TABLE 1- 2007 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 160,252 84.7 106,816 79.3 50,399 92.4
NORTH CAROLINA
PCR I WESTERN 9,683 73.5 8,721 72.4 943 83.7
PCR II NORTHWESTERN 34,966 77.8 25,400 72.9 8,995 89.1
PCR III SOUTHWESTERN 32,180 88.6 20,793 81.0 10,564 99.2
PCR IV NORTHEASTERN 35,424 84.4 22,828 78.2 11,607 90.8
PCR V SOUTHEASTERN 23,811 90.3 14,476 87.6 8,972 91.3
PCR VI EASTERN 24,110 90.9 14,575 88.6 9,280 92.3
ALAMANCE 2,496 81.9 1,796 76.9 637 89.5
ALEXANDER 481 67.1 446 66.2 33 76.6
ALLEGHANY 116 65.8 115 66.2 1 37.0
ANSON 354 77.3 133 67.4 221 84.9
ASHE 320 75.9 315 75.9 3 46.2
AVERY 223 76.0 220 75.8 3 93.8
BEAUFORT 682 85.0 438 81.9 240 89.7
BERTIE 287 78.5 65 54.3 220 89.5
BLADEN 490 81.0 290 83.7 190 73.6
BRUNSWICK 1,362 82.2 1,128 83.8 213 68.6
BUNCOMBE 3,439 77.1 3,044 75.8 387 86.9
BURKE 1,140 67.8 989 67.9 146 64.9
CABARRUS 3,011 87.4 2,399 83.0 566 102.2
CALDWELL 1,046 69.0 972 68.9 70 66.9
CAMDEN 119 64.8 100 62.9 19 76.9
CARTERET 783 76.1 689 73.8 88 92.3
CASWELL 264 63.2 169 61.1 92 65.2
CATAWBA 2,375 77.2 1,970 75.7 381 80.2
CHATHAM 862 77.6 714 77.0 119 65.0
CHEROKEE 243 57.5 227 56.6 16 74.8
CHOWAN 242 94.3 116 80.4 126 112.1
CLAY 75 53.2 69 49.9 6 214.3
CLEVELAND 1,395 70.5 945 63.6 444 89.9
COLUMBUS 917 89.4 540 85.2 372 94.9
CRAVEN 1,874 107.4 1,276 106.7 582 106.0
CUMBERLAND 7,298 102.4 3,824 101.0 3,315 99.2
CURRITUCK 335 71.9 298 68.9 34 101.5
DARE 549 91.9 514 90.2 21 75.0
DAVIDSON 2,187 70.1 1,854 68.1 306 77.0
DAVIE 491 64.6 461 65.1 26 49.9
DUPLIN 948 92.3 687 93.8 237 80.6
DURHAM 5,820 95.4 2,959 101.6 2,618 82.2
EDGECOMBE 1,013 97.1 324 85.9 681 102.3
FORSYTH 6,469 90.1 4,124 87.2 2,180 89.0
FRANKLIN 842 72.6 592 72.9 245 70.5
GASTON 3,348 81.6 2,549 77.1 752 94.3
GATES 146 65.7 80 58.6 66 76.9
GRAHAM 106 78.2 97 80.8 8 51.6
GRANVILLE 794 78.9 493 71.9 292 90.8
GREENE 297 76.7 155 70.5 139 83.0
GUILFORD 8,592 83.2 4,206 71.2 4,206 95.3
HALIFAX 925 88.4 300 81.0 622 92.1
HARNETT 1,931 80.9 1,401 79.8 507 80.3
HAYWOOD 662 66.4 636 65.9 26 81.3
HENDERSON 1,414 84.1 1,328 84.0 83 82.8
HERTFORD 365 77.3 92 65.9 272 81.8
HOKE 965 99.7 561 112.3 386 82.4
HYDE 60 77.3 44 83.2 16 64.8
IREDELL 2,352 77.2 1,863 73.9 459 87.0
JACKSON 503 64.7 405 60.7 98 88.8
JOHNSTON 2,865 84.9 2,260 80.6 558 97.8
JONES 116 67.1 79 70.9 36 58.4
LEE 1,103 100.0 767 90.2 296 117.0
