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Mothers Smoking During Pregnancy (Average for 1999 - 2001)

Rank* County Percent of Total Births to Women who Smoked during Pregnancy County/State Ratio County/US Ratio
1 Beaufort County 6.0 0.50 0.49
2 Richland County 6.1 0.51 0.50
3 Allendale County 6.7 0.56 0.55
4 Jasper County 6.9 0.57 0.56
5 Williamsburg County 7.0 0.59 0.58
6 Edgefield County 7.1 0.60 0.59
7 Georgetown County 7.4 0.62 0.61
8 Greenwood County 7.7 0.64 0.63
9 Charleston County 7.7 0.65 0.63
10 Lee County 7.9 0.66 0.65
11 Fairfield County 8.6 0.71 0.70
12 Hampton County 8.9 0.74 0.73
13 Saluda County 9.1 0.76 0.75
14 McCormick County 9.1 0.76 0.75
15 Clarendon County 9.3 0.78 0.77
16 Bamberg County 10.2 0.85 0.83
17 Sumter County 10.5 0.88 0.86
18 Florence County 10.9 0.91 0.89
18 Orangeburg County 10.9 0.91 0.89
20 Barnwell County 11.3 0.95 0.93
21 Greenville County 11.6 0.97 0.95
22 Calhoun County 11.8 0.99 0.97
23 Aiken County 11.9 0.99 0.98
24 Marion County 12.7 1.06 1.04
25 Darlington County 12.9 1.08 1.06
26 Newberry County 13.1 1.10 1.08
27 Dorchester County 13.2 1.10 1.09
28 Berkeley County 13.3 1.11 1.09
29 Abbeville County 13.7 1.14 1.12
30 Lexington County 14.8 1.24 1.22
31 Colleton County 14.9 1.24 1.22
32 Spartanburg County 15.0 1.25 1.23
33 Marlboro County 15.1 1.26 1.24
34 Anderson County 15.7 1.31 1.29
35 Kershaw County 16.7 1.39 1.37
36 Lancaster County 16.9 1.41 1.39
36 Laurens County 16.9 1.41 1.39
38 Dillon County 17.1 1.43 1.41
39 Chesterfield County 17.3 1.44 1.42
39 York County 17.3 1.44 1.42
41 Pickens County 18.0 1.50 1.48
42 Union County 18.0 1.50 1.48
43 Oconee County 18.3 1.53 1.50
44 Horry County 18.9 1.57 1.55
45 Chester County 19.2 1.60 1.57
46 Cherokee County 23.3 1.94 1.91

* 1 is best, 46 is worst.