"NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT LIVE BIRTH RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION, 2000-2004"						
						
	TOTAL BIRTHS	TOTAL RATE	WHITE BIRTHS	WHITE RATE	MINORITY BIRTHS	MINORITY RATE
RESIDENCE	"593,731"	14.3	"430,152"	13.9	"163,579"	15.5
NORTH CAROLINA						
ALAMANCE	"9,222"	13.7	"7,355"	13.8	"1,867"	13.2
ALEXANDER	"2,089"	12.2	"1,951"	12.1	138	12.7
ALLEGHANY	508	9.4	504	9.5	4	3.6
ANSON	"1,643"	12.9	745	11.8	898	14.1
ASHE	"1,285"	10.4	"1,273"	10.4	12	6.2
AVERY	854	9.6	845	10	9	2.1
BEAUFORT	"3,076"	13.5	"2,037"	12.7	"1,039"	15.4
BERTIE	"1,254"	12.7	338	9.4	916	14.6
BLADEN	"2,312"	14.2	"1,431"	14.7	881	13.3
BRUNSWICK	"4,344"	11	"3,587"	10.7	757	12.2
BUNCOMBE	"12,732"	12.1	"11,407"	11.9	"1,325"	13.4
BURKE	"5,244"	11.8	"4,548"	11.6	696	12.9
CABARRUS	"11,028"	15.8	"9,275"	15.5	"1,753"	17.6
CALDWELL	"4,817"	12.3	"4,470"	12.3	347	13.3
CAMDEN	438	11.6	358	11.5	80	12.1
CARTERET	"3,029"	10	"2,718"	9.9	311	11.9
CASWELL	"1,232"	10.4	870	11.6	362	8.3
CATAWBA	"10,245"	14.1	"8,732"	13.7	"1,513"	16.2
CHATHAM	"3,418"	13.1	"2,959"	13.8	459	9.7
CHEROKEE	"1,324"	10.6	"1,278"	10.7	46	8.7
CHOWAN	903	12.6	455	10.3	448	16.2
CLAY	414	9	408	9	6	8.5
CLEVELAND	"6,230"	12.8	"4,560"	12.1	"1,670"	15.3
COLUMBUS	"3,881"	14.2	"2,396"	13.5	"1,485"	15.5
CRAVEN	"7,865"	17.1	"5,665"	17.1	"2,200"	17
CUMBERLAND	"26,913"	17.6	"15,964"	18	"10,949"	17
CURRITUCK	"1,155"	11.6	"1,082"	11.9	73	9
DARE	"1,976"	12.3	"1,900"	12.3	76	12
DAVIDSON	"9,626"	12.8	"8,552"	12.8	"1,074"	12.9
DAVIE	"2,195"	12	"2,066"	12.2	129	9.2
DUPLIN	"3,944"	15.6	"2,967"	16.7	977	13.1
DURHAM	"19,209"	16.5	"10,745"	16.9	"8,464"	16
EDGECOMBE	"3,905"	14.3	"1,519"	13.4	"2,386"	14.9
FORSYTH	"22,977"	14.6	"16,615"	14.8	"6,362"	14.3
FRANKLIN	"3,338"	13.3	"2,421"	13.9	917	11.9
GASTON	"12,938"	13.5	"10,686"	13.3	"2,252"	14.6
GATES	553	10.3	321	9.9	232	10.9
GRAHAM	495	12.3	443	12	52	16.5
GRANVILLE	"3,031"	11.9	"2,123"	13	908	9.9
GREENE	"1,239"	12.7	702	12.5	537	13
GUILFORD	"29,590"	13.8	"17,770"	12.6	"11,820"	16.1
HALIFAX	"3,777"	13.3	"1,306"	10.8	"2,471"	15.1
HARNETT	"7,225"	15.1	"5,423"	15.2	"1,802"	14.8
HAYWOOD	"2,801"	10.1	"2,742"	10.2	59	8.6
HENDERSON	"5,475"	11.8	"5,212"	11.8	263	12.2
HERTFORD	"1,439"	12.3	384	8.7	"1,055"	14.5
HOKE	"3,424"	19	"1,977"	22.3	"1,447"	15.8
