›› Late or No Prenatal Care

Rank*	County	% of Total Births to Women receiving Late or No Prenatal Care	County/State Ratio	County/US Ratio
1	Colleton County	1.7	0.37	0.48
2	Dorchester County	2.0	0.43	0.56
3	Lancaster County	2.5	0.53	0.69
4	Berkeley County	2.7	0.57	0.74
5	Cherokee County	2.8	0.59	0.77
6	Union County	2.9	0.63	0.81
7	Pickens County	3.1	0.67	0.87
8	Spartanburg County	3.3	0.71	0.92
9	Marion County	3.3	0.71	0.93
10	Charleston County	3.4	0.73	0.95
11	Georgetown County	3.5	0.76	0.98
12	Anderson County	3.8	0.82	1.06
13	Sumter County	4.2	0.89	1.16
14	Greenville County	4.2	0.91	1.18
15	Richland County	4.4	0.94	1.22
16	Laurens County	4.6	0.98	1.27
16	York County	4.6	0.98	1.27
18	Abbeville County	4.6	0.99	1.29
19	Chesterfield County	4.7	1.01	1.31
20	Edgefield County	4.8	1.02	1.32
21	Aiken County	4.8	1.03	1.33
22	Kershaw County	5.0	1.08	1.40
23	Lexington County	5.2	1.11	1.44
24	Bamberg County	5.3	1.13	1.47
24	Oconee County	5.3	1.13	1.47
26	Chester County	5.3	1.14	1.48
27	Lee County	5.4	1.16	1.51
28	Beaufort County	5.5	1.17	1.52
29	Calhoun County	5.5	1.18	1.53
30	Barnwell County	5.5	1.18	1.54
31	Darlington County	5.6	1.20	1.56
32	Greenwood County	5.8	1.23	1.60
33	McCormick County	5.9	1.27	1.65
34	Hampton County	6.2	1.33	1.73
35	Horry County	6.3	1.35	1.76
36	Marlboro County	6.6	1.40	1.82
37	Orangeburg County	6.7	1.43	1.86
38	Fairfield County	6.8	1.45	1.89
39	Dillon County	6.9	1.48	1.93
40	Florence County	7.1	1.51	1.96
41	Newberry County	7.3	1.55	2.02
42	Clarendon County	7.4	1.59	2.06
43	Saluda County	7.8	1.67	2.17
44	Jasper County	8.9	1.90	2.47
45	Williamsburg County	9.8	2.09	2.71
46	Allendale County	10.1	2.15	2.80
47	South Carolina	4.6	***	***
Right Start Report 2002
South Carolina	4.7
United States	3.6

* 1 is best, 46 is worst.