LENOIR 957 89.9 500 87.8 450 90.8
LINCOLN 988 67.9 921 68.0 60 59.1
MCDOWELL 570 69.6 534 68.8 35 81.8
MACON 452 86.3 430 84.4 20 144.9
MADISON 221 57.3 215 56.5 6 109.1
MARTIN 317 70.1 138 63.8 176 74.5
MECKLENBURG 19,074 95.7 10,574 86.7 7,844 101.3
MITCHELL 180 67.5 177 67.6 3 63.8
MONTGOMERY 457 92.6 333 88.3 120 103.4
MOORE 1,209 84.8 908 80.2 291 99.4
NASH 1,601 85.8 811 76.6 772 95.8
NEW HANOVER 3,306 80.9 2,464 74.3 795 103.0
NORTHAMPTON 298 80.3 91 68.5 205 86.1
ONSLOW 4,355 118.5 3,387 123.3 909 98.0
ORANGE 1,784 53.9 1,251 47.7 484 70.0
PAMLICO 126 68.9 98 70.5 26 59.5
PASQUOTANK 733 91.5 401 100.6 327 81.4
PENDER 724 77.7 584 79.8 131 65.6
PERQUIMANS 167 78.4 112 74.0 55 89.3
PERSON 601 83.2 402 79.9 196 89.5
PITT 2,967 78.5 1,626 67.6 1,319 95.9
POLK 165 54.5 156 55.5 8 37.2
RANDOLPH 2,222 79.5 1,969 76.7 206 90.0
RICHMOND 821 90.3 515 94.7 302 82.7
ROBESON 2,608 96.4 944 112.1 1,634 87.7
ROCKINGHAM 1,320 75.8 998 73.2 305 80.7
ROWAN 2,117 77.7 1,604 73.2 486 91.1
RUTHERFORD 889 74.3 748 72.7 139 82.8
SAMPSON 1,063 83.8 736 85.7 306 74.7
SCOTLAND 660 85.9 248 68.9 410 100.2
STANLY 846 73.9 708 74.2 137 71.8
STOKES 515 56.7 493 57.0 20 45.4
SURRY 1,049 76.8 977 76.1 50 61.1
SWAIN 214 83.2 134 86.8 80 77.7
TRANSYLVANIA 344 70.1 316 69.6 27 73.6
TYRRELL 66 107.7 44 115.5 22 94.8
UNION 3,164 83.2 2,564 77.9 540 105.4
VANCE 867 96.4 358 95.4 497 94.8
WAKE 16,842 86.8 10,973 78.5 5,383 99.3
WARREN 284 84.4 94 74.3 190 90.5
WASHINGTON 225 96.0 89 99.2 132 91.2
WATAUGA 515 46.2 499 46.5 13 30.7
WAYNE 2,164 92.0 1,318 90.6 815 90.9
WILKES 919 74.1 840 71.0 74 129.1
WILSON 1,393 89.1 703 85.8 673 90.5
YADKIN 517 69.5 485 68.0 27 88.5
YANCEY 206 66.3 205 66.8 1 26.3

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 - 2007 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 130,886 69.1 94,073 69.8 36,813 67.5
NORTH CAROLINA
PCR I WESTERN 8,413 63.9 7,631 63.4 782 69.4
PCR II NORTHWESTERN 28,770 64.0 22,502 64.6 6,268 62.1
PCR III SOUTHWESTERN 26,173 72.1 18,524 72.1 7,649 71.8
PCR IV NORTHEASTERN 28,115 67.0 20,084 68.8 8,031 62.9
PCR V SOUTHEASTERN 19,472 73.9 12,582 76.1 6,890 70.1
PCR VI EASTERN 19,943 75.2 12,750 77.5 7,193 71.5
ALAMANCE 2,017 66.2 1,569 67.2 448 62.9
ALEXANDER 444 61.9 416 61.7 28 65.0
ALLEGHANY 112 63.5 111 63.9 1 37.0
ANSON 303 66.2 118 59.8 185 71.1
ASHE 296 70.2 293 70.6 3 46.2
