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Rank*	County	% of Babies Born with Low Birthweight	County/State Ratio	County/US Ratio
1	Beaufort County	7.9	0.79	1.01
1	Pickens County	7.9	0.79	1.01
3	Lexington County	8.0	0.80	1.03
4	York County	8.1	0.81	1.04
5	Anderson County	8.4	0.84	1.08
6	Oconee County	8.4	0.84	1.08
7	Greenville County	8.7	0.87	1.11
8	Saluda County	8.8	0.88	1.13
9	Dorchester County	9.0	0.90	1.16
10	Aiken County	9.3	0.93	1.19
11	Horry County	9.4	0.94	1.20
11	McCormick County	9.4	0.94	1.20
13	Kershaw County	9.4	0.94	1.21
14	Berkeley County	9.5	0.95	1.21
15	Chester County	9.5	0.95	1.22
15	Greenwood County	9.5	0.95	1.22
17	Sumter County	9.8	0.98	1.26
18	Lancaster County	9.9	0.99	1.26
19	Hampton County	10.1	1.01	1.29
20	Colleton County	10.1	1.01	1.30
21	Laurens County	10.2	1.02	1.31
22	Spartanburg County	10.3	1.03	1.32
23	Charleston County	10.5	1.05	1.35
24	Richland County	10.6	1.06	1.36
25	Abbeville County	10.6	1.06	1.36
26	Lee County	10.7	1.07	1.37
27	Jasper County	10.7	1.07	1.38
28	Edgefield County	10.9	1.09	1.39
29	Union County	11.1	1.11	1.43
30	Calhoun County	11.2	1.12	1.43
31	Dillon County	11.2	1.12	1.44
32	Cherokee County	11.3	1.13	1.45
33	Georgetown County	11.4	1.14	1.46
34	Newberry County	11.5	1.15	1.47
35	Bamberg County	11.6	1.16	1.49
36	Chesterfield County	11.7	1.17	1.50
37	Florence County	12.0	1.20	1.54
38	Darlington County	12.0	1.20	1.54
39	Fairfield County	12.2	1.22	1.56
40	Barnwell County	12.7	1.27	1.62
40	Orangeburg County	12.7	1.27	1.62
42	Marion County	13.1	1.31	1.68
43	Marlboro County	13.8	1.38	1.76
44	Allendale County	13.9	1.39	1.78
45	Clarendon County	14.1	1.41	1.81
46	Williamsburg County	14.8	1.48	1.90
47	South Carolina	9.9	***	***
Right Start Report 2002
South Carolina	10.0
United States	7.8

* 1 is best, 46 is worst.