1996 Resident Live Births Method of Calculation: number of live births _______________________ x 1,000 = birth rate for population of area females, age 15-44 The Triangle: birth rate total births Chatham County 62.3 588 Durham County 59.2 3,020 Franklin County 55.8 547 Johnston County 71.7 1,578 Orange County 35.2 1,128 Wake County 57.9 8,120 Top Ten Counties in NC: 1 MECKLENBURG COUNTY 63.2 9,446 2 WAKE COUNTY 57.9 8,120 3 CUMBERLAND COUNTY 80.9 5,623 4 GUILFORD COUNTY 57.9 5,229 5 FORSYTH COUNTY 60.0 3,999 6 ONSLOW COUNTY 105.0 3,300 7 DURHAM COUNTY 59.2 3,020 8 GASTON COUNTY 64.0 2,534 9 BUNCOMBE COUNTY 58.5 2,357 10 ROBESON COUNTY 75.8 1,965 North Carolina (total births) 62.8 104,428 ***************** More information is available on LINC LINC VARIABLE #102 BIRTHS: Resident live births. Live births occurring to residents of the area during the calendar year. (Birth rates not available) Earliest year: 1970 Latest year: 1995 Frequency: Annual Time period: Calendar year Geographic coverage: County and state Source: DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, AND NATURAL RESOURCES STATISTICS AND INFORMATION SERVICES ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: Nan Staggers,Statistician for Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources. Phone: 715-4490 NOTES: *1997 statistics will be available around August 1998 in text form. * More detailed information on live births is available in the following texts located in the News Research Department: North Carolina Vital Statistics Volume 1 and 2-1994 (Two separate volumes) (Call numbers HA38.N8 N65 and HA38.N8 N66 - 1994) Information on death rates and teen birth rates is available in the NRD Vertical Files. LAST UPDATED: September 15, 1997 perickso@nando.com