AVERY 198 67.5 196 67.5 2 62.5
BEAUFORT 604 75.3 395 73.9 209 78.1
BERTIE 233 63.7 56 46.8 177 72.0
BLADEN 425 70.3 269 77.6 156 60.4
BRUNSWICK 1,159 70.0 990 73.6 169 54.4
BUNCOMBE 2,864 64.2 2,559 63.8 305 68.5
BURKE 1,014 60.3 888 61.0 126 56.0
CABARRUS 2,610 75.8 2,163 74.8 447 80.7
CALDWELL 934 61.6 877 62.2 57 54.4
CAMDEN 110 59.9 95 59.8 15 60.7
CARTERET 643 62.5 572 61.2 71 74.5
CASWELL 210 50.3 148 53.5 62 44.0
CATAWBA 2,097 68.1 1,773 68.1 324 68.2
CHATHAM 734 66.1 648 69.9 86 47.0
CHEROKEE 223 52.7 209 52.1 14 65.4
CHOWAN 208 81.1 106 73.5 102 90.7
CLAY 66 46.8 61 44.1 5 178.6
CLEVELAND 1,200 60.6 847 57.0 353 71.5
COLUMBUS 797 77.7 488 77.0 309 78.8
CRAVEN 1,609 92.2 1,144 95.6 465 84.7
CUMBERLAND 5,653 79.3 3,291 86.9 2,362 70.7
CURRITUCK 269 57.7 243 56.2 26 77.6
DARE 406 67.9 391 68.6 15 53.6
DAVIDSON 1,915 61.4 1,683 61.8 232 58.4
DAVIE 430 56.5 408 57.6 22 42.2
DUPLIN 847 82.5 643 87.8 204 69.4
DURHAM 4,375 71.7 2,657 91.2 1,718 53.9
EDGECOMBE 836 80.2 289 76.6 547 82.2
FORSYTH 5,134 71.5 3,672 77.6 1,462 59.7
FRANKLIN 699 60.3 530 65.3 169 48.6
GASTON 2,851 69.5 2,268 68.6 583 73.1
GATES 121 54.4 70 51.3 51 59.4
GRAHAM 99 73.0 91 75.8 8 51.6
GRANVILLE 629 62.5 426 62.2 203 63.1
GREENE 261 67.4 145 65.9 116 69.3
GUILFORD 6,296 61.0 3,548 60.0 2,748 62.2
HALIFAX 729 69.7 258 69.6 471 69.7
HARNETT 1,616 67.7 1,252 71.3 364 57.6
HAYWOOD 598 60.0 575 59.6 23 71.9
HENDERSON 1,248 74.3 1,179 74.6 69 68.8
HERTFORD 293 62.0 84 60.1 209 62.8
HOKE 795 82.2 507 101.5 288 61.5
HYDE 52 67.0 38 71.8 14 56.7
IREDELL 2,004 65.7 1,633 64.8 371 70.4
JACKSON 422 54.3 334 50.1 88 79.8
JOHNSTON 2,474 73.3 2,039 72.7 435 76.2
JONES 96 55.5 68 61.0 28 45.5
LEE 898 81.4 692 81.4 206 81.4
LENOIR 791 74.3 438 77.0 353 71.2
LINCOLN 883 60.7 833 61.5 50 49.2
MCDOWELL 513 62.7 479 61.8 34 79.4
MACON 413 78.9 396 77.7 17 123.2
MADISON 194 50.3 189 49.7 5 90.9
MARTIN 267 59.0 123 56.9 144 61.0
MECKLENBURG 14,767 74.1 9,284 76.1 5,483 70.8
MITCHELL 163 61.1 161 61.5 2 42.6
MONTGOMERY 410 83.1 319 84.5 91 78.4
MOORE 1,016 71.3 794 70.1 222 75.8
NASH 1,275 68.4 714 67.4 561 69.6
NEW HANOVER 2,494 61.0 1,906 57.5 588 76.2
NORTHAMPTON 243 65.5 86 64.7 157 65.9
ONSLOW 3,700 100.7 2,985 108.7 715 77.1
ORANGE 1,354 40.9 1,028 39.2 326 47.2
PAMLICO 100 54.7 81 58.2 19 43.5
PASQUOTANK 575 71.8 352 88.3 223 55.5
PENDER 620 66.5 516 70.5 104 52.1
