RESIDENT LOW WEIGHT INFANT RESIDENT
LIVE BIRTH LIVE BIRTH MORTALITY DEATH
RATE 1996 PERCENTAGE 1996 /1 RATE 1996 RATE 1996
COUNTY NUMBER RANK NUMBER RANK NUMBER RANK NUMBER RANK
Abbeville 13.9 18 10.7 14 11.9 12 10.7 11
Aiken 13.9 19 8.9 30 4.9 36 9.3 32
Allendale 15.0 5 10.5 15 0.0 44 10.0 24
Anderson 13.2 29 8.5 34 4.8 38 10.2 19
Bamberg 12.9 33 7.9 38 0.0 45 10.7 12
Barnwell 13.3 25 7.7 40 10.5 15 10.6 13
Beaufort 15.2 4 7.4 43 6.4 29 7.2 44
Berkeley 14.8 6 7.8 39 4.1 42 6.3 46
Calhoun 12.8 36 11.4 8 0.0 46 9.1 35
Charleston 14.4 9 9.6 23 9.5 18 8.9 38
Cherokee 14.0 17 10.1 18 17.8 7 10.8 9
Chester 13.3 26 11.9 4 4.5 41 10.3 18
Chesterfield 14.3 10 11.4 9 8.8 22 10.6 14
Clarendon 13.6 23 9.5 25 7.5 25 11.6 4
Colleton 14.3 11 9.5 26 5.7 32 10.4 15
Darlington 13.1 32 11.9 5 9.3 20 10.2 20
Dillon 15.7 2 11.8 6 12.9 10 11.6 5
Dorchester 13.4 24 8.9 31 10.5 16 7.8 43
Edgefield 13.2 30 9.1 29 7.9 23 9.4 30
Fairfield 14.3 12 11.0 11 3.1 43 13.9 1
Florence 14.3 13 12.2 3 10.2 17 9.4 31
Georgetown 12.6 40 11.8 7 4.6 40 9.7 28
Greenville 14.2 14 7.7 41 5.7 33 9.0 37
Greenwood 13.8 20 9.6 24 18.5 6 10.4 16
Hampton 14.8 7 9.2 28 14.2 8 9.9 25
Horry 12.5 41 8.7 32 12.2 11 10.1 22
Jasper 18.7 1 9.5 27 6.5 27 10.2 21
Kershaw 12.9 34 8.7 33 11.4 13 9.3 33
Lancaster 13.3 27 10.3 16 7.9 24 9.7 29
Laurens 12.7 39 7.6 42 9.0 21 11.3 7
Lee 11.3 45 14.4 2 28.7 1 9.9 26
Lexington 14.8 8 8.3 37 5.5 34 7.2 45
McCormick 9.9 46 9.7 21 10.8 14 9.2 34
Marion 13.3 28 11.2 10 21.5 3 11.1 8
Marlboro 14.2 15 9.7 22 4.7 39 11.5 6
Newberry 12.3 43 10.2 17 9.5 19 10.8 10
Oconee 12.4 42 5.7 46 6.5 28 9.1 36
Orangeburg 13.7 21 10.8 13 7.5 26 9.9 27
Pickens 11.8 44 6.5 45 4.9 37 8.2 39
Richland 14.1 16 9.9 19 6.3 30 8.2 40
Saluda 12.8 37 6.9 44 13.9 9 11.9 2
Spartanburg 13.7 22 8.5 35 6.0 31 10.1 23
Sumter 15.4 3 11.0 12 21.8 2 8.2 41
Union 12.8 38 9.9 20 20.4 5 11.9 3
Williamsburg 12.9 35 14.8 1 20.9 4 10.4 17
York 13.2 31 8.4 36 5.1 35 8.1 42
SOUTH CAROLINA 13.8 X 9.2 X 8.3 X 9.2 X
1/: Live birth weighing less than 2,500 grams.
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