NC RESIDENT PREGNANCY RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION FOR GIRLS 15-17, BY RACE, 2005-2009

  WHITE PREGNANCIES WHITE RATE MINORITY PREGNANCIES MINORITY RATE TOTAL PREGNANCIES TOTAL RATE
RESIDENCE 16,006 26.6 13,538 46.1 30,063 33.6
NORTH CAROLINA
ALAMANCE 365 34.2 181 45.9 560 38.3
ALEXANDER 69 22.5 7 24.6 77 23.0
ALLEGHANY 29 34.3 0 0 30 34.7
ANSON 18 18.3 100 61.6 118 45.3
ASHE 68 35.8 0 0 68 34.7
AVERY 20 15.1 0 0 20 14.9
BEAUFORT 91 35.6 92 55.0 186 44.0
BERTIE 12 20.7 83 59.3 95 48.0
BLADEN 56 37.5 74 48.7 130 43.1
BRUNSWICK 214 32.7 45 24.3 262 31.2
BUNCOMBE 400 22.1 143 54.0 545 26.2
BURKE 233 32.7 48 32.9 282 32.8
CABARRUS 395 28.8 132 40.0 545 32.0
CALDWELL 254 37.2 31 49.6 287 38.5
CAMDEN 13 15.8 2 12.5 15 15.3
CARTERET 130 28.5 23 41.9 153 30.0
CASWELL 33 24.3 19 23.6 52 24.1
CATAWBA 342 27.7 124 40.5 477 30.9
CHATHAM 128 32.1 39 37.4 173 34.3
CHEROKEE 45 23.1 8 61.1 53 25.5
CHOWAN 19 24.7 29 41.0 49 33.2
CLAY 13 18.8 0 0 13 18.4
CLEVELAND 217 28.8 190 63.1 409 38.8
COLUMBUS 99 33.3 138 58.3 238 44.6
CRAVEN 140 25.0 174 53.6 317 35.8
CUMBERLAND 418 25.7 737 38.8 1,178 33.4
CURRITUCK 42 20.2 2 10.4 44 19.4
DARE 65 25.0 6 42.0 71 25.8
DAVIDSON 360 27.1 104 44.5 474 30.4
DAVIE 88 24.3 3 9.7 91 23.1
DUPLIN 148 43.4 80 44.7 232 44.6
DURHAM 352 39.7 580 41.7 961 42.2
EDGECOMBE 55 31.5 231 59.8 287 51.2
FORSYTH 680 30.3 653 48.8 1,356 37.9
FRANKLIN 99 25.8 87 42.7 189 32.2
GASTON 525 33.6 248 52.5 781 38.4
GATES 21 27.5 19 36.4 40 31.1
GRAHAM 24 36.9 5 47.6 30 39.7
GRANVILLE 74 22.4 86 45.3 164 31.6
GREENE 33 32.2 44 46.2 78 39.5
GUILFORD 508 19.5 904 44.3 1,438 31.0
HALIFAX 68 34.7 217 53.5 288 47.8
HARNETT 215 27.6 157 40.5 376 32.2
HAYWOOD 122 26.2 9 51.4 132 27.3
HENDERSON 249 32.2 20 36.5 270 32.6
HERTFORD 13 17.9 126 65.3 139 52.4
HOKE 62 28.1 107 39.0 170 34.3
HYDE 4 15.0 4 18.3 8 16.5
IREDELL 321 25.6 156 50.2 479 30.6
JACKSON 62 29.6 33 53.8 95 35.1
JOHNSTON 380 30.6 144 44.0 541 34.4
JONES 13 20.1 16 37.0 29 26.9
LEE 167 39.9 93 66.2 270 48.3
LENOIR 108 37.4 185 67.2 294 52.2
LINCOLN 193 29.1 25 35.7 220 30.0
MCDOWELL 126 32.7 11 40.3 137 33.2
MACON 84 32.3 3 33.3 87 32.3
MADISON 31 18.1 0 0 31 17.7
MARTIN 35 31.4 65 46.7 100 39.9
MECKLENBURG 1,050 21.8 1,789 46.5 2,936 33.9
MITCHELL 33 24.1 0 0 34 24.4
MONTGOMERY 76 40.0 40 54.6 118 44.8
MOORE 135 23.6 74 43.0 211 28.4
NASH 132 24.3 222 48.5 356 35.6
NEW HANOVER 205 17.4 214 48.4 424 26.2
NORTHAMPTON 13 20.2 74 53.1 87 42.8
ONSLOW 289 29.2 164 33.8 459 31.2
ORANGE 104 12.6 65 24.4 179 16.4
PAMLICO 30 40.2 9 37.8 40 40.6
PASQUOTANK 57 28.5 92 44.2 149 36.5
PENDER 68 18.9 42 36.4 112 23.6
PERQUIMANS 18 23.6 21 61.8 39 35.3
PERSON 62 27.5 74 53.3 138 37.9
PITT 145 18.8 352 48.8 500 33.5
POLK 31 21.2 4 25.0 36 22.2
RANDOLPH 427 33.8 47 33.2 478 34.0
RICHMOND 147 53.5 136 64.2 285 58.6
ROBESON 208 53.7 573 53.1 786 53.6
ROCKINGHAM 211 32.5 88 42.7 302 35.3
ROWAN 355 32.6 174 57.1 531 38.1
RUTHERFORD 193 35.8 38 38.9 233 36.6
SAMPSON 193 46.2 117 49.2 312 47.6
SCOTLAND 56 31.7 178 70.8 236 55.1
STANLY 139 28.5 70 56.9 210 34.4
STOKES 84 19.8 5 20.0 92 20.5
SURRY 201 31.2 12 21.7 218 31.2
SWAIN 27 35.2 32 50.4 59 42.1
TRANSYLVANIA 62 25.7 7 29.0 69 26.0
TYRRELL 8 51.6 6 45.5 15 52.3
UNION 337 20.8 190 57.7 536 27.5
VANCE 114 59.6 188 61.8 303 61.2
WAKE 886 14.9 935 34.6 1,905 22.0
WARREN 18 28.6 70 56.6 88 47.2
WASHINGTON 11 25.8 44 48.1 56 41.8
WATAUGA 60 23.1 1 9.7 61 22.6
WAYNE 184 25.3 297 59.6 490 40.0
WILKES 180 31.4 5 14.6 185 30.5
WILSON 165 39.5 229 54.7 397 47.5
YADKIN 112 31.9 6 32.6 119 32.2
YANCEY 24 15.7 2 69.0 26 16.7
UNKNOWN COUNTY 8 0 10 0 19 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