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Rank*	County	Percent of Babies that were Preterm Births	County/State Ratio	County/US Ratio
1	York County	11.5	0.78	0.95
2	Beaufort County	11.8	0.80	0.98
3	Calhoun County	11.9	0.81	0.98
4	Oconee County	12.2	0.83	1.01
5	Lexington County	12.2	0.83	1.01
6	Greenville County	13.1	0.89	1.08
7	Aiken County	13.1	0.89	1.08
8	Anderson County	13.2	0.90	1.09
9	Pickens County	13.5	0.92	1.11
10	Horry County	13.5	0.92	1.12
11	Dorchester County	13.6	0.92	1.12
12	Chester County	13.6	0.93	1.13
13	Berkeley County	14.0	0.95	1.16
14	Edgefield County	14.1	0.96	1.16
14	Georgetown County	14.1	0.96	1.16
16	Hampton County	14.2	0.97	1.17
17	Colleton County	14.7	1.00	1.21
18	Abbeville County	14.7	1.00	1.21
19	Sumter County	14.7	1.00	1.22
20	Richland County	15.0	1.02	1.24
21	McCormick County	15.0	1.02	1.24
22	Saluda County	15.2	1.03	1.25
23	Charleston County	15.3	1.04	1.26
24	Kershaw County	15.4	1.05	1.27
25	Jasper County	15.4	1.05	1.28
26	Orangeburg County	15.9	1.08	1.31
28	Spartanburg County	16.0	1.09	1.32
29	Lancaster County	16.1	1.09	1.33
30	Laurens County	16.3	1.11	1.35
31	Marion County	16.9	1.15	1.39
32	Florence County	17.0	1.15	1.40
33	Darlington County	17.1	1.16	1.41
34	Greenwood County	17.2	1.17	1.42
35	Dillon County	17.3	1.17	1.43
36	Barnwell County	17.5	1.19	1.45
37	Union County	17.8	1.21	1.47
38	Bamberg County	18.3	1.24	1.51
39	Lee County	18.4	1.25	1.52
40	Williamsburg County	18.7	1.27	1.55
41	Fairfield County	19.0	1.29	1.57
42	Chesterfield County	19.1	1.30	1.58
43	Cherokee County	19.2	1.31	1.59
44	Allendale County	19.5	1.33	1.61
45	Newberry County	20.0	1.36	1.65
46	Marlboro County	21.8	1.48	1.80
47	Clarendon County	22.3	1.52	1.85
47	South Carolina	14.7	***	***
Right Start Report 2002
South Carolina	14.2
United States	12.1

* 1 is best, 46 is worst.