Table 9. Private sector establishment births and deaths, seasonally adjusted North Carolina Total private Births(1) Deaths(2) Year 3 months ended Establishments Employment Establishments Employment 1992 September N/A N/A 3,392 16,777 December N/A N/A 3,266 15,432 1993 March N/A N/A 3,448 18,417 June 4,201 25,139 3,061 13,623 September 4,404 23,518 3,387 17,859 December 4,252 25,579 3,369 20,100 1994 March 3,959 21,089 3,447 16,244 June 4,662 27,929 3,135 17,127 September 4,765 25,360 3,423 18,313 December 4,696 25,156 3,486 17,144 1995 March 4,403 25,024 3,499 16,666 June 4,716 26,280 3,287 16,274 September 4,623 32,405 3,619 18,600 December 5,327 32,083 3,560 16,646 1996 March 4,670 25,252 3,944 21,953 June 4,660 30,894 3,251 15,799 September 5,116 30,503 3,847 19,736 December 5,379 30,770 3,868 18,361 1997 March 5,351 36,646 4,063 23,250 June 5,518 34,022 3,884 21,100 September 6,198 34,413 3,395 22,569 December 4,931 27,956 5,633 29,272 1998 March 3,729 26,714 4,598 31,413 June 7,223 43,247 3,776 21,426 September 5,591 41,533 4,634 25,608 December 5,469 47,853 4,752 45,665 1999 March 4,848 39,353 4,417 31,556 June 5,631 33,691 3,675 23,520 September 6,078 33,702 5,083 28,771 December 5,497 35,638 5,056 26,150 2000 March 5,942 32,069 5,632 30,678 June 5,692 33,550 4,975 27,872 September 5,259 28,231 5,720 30,708 December 5,150 34,055 5,295 31,464 2001 March 4,798 34,589 5,415 33,129 June 5,643 35,876 5,374 37,365 September 4,136 26,771 5,059 30,728 December 5,181 30,770 5,308 32,024 2002 March 5,431 30,602 5,352 31,479 June 10,816 64,234 4,727 27,231 September 5,117 31,128 4,412 31,285 December 5,051 27,095 6,321 29,724 2003 March 5,618 30,448 5,544 29,091 June 5,137 27,220 5,053 26,206 September 4,886 26,301 4,638 23,718 December 5,495 27,426 4,744 26,901 2004 March 5,363 28,339 4,721 26,169 June 5,843 26,389 5,593 26,260 September 4,258 26,120 4,731 23,314 December 5,131 24,989 4,730 21,770 2005 March 5,394 26,494 4,409 25,903 June 5,786 29,223 5,717 25,714 September 4,950 26,365 4,276 19,233 December 5,651 29,143 4,920 25,666 2006 March 6,165 31,810 4,565 20,941 June 6,777 35,863 5,107 24,482 September 5,725 30,118 5,295 26,163 December 11,541 61,244 4,826 22,151 2007 March 7,736 37,447 5,161 23,766 June 6,643 30,386 6,151 27,657 September 6,616 31,319 5,506 21,759 December 6,802 29,923 5,827 26,570 2008 March 6,297 36,372 6,543 25,414 June 5,591 26,305 7,774 31,321 September 5,664 28,467 6,765 28,745 December 5,439 24,185 7,309 29,393 2009 March 5,221 25,864 6,838 26,700 June 5,015 23,776 8,536 31,651 September 4,921 22,539 6,374 23,130 December 5,725 24,285 6,047 24,575 2010 March 5,257 21,380 5,614 20,359 June 4,136 22,266 6,123 23,384 September 6,714 25,788 5,933 22,641 December 6,294 26,545 5,482 22,543 2011 March 6,359 25,428 5,937 21,104 June 5,532 23,518 6,296 22,845 September 6,008 25,386 4,963 21,204 December 5,658 20,737 5,085 21,272 2012 March 6,394 25,855 5,072 18,210 June 5,854 24,472 6,020 20,923 September 5,994 24,617 5,741 21,373 December 6,240 23,379 5,411 19,396 2013 March 5,800 21,843 5,169 17,588 June 5,252 21,265 4,808 18,901 September 6,073 25,187 5,936 22,333 December 5,749 23,938 5,175 21,019 2014 March 5,594 22,970 5,341 18,147 June 5,953 23,079 6,396 22,551 September 6,314 27,274 5,168 19,167 December 5,781 21,980 4,976 18,816 2015 March 6,599 23,444 5,095 21,057 June 6,306 23,879 6,522 23,796 September 6,794 25,621 5,657 20,847 December 6,808 26,354 5,315 19,237 2016 March 6,875 24,790 5,113 17,831 June 6,948 26,643 5,949 21,966 September 6,870 25,049 6,037 22,260 December 5,997 22,276 5,545 19,709 2017 March 6,917 25,914 5,556 19,092 June 6,869 28,848 7,122 27,536 September 6,577 23,578 5,524 20,143 December 5,350 20,901 N/A N/A 2018 March 7,656 26,844 N/A N/A June 7,920 29,212 N/A N/A (1) Values for births are not available for the first three quarters of the time series by definition. (2) Values for deaths are not available for the most recent three quarters by definition.