NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT LIVE BIRTH RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION, 2004-2008

  TOTAL BIRTHS TOTAL RATE WHITE BIRTHS WHITE RATE MINORITY BIRTHS MINORITY RATE
RESIDENCE 632,103 14.2 456,054 13.8 176,049 15.6
NORTH CAROLINA
ALAMANCE 9,539 13.5 7,593 13.6 1,946 13.1
ALEXANDER 2,084 11.5 1,944 11.4 140 12.7
ALLEGHANY 520 9.5 518 9.6 2 1.9
ANSON 1,531 12.0 685 10.9 846 13.1
ASHE 1,385 10.8 1,374 10.8 11 5.4
AVERY 852 9.4 844 9.8 8 1.6
BEAUFORT 2,919 12.6 1,967 12.0 952 14.1
BERTIE 1,201 12.2 312 8.8 889 14.1
BLADEN 2,221 13.6 1,407 14.4 814 12.5
BRUNSWICK 5,268 11.2 4,471 11.1 797 11.3
BUNCOMBE 13,554 12.2 12,136 12.1 1,418 13.8
BURKE 5,109 11.5 4,449 11.5 660 11.5
CABARRUS 12,507 15.9 10,344 15.3 2,163 19.2
CALDWELL 4,632 11.7 4,315 11.7 317 11.8
CAMDEN 516 11.2 433 11.2 83 11.5
CARTERET 3,234 10.3 2,898 10.0 336 12.8
CASWELL 1,114 9.5 771 10.1 343 8.2
CATAWBA 10,120 13.4 8,547 13.0 1,573 15.5
CHATHAM 3,710 12.8 3,253 13.5 457 9.5
CHEROKEE 1,313 9.9 1,234 9.7 79 14.4
CHOWAN 925 12.7 490 10.9 435 15.5
CLAY 417 8.3 401 8.1 16 21.8
CLEVELAND 5,934 12.2 4,340 11.5 1,594 14.6
COLUMBUS 3,739 13.7 2,306 13.0 1,433 14.9
CRAVEN 8,082 17.0 5,756 16.9 2,326 17.5
CUMBERLAND 27,696 17.8 16,348 18.6 11,348 16.8
CURRITUCK 1,252 10.8 1,155 10.7 97 11.6
DARE 2,242 13.0 2,149 13.0 93 14.2
DAVIDSON 9,637 12.4 8,542 12.3 1,095 12.7
DAVIE 2,236 11.3 2,088 11.3 148 10.5
DUPLIN 4,118 15.7 3,184 16.8 934 12.7
DURHAM 21,093 17.0 12,461 18.8 8,632 14.9
EDGECOMBE 3,824 14.5 1,355 12.6 2,469 15.8
FORSYTH 24,549 14.8 17,441 14.7 7,108 14.9
FRANKLIN 3,640 13.2 2,653 13.5 987 12.2
GASTON 13,510 13.7 10,813 13.1 2,697 16.4
GATES 619 10.8 383 10.7 236 10.8
GRAHAM 503 12.4 451 12.1 52 15.7
GRANVILLE 3,154 11.6 2,129 12.0 1,025 10.8
GREENE 1,260 12.2 750 12.5 510 11.8
GUILFORD 30,657 13.6 17,504 12.1 13,153 16.3
HALIFAX 3,510 12.6 1,197 10.4 2,313 14.1
HARNETT 7,769 14.9 5,929 15.2 1,840 13.9
HAYWOOD 2,864 10.1 2,775 10.0 89 12.4
HENDERSON 6,018 12.0 5,677 11.9 341 14.8
HERTFORD 1,568 13.2 430 9.8 1,138 15.2
HOKE 4,019 19.2 2,574 24.2 1,445 14.1
HYDE 294 10.6 229 13.2 65 6.3
IREDELL 9,713 13.4 7,959 13.0 1,754 15.7
JACKSON 1,966 10.8 1,538 9.8 428 17.4
JOHNSTON 11,972 15.8 9,983 15.7 1,989 16.0
JONES 478 9.3 340 10.3 138 7.6
LEE 4,526 16.6 3,517 16.4 1,009 17.3
LENOIR 3,933 13.6 2,113 12.6 1,820 14.8
LINCOLN 4,433 12.4 4,135 12.5 298 12.2
MCDOWELL 2,624 12.0 2,513 12.3 111 8.2
MACON 1,854 11.2 1,793 11.1 61 17.0
MADISON 1,003 9.8 990 9.8 13 8.2
MARTIN 1,503 12.4 747 11.6 756 13.2
MECKLENBURG 70,492 17.1 44,968 16.5 25,524 18.2
MITCHELL 825 10.3 817 10.4 8 8.3
MONTGOMERY 1,962 14.3 1,557 14.7 405 12.8
MOORE 4,938 12.0 3,914 11.4 1,024 15.2
NASH 6,189 13.4 3,638 12.6 2,551 14.8
NEW HANOVER 11,939 13.0 9,225 12.2 2,714 16.4
NORTHAMPTON 1,217 11.4 389 9.1 828 12.8
ONSLOW 17,452 21.2 13,982 22.3 3,470 17.7
ORANGE 6,723 10.8 5,236 10.4 1,487 12.3
PAMLICO 564 8.7 459 9.5 105 6.4
PASQUOTANK 2,786 14.0 1,649 14.9 1,137 13.0
PENDER 2,724 11.2 2,240 11.9 484 9.0
PERQUIMANS 653 10.5 447 9.8 206 12.5
PERSON 2,330 12.5 1,622 12.2 708 13.2
PITT 11,004 14.9 6,257 13.3 4,747 17.6
POLK 784 8.2 732 8.2 52 8.8
RANDOLPH 8,999 13.0 8,346 13.0 653 12.7
RICHMOND 3,283 14.1 2,090 13.8 1,193 14.6
ROBESON 10,783 16.8 4,031 17.8 6,752 16.2
ROCKINGHAM 5,349 11.7 4,290 11.7 1,059 11.4
ROWAN 8,665 12.8 6,961 12.5 1,704 14.2
RUTHERFORD 3,760 11.9 3,264 11.8 496 12.6
SAMPSON 4,584 14.3 3,351 15.3 1,233 12.1
SCOTLAND 2,589 14.0 1,035 11.1 1,554 16.9
STANLY 3,625 12.2 3,052 12.1 573 13.1
STOKES 2,336 10.1 2,247 10.2 89 7.4
SURRY 4,494 12.3 4,283 12.4 211 10.3
SWAIN 949 13.8 573 12.5 376 16.4
TRANSYLVANIA 1,454 9.6 1,362 9.5 92 10.7
TYRRELL 256 12.1 166 13.6 90 10.0
UNION 13,276 15.5 11,293 15.1 1,983 17.9
VANCE 3,404 15.6 1,521 14.3 1,883 16.8
WAKE 63,705 16.1 46,010 15.5 17,695 17.9
WARREN 1,051 10.5 356 8.8 695 11.7
WASHINGTON 888 13.3 364 11.3 524 15.2
WATAUGA 1,907 8.7 1,857 8.7 50 7.7
WAYNE 8,922 15.5 5,784 15.7 3,138 15.1
WILKES 3,966 11.8 3,727 11.7 239 14.4
WILSON 5,531 14.3 3,141 13.9 2,390 14.8
YADKIN 2,367 12.6 2,277 12.6 90 11.7
YANCEY 915 10.0 908 10.0 7 6.5

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