HYDE	291	10.1	220	12	71	6.7
IREDELL	"9,100"	14	"7,487"	13.7	"1,613"	15.7
JACKSON	"1,798"	10.5	"1,432"	9.6	366	16
JOHNSTON	"10,779"	16.3	"8,957"	16.3	"1,822"	16.3
JONES	452	8.8	297	9.1	155	8.2
LEE	"4,156"	16.7	"3,207"	16.6	949	17.3
LENOIR	"3,985"	13.5	"2,070"	12	"1,915"	15.5
LINCOLN	"4,396"	13.3	"4,117"	13.4	279	11.4
MCDOWELL	"2,586"	12.1	"2,475"	12.3	111	8.5
MACON	"1,584"	10.3	"1,546"	10.2	38	11
MADISON	"1,104"	11.1	"1,093"	11.2	11	6.9
MARTIN	"1,579"	12.6	763	11.4	816	13.9
MECKLENBURG	"62,154"	16.9	"40,792"	16.6	"21,362"	17.6
MITCHELL	819	10.3	814	10.4	5	5.3
MONTGOMERY	"1,968"	14.5	"1,554"	15.1	414	12.6
MOORE	"4,553"	11.8	"3,526"	11	"1,027"	15.6
NASH	"6,126"	13.7	"3,713"	13.1	"2,413"	14.8
NEW HANOVER	"10,356"	12.4	"7,896"	11.6	"2,460"	15.8
NORTHAMPTON	"1,203"	11	436	10.1	767	11.6
ONSLOW	"16,111"	21	"12,525"	21.4	"3,586"	19.5
ORANGE	"6,551"	10.9	"5,110"	10.6	"1,441"	12.3
PAMLICO	539	8.3	407	8.5	132	7.9
PASQUOTANK	"2,409"	13.4	"1,319"	12.9	"1,090"	14.1
PENDER	"2,394"	11.1	"1,876"	11.5	518	10
PERQUIMANS	599	10.3	391	9.4	208	12.8
PERSON	"2,272"	12.4	"1,563"	12.1	709	13.2
PITT	"10,103"	14.7	"5,728"	13	"4,375"	17.6
POLK	862	9.2	818	9.3	44	7.1
RANDOLPH	"9,172"	13.7	"8,521"	13.8	651	13.1
RICHMOND	"3,191"	13.7	"2,015"	13.2	"1,176"	14.7
ROBESON	"10,296"	16.5	"3,584"	16.3	"6,712"	16.5
ROCKINGHAM	"5,651"	12.3	"4,574"	12.5	"1,077"	11.3
ROWAN	"8,341"	12.6	"6,732"	12.4	"1,609"	13.7
RUTHERFORD	"4,001"	12.6	"3,460"	12.5	541	13.8
SAMPSON	"4,522"	14.7	"3,178"	15.4	"1,344"	13.3
SCOTLAND	"2,454"	13.6	"1,102"	11.9	"1,352"	15.5
STANLY	"3,731"	12.7	"3,126"	12.4	605	14.3
STOKES	"2,509"	11.1	"2,413"	11.2	96	7.8
SURRY	"4,626"	12.9	"4,362"	12.9	264	13
SWAIN	891	13.4	522	11.7	369	16.9
TRANSYLVANIA	"1,351"	9.2	"1,270"	9.1	81	9.7
TYRRELL	221	10.6	141	11.6	80	9.2
UNION	"11,747"	17	"10,044"	16.8	"1,703"	18
VANCE	"3,509"	16	"1,622"	14.9	"1,887"	17.1
WAKE	"54,941"	16.2	"40,164"	15.7	"14,777"	17.5
WARREN	"1,001"	10	322	8	679	11.3
WASHINGTON	873	12.9	354	10.6	519	15.1
WATAUGA	"1,740"	8.1	"1,691"	8.1	49	7.7
WAYNE	"8,628"	15.1	"5,527"	15.1	"3,101"	15.2
WILKES	"4,240"	12.7	"4,021"	12.7	219	13
WILSON	"5,349"	14.2	"2,988"	13.5	"2,361"	15.3
YADKIN	"2,373"	12.9	"2,282"	13	91	11.7
YANCEY	932	10.4	920	10.4	12	10.4
						
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