30.7 16 25.9 207 30.6
MCDOWELL 126 33.6 10 36.0 136 33.8
MACON 72 30.9 2 24.4 74 30.6
MADISON 40 25.2 0 0 40 24.5
MARTIN 37 34.7 61 45.7 98 40.9
MECKLENBURG 1,010 21.5 1,788 51.1 2,863 34.9
MITCHELL 33 24.9 0 0 34 25.4
MONTGOMERY 67 37.3 42 61.0 111 44.7
MOORE 136 25.9 89 53.4 227 32.8
NASH 129 24.7 225 54.9 356 38.2
NEW HANOVER 215 19.0 217 51.9 436 28.1
NORTHAMPTON 15 23.7 84 59.2 99 48.2
ONSLOW 297 30.3 179 38.7 484 33.6
ORANGE 116 13.4 70 27.5 192 17.1
PAMLICO 27 38.3 8 33.2 36 38.1
PASQUOTANK 59 29.5 98 51.9 157 40.4
PENDER 80 24.7 42 38.0 122 28.1
PERQUIMANS 28 39.9 19 49.6 47 43.3
PERSON 61 28.3 63 49.8 128 37.4
PITT 145 19.4 343 51.5 490 34.7
POLK 33 23.4 5 39.7 38 24.7
RANDOLPH 433 35.1 41 31.4 481 35.2
RICHMOND 135 50.5 127 63.0 263 56.1
ROBESON 220 56.2 562 53.4 787 54.5
ROCKINGHAM 245 37.7 95 47.8 343 40.4
ROWAN 346 32.0 189 65.8 538 39.4
RUTHERFORD 197 38.6 41 43.6 238 39.4
SAMPSON 185 46.0 108 47.5 295 46.9
SCOTLAND 73 40.6 161 69.7 235 57.2
STANLY 141 28.7 62 51.3 203 33.2
STOKES 98 24.9 5 20.9 103 24.7
SURRY 204 33.2 15 28.0 224 33.5
SWAIN 24 33.5 31 49.5 55 41.0
TRANSYLVANIA 67 28.2 6 26.8 73 28.1
TYRRELL 6 40.0 7 51.1 13 45.3
UNION 315 22.9 187 69.6 511 31.1
VANCE 102 57.4 204 69.9 307 65.4
WAKE 865 15.7 864 35.7 1,781 22.5
WARREN 18 29.2 77 61.9 96 51.6
WASHINGTON 18 39.8 56 64.3 75 56.7
WATAUGA 65 24.0 2 16.8 67 23.7
WAYNE 214 29.1 306 60.2 528 42.4
WILKES 170 29.4 7 24.6 178 29.3
WILSON 133 33.4 225 56.4 360 45.2
YADKIN 116 33.6 3 21.0 119 33.1
YANCEY 34 22.5 1 40.0 35 22.8
UNKNOWN COUNTY 9 0 10 0 21 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