›› Mothers Smoking During Pregnancy

Rank*	County	Percent of Total Births to Women who Smoked during Pregnancy	County/State Ratio	County/US Ratio
1	Beaufort County	6.6	0.51	0.58
2	Jasper County	7.2	0.56	0.63
2	Richland County	7.2	0.56	0.63
4	Allendale County	7.6	0.59	0.67
5	Charleston County	7.9	0.62	0.69
6	McCormick County	8.5	0.66	0.75
7	Edgefield County	8.7	0.68	0.76
8	Georgetown County	8.7	0.68	0.77
9	Williamsburg County	9.1	0.71	0.80
10	Fairfield County	9.7	0.76	0.85
11	Lee County	9.8	0.77	0.86
12	Hampton County	9.9	0.77	0.87
13	Saluda County	10.2	0.80	0.90
14	Florence County	10.5	0.82	0.92
15	Bamberg County	10.6	0.83	0.93
16	Greenville County	10.7	0.84	0.94
16	Sumter County	10.7	0.84	0.94
18	Aiken County	11.2	0.87	0.98
19	Orangeburg County	11.4	0.89	1.00
20	Clarendon County	11.5	0.90	1.01
21	Marion County	11.6	0.91	1.02
22	Barnwell County	12.3	0.96	1.08
23	Greenwood County	12.8	1.00	1.12
24	Calhoun County	13.2	1.03	1.16
25	Berkeley County	13.3	1.04	1.16
26	Dorchester County	13.5	1.05	1.18
27	Abbeville County	14.1	1.10	1.23
28	Newberry County	14.1	1.10	1.23
29	Darlington County	14.4	1.13	1.27
30	Lancaster County	14.6	1.14	1.28
31	Colleton County	14.9	1.17	1.31
32	Lexington County	15.0	1.17	1.31
33	Anderson County	15.1	1.18	1.32
34	Dillon County	15.5	1.21	1.36
35	Marlboro County	15.8	1.23	1.38
36	York County	15.9	1.24	1.40
37	Spartanburg County	16.1	1.26	1.41
38	Kershaw County	17.5	1.36	1.53
39	Chesterfield County	18.3	1.43	1.60
40	Oconee County	18.6	1.46	1.63
41	Pickens County	18.7	1.46	1.64
42	Laurens County	18.7	1.46	1.64
43	Horry County	19.4	1.51	1.70
44	Chester County	19.5	1.52	1.71
45	Union County	23.1	1.80	2.03
46	Cherokee County	24.5	1.92	2.15
47	South Carolina	12.8	***	***
Right Start Report 2002
South Carolina	13.0
United States	11.4

* 1 is best, 46 is worst.