NC RESIDENT PREGNANCY RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION FOR GIRLS 15-17, BY RACE, 2004-2008

  WHITE PREGNANCIES WHITE RATE MINORITY PREGNANCIES MINORITY RATE TOTAL PREGNANCIES TOTAL RATE
RESIDENCE 16,251 27.4 13,761 48.2 30,498 34.7
NORTH CAROLINA
ALAMANCE 376 35.5 199 51.7 589 40.8
ALEXANDER 82 27.5 11 40.6 94 28.9
ALLEGHANY 31 37.5 0 0 32 38.1
ANSON 19 20.1 89 56.1 109 43.1
ASHE 65 35.5 0 0 65 34.5
AVERY 26 20.5 0 0 26 20.2
BEAUFORT 87 35.2 90 55.7 178 43.6
BERTIE 12 21.4 85 62.0 97 50.3
BLADEN 61 40.8 70 47.0 131 43.9
BRUNSWICK 210 33.7 46 25.5 259 32.2
BUNCOMBE 428 23.4 151 60.5 582 28.0
BURKE 242 33.6 49 33.2 292 33.7
CABARRUS 399 30.3 140 46.7 552 34.2
CALDWELL 246 36.8 33 55.8 280 38.5
CAMDEN 13 16.6 3 19.9 16 17.1
CARTERET 140 30.7 28 55.9 168 33.2
CASWELL 32 24.0 16 20.3 48 22.6
CATAWBA 352 28.9 130 43.5 493 32.5
CHATHAM 120 30.3 42 41.2 166 33.3
CHEROKEE 48 25.8 8 70.2 56 28.4
CHOWAN 23 30.6 34 46.6 57 38.5
CLAY 13 19.3 0 0 13 18.9
CLEVELAND 230 30.9 206 69.2 438 42.1
COLUMBUS 111 37.9 151 65.0 263 50.1
CRAVEN 154 27.7 187 59.4 344 39.5
CUMBERLAND 399 24.2 727 38.7 1,153 32.7
CURRITUCK 42 20.6 3 16.8 45 20.3
DARE 72 27.2 7 55.1 79 28.5
DAVIDSON 374 28.7 101 46.1 485 31.9
DAVIE 83 24.5 3 10.7 86 23.4
DUPLIN 151 44.7 81 45.8 236 45.9
DURHAM 341 38.8 587 42.4 952 42.1
EDGECOMBE 65 36.9 250 64.8 316 56.2
FORSYTH 677 29.9 651 49.5 1,345 37.6
FRANKLIN 104 28.1 99 48.5 206 35.9
GASTON 550 35.2 254 55.2 811 40.1
GATES 19 27.1 25 49.7 44 36.5
GRAHAM 24 38.2 6 59.4 31 42.5
GRANVILLE 81 25.9 81 45.6 166 33.8
GREENE 40 40.2 50 53.4 91 47.1
GUILFORD 498 19.2 931 46.8 1,453 31.7
HALIFAX 72 37.9 224 55.8 298 50.4
HARNETT 227 29.4 178 48.0 408 35.7
HAYWOOD 138 30.1 8 49.7 147 31.0
HENDERSON 250 33.5 18 35.6 269 33.8
HERTFORD 16 21.3 138 73.1 154 58.3
HOKE 56 26.9 107 41.2 164 35.1
HYDE 9 34.2 5 24.8 14 30.1
IREDELL 315 26.7 163 53.9 482 32.5
JACKSON 67 32.8 37 62.6 104 39.5
JOHNSTON 356 30.2 148 49.6 519 35.1
JONES 13 20.7 17 40.5 30 28.7
LEE 184 46.1 91 66.5 287 53.6
LENOIR 113 39.2 192 72.2 306 55.2
LINCOLN 192 30.0 19 29.4 214 30.3
MCDOWELL 136 35.9 9 32.6 145 35.7
MACON 80 32.4 2 25.0 82 32.2
MADISON 33 19.7 0 0 33 19.2
MARTIN 33 30.7 64 47.4 97 40.0
MECKLENBURG 1,027 21.3 1,815 48.9 2,931 34.4
MITCHELL 36 26.6 0 0 37 27.0
MONTGOMERY 73 39.6 41 58.5 116 45.6
MOORE 131 23.9 74 43.6 207 28.8
NASH 124 23.2 221 51.5 347 36.0
NEW HANOVER 208 17.7 201 46.6 414 25.8
NORTHAMPTON 16 25.4 80 56.1 96 46.7
ONSLOW 289 28.9 171 35.5 467 31.5
ORANGE 106 12.5 67 25.8 182 16.5
PAMLICO 30 41.6 8 34.3 38 39.8
PASQUOTANK 58 29.0 95 47.0 153 38.0
PENDER 81 23.6 49 42.7 131 28.6
PERQUIMANS 27 36.9 17 47.5 44 40.4
PERSON 64 29.0 69 51.6 135 38.1
PITT 146 19.0 337 48.1 486 33.1
POLK 31 21.5 3 21.1 34 21.5
RANDOLPH 442 35.3 45 33.6 495 35.7
RICHMOND 144 53.6 137 66.0 283 59.4
ROBESON 218 56.1 591 55.0 814 55.6
ROCKINGHAM 233 35.8 94 46.8 329 38.7
ROWAN 354 32.7 177 59.6 533 38.6
RUTHERFORD 198 37.8 37 38.8 237 38.2
SAMPSON 196 47.9 114 49.0 312 48.6
SCOTLAND 55 30.9 169 70.0 227 54.1
STANLY 142 29.2 70 57.4 212 34.9
STOKES 93 22.8 7 29.4 103 23.8
SURRY 199 31.7 10 18.2 214 31.3
SWAIN 27 36.0 33 51.2 60 43.0
TRANSYLVANIA 64 26.7 8 35.1 72 27.4
TYRRELL 6 39.0 7 51.9 13 45.0
UNION 326 21.7 181 60.9 517 28.8
VANCE 116 63.3 201 66.4 319 65.7
WAKE 883 15.3 925 35.9 1,882 22.5
WARREN 16 25.6 66 53.5 83 44.6
WASHINGTON 17 38.5 50 55.1 68 50.4
WATAUGA 62 23.7 2 19.2 64 23.6
WAYNE 206 28.2 300 59.4 516 41.7
WILKES 176 30.4 5 16.8 181 29.7
WILSON 151 37.1 222 53.9 375 45.8
YADKIN 107 30.6 5 31.6 113 30.9
YANCEY 33 21.4 2 83.3 35 22.3
UNKNOWN COUNTY 10 0 11 0 23 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