PERQUIMANS 142 66.7 101 66.8 41 66.6
PERSON 479 66.3 346 68.7 133 60.7
PITT 2,336 61.8 1,332 55.4 1,004 73.0
POLK 147 48.6 139 49.5 8 37.2
RANDOLPH 1,892 67.7 1,739 67.7 153 66.8
RICHMOND 709 78.0 468 86.0 241 66.0
ROBESON 2,268 83.8 865 102.7 1,403 75.3
ROCKINGHAM 1,109 63.7 883 64.8 226 59.8
ROWAN 1,805 66.2 1,437 65.6 368 69.0
RUTHERFORD 784 65.5 673 65.4 111 66.2
SAMPSON 949 74.8 700 81.5 249 60.8
SCOTLAND 561 73.0 217 60.3 344 84.1
STANLY 751 65.6 633 66.3 118 61.9
STOKES 454 50.0 440 50.9 14 31.7
SURRY 927 67.9 889 69.3 38 46.5
SWAIN 193 75.0 120 77.8 73 70.9
TRANSYLVANIA 297 60.5 277 61.0 20 54.5
TYRRELL 58 94.6 41 107.6 17 73.3
UNION 2,808 73.8 2,378 72.3 430 84.0
VANCE 716 79.6 319 85.0 397 75.8
WAKE 13,299 68.6 9,603 68.7 3,696 68.2
WARREN 231 68.7 79 62.5 152 72.4
WASHINGTON 190 81.1 78 87.0 112 77.4
WATAUGA 404 36.2 395 36.8 9 21.2
WAYNE 1,802 76.6 1,190 81.8 612 68.2
WILKES 838 67.6 776 65.6 62 108.2
WILSON 1,147 73.4 632 77.1 515 69.2
YADKIN 467 62.8 445 62.4 22 72.1
YANCEY 189 60.9 189 61.6 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

TABLE 3 - 2007 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 28,545 15.1 12,307 9.1 13,201 24.2
NORTH CAROLINA
PCR I WESTERN 1,223 9.3 1,047 8.7 157 13.9
PCR II NORTHWESTERN 6,032 13.4 2,797 8.0 2,664 26.4
PCR III SOUTHWESTERN 5,831 16.1 2,177 8.5 2,831 26.6
PCR IV NORTHEASTERN 7,179 17.1 2,681 9.2 3,509 27.5
PCR V SOUTHEASTERN 4,200 15.9 1,835 11.1 2,002 20.4
PCR VI EASTERN 4,002 15.1 1,747 10.6 2,000 19.9
ALAMANCE 471 15.5 223 9.6 185 26.0
ALEXANDER 33 4.6 26 3.9 5 11.6
ALLEGHANY 4 2.3 4 2.3 0 0.0
ANSON 47 10.3 14 7.1 33 12.7
ASHE 23 5.5 21 5.1 0 0.0
AVERY 23 7.8 22 7.6 1 31.3
BEAUFORT 71 8.9 38 7.1 29 10.8
BERTIE 49 13.4 8 6.7 39 15.9
BLADEN 58 9.6 19 5.5 29 11.2
BRUNSWICK 198 12.0 135 10.0 42 13.5
BUNCOMBE 560 12.6 472 11.8 80 18.0
BURKE 121 7.2 96 6.6 20 8.9
CABARRUS 382 11.1 224 7.7 112 20.2
CALDWELL 109 7.2 92 6.5 13 12.4
CAMDEN 9 4.9 5 3.1 4 16.2
CARTERET 134 13.0 114 12.2 14 14.7
CASWELL 53 12.7 21 7.6 29 20.6
CATAWBA 271 8.8 191 7.3 56 11.8
CHATHAM 128 11.5 66 7.1 33 18.0
CHEROKEE 20 4.7 18 4.5 2 9.3
CHOWAN 34 13.3 10 6.9 24 21.4
CLAY 9 6.4 8 5.8 1 35.7
CLEVELAND 188 9.5 95 6.4 87 17.6
COLUMBUS 116 11.3 50 7.9 61 15.6
CRAVEN 251 14.4 124 10.4 111 20.2
CUMBERLAND 1,594 22.4 512 13.5 923 27.6
CURRITUCK 65 13.9 54 12.5 8 23.9
DARE 141 23.6 121 21.2 6 21.4
DAVIDSON 259 8.3 162 6.0 70 17.6
DAVIE 60 7.9 52 7.3 4 7.7
DUPLIN 94 9.2 38 5.2 32 10.9
DURHAM 1,425 23.4 298 10.2 884 27.8
EDGECOMBE 165 15.8 35 9.3 122 18.3
FORSYTH 1,311 18.3 441 9.3 705 28.8
FRANKLIN 139 12.0 60 7.4 74 21.3
GASTON 481 11.7 268 8.1 166 20.8
GATES 25 11.2 10 7.3 15 17.5
GRAHAM 7 5.2 6 5.0 0 0.0
GRANVILLE 162 16.1 67 9.8 86 26.7
GREENE 33 8.5 10 4.5 20 11.9
GUILFORD 2,256 21.9 648 11.0 1,428 32.3
HALIFAX 196 18.7 42 11.3 151 22.4
HARNETT 302 12.7 141 8.0 138 21.8
HAYWOOD 60 6.0 57 5.9 3 9.4
HENDERSON 160 9.5 144 9.1 13 13.0
HERTFORD 70 14.8 7 5.0 62 18.6
HOKE 163 16.8 54 10.8 91 19.4
HYDE 7 9.0 6 11.3 1 4.0
IREDELL 338 11.1 225 8.9 83 15.7
JACKSON 80 10.3 70 10.5 10 9.1
JOHNSTON 379 11.2 211 7.5 121 21.2
JONES 20 11.6 11 9.9 8 13.0
LEE 198 17.9 72 8.5 86 34.0
LENOIR 160 15.0 61 10.7 92 18.6
LINCOLN 101 6.9 85 6.3 9 8.9
MCDOWELL 52 6.4 50 6.4 1 2.3
MACON 38 7.3 34 6.7 2 14.5
MADISON 24 6.2 23 6.0 1 18.2
MARTIN 46 10.2 13 6.0 30 12.7
MECKLENBURG 4,193 21.0 1,237 10.1 2,300 29.7
MITCHELL 15 5.6 14 5.3 1 21.3
MONTGOMERY 46 9.3 14 3.7 28 24.1
MOORE 185 13.0 107 9.5 68 23.2
NASH 310 16.6 90 8.5 202 25.1
NEW HANOVER 802 19.6 551 16.6 204 26.4
NORTHAMPTON 54 14.6 5 3.8 47 19.7
ONSLOW 632 17.2 386 14.1 187 20.2
ORANGE 424 12.8 219 8.4 156 22.6
PAMLICO 26 14.2 17 12.2 7 16.0
PASQUOTANK 153 19.1 48 12.0 100 24.9
PENDER 101 10.8 66 9.0 26 13.0
PERQUIMANS 24 11.3 11 7.3 13 21.1
PERSON 117 16.2 55 10.9 59 26.9
PITT 608 16.1 282 11.7 304 22.1
POLK 15 5.0 14 5.0 0 0.0
RANDOLPH 317 11.3 219 8.5 51 22.3
RICHMOND 109 12.0 44 8.1 61 16.7
ROBESON 327 12.1 78 9.3 219 11.8
ROCKINGHAM 206 11.8 111 8.1 78 20.6
ROWAN 296 10.9 156 7.1 113 21.2
RUTHERFORD 104 8.7 74 7.2 28 16.7
SAMPSON 108 8.5 34 4.0 53 12.9
SCOTLAND 91 11.8 30 8.3 59 14.4
STANLY 90 7.9 73 7.7 16 8.4
STOKES 60 6.6 53 6.1 5 11.3
SURRY 113 8.3 80 6.2 11 13.4
SWAIN 19 7.4 12 7.8 7 6.8
TRANSYLVANIA 46 9.4 38 8.4 7 19.1
TYRRELL 8 13.1 3 7.9 5 21.6
UNION 349 9.2 181 5.5 108 21.1
VANCE 146 16.2 37 9.9 97 18.5
WAKE 3,485 18.0 1,338 9.6 1,661 30.6
WARREN 52 15.5 14 11.1 38 18.1
WASHINGTON 34 14.5 11 12.3 19 13.1
WATAUGA 110 9.9 103 9.6 4 9.4
WAYNE 348 14.8 121 8.3 196 21.9
WILKES 77 6.2 60 5.1 12 20.9
WILSON 235 15.0 66 8.1 152 20.4
YADKIN 45 6.1 35 4.9 5 16.4
YANCEY 14 4.5 13 4.2 1 26.3

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