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State Rankings: Child Death Rate
| State |
Child Death Rate (per 1,000) (1-14) |
Rank |
| Connecticut |
9.2 |
1 |
| Massachusetts |
11.4 |
2 |
| New Hampshire |
12.4 |
3 |
| Delaware |
12.8 |
4 |
| New Jersey |
13.0 |
5 |
| New York |
14.3 |
6 |
| Washington |
14.4 |
7 |
| Wisconsin |
15.4 |
8 |
| Minnesota |
15.6 |
9 |
| Virginia |
15.7 |
10 |
| Iowa |
15.9 |
11 |
| Illinois |
16.0 |
12 |
| Rhode Island |
16.0 |
12 |
| Maine |
16.1 |
14 |
| California |
16.9 |
15 |
| Michigan |
17.7 |
16 |
| Pennsylvania |
17.9 |
17 |
| Vermont |
18.0 |
18 |
| Maryland |
18.1 |
19 |
| West Virginia |
18.5 |
20 |
| Utah |
18.7 |
21 |
| Colorado |
18.8 |
22 |
| Nebraska |
19.4 |
23 |
| Oregon |
20.0 |
24 |
| Ohio |
20.0 |
24 |
| Hawaii |
20.5 |
26 |
| Nevada |
20.5 |
27 |
| Kansas |
20.6 |
28 |
| Texas |
20.7 |
29 |
| Georgia |
21.1 |
30 |
| North Carolina |
21.2 |
31 |
| Kentucky |
21.2 |
31 |
| Missouri |
21.4 |
33 |
| South Dakota |
21.6 |
34 |
| New Mexico |
22.0 |
35 |
| Tennessee |
22.1 |
36 |
| South Carolina |
22.4 |
37 |
| Arizona |
22.5 |
38 |
| Florida |
22.6 |
39 |
| North Dakota |
22.7 |
40 |
| Indiana |
23.8 |
41 |
| Louisiana |
26.2 |
42 |
| Alabama |
26.7 |
43 |
| Arkansas |
27.5 |
44 |
| Idaho |
28.7 |
45 |
| Oklahoma |
29.2 |
46 |
| Mississippi |
29.5 |
47 |
| Montana |
29.7 |
48 |
| Wyoming |
31.4 |
49 |
| Alaska |
32.7 |
50 |
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| United States |
19.0 |
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| District of Columbia |
30.7 |
N.R.; |
| Puerto Rico |
11.9 |
N.R. |
| SC/US Ratio |
1.18 |
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County Rankings: Child Deaths
| County* |
Rank of County if It Were a State |
Reduction to Reach US Average |
Number of Child Deaths |
Child Death Rate (per 100,000) (1-14) |
Total Number of Children (1-14) |
County/ US Ratio |
County/ State Ratio |
| Abbeville |
7 |
** |
1 |
15.1 |
4,607 |
0.79 |
0.63 |
| Aiken |
34 |
1 |
6 |
21.7 |
27,697 |
1.14 |
0.90 |
| Allendale |
50 |
1 |
1 |
49.5 |
2,083 |
2.61 |
2.05 |
| Anderson |
37 |
1 |
7 |
22.4 |
32,570 |
1.18 |
0.93 |
| Bamberg |
50 |
1 |
2 |
61.9 |
2,707 |
3.26 |
2.57 |
| Barnwell |
50 |
1 |
2 |
43.7 |
4,580 |
2.30 |
1.81 |
| Beaufort |
42 |
2 |
7 |
26.4 |
26,620 |
1.39 |
1.10 |
| Berkeley |
44 |
3 |
9 |
27.6 |
31,273 |
1.45 |
1.15 |
| Calhoun |
41 |
0 |
1 |
25.0 |
2,587 |
1.32 |
1.04 |
| Charleston |
41 |
4 |
16 |
26.0 |
60,400 |
1.37 |
1.08 |
| Cherokee |
22 |
0 |
2 |
19.3 |
10,347 |
1.02 |
0.80 |
| Chester |
50 |
1 |
2 |
32.8 |
6,230 |
1.73 |
1.36 |
| Chesterfield |
41 |
0 |
2 |
24.7 |
8,177 |
1.30 |
1.02 |
| Clarendon |
50 |
1 |
2 |
35.0 |
5,740 |
1.84 |
1.45 |
| Colleton |
34 |
0 |
2 |
21.6 |
7,657 |
1.14 |
0.90 |
| Darlington |
48 |
2 |
4 |
30.8 |
12,877 |
1.62 |
1.28 |
| Dillon |
50 |
2 |
3 |
51.0 |
6,550 |
2.68 |
2.12 |
| Dorchester |
48 |
3 |
7 |
30.4 |
22,897 |
1.60 |
1.26 |
| Edgefield |
1 |
** |
0 |
7.8 |
4,133 |
0.41 |
0.32 |
| Fairfield |
50 |
2 |
2 |
53.0 |
4,417 |
2.79 |
2.20 |
| Florence |
39 |
1 |
6 |
22.6 |
25,053 |
1.19 |
0.94 |
| Georgetown |
50 |
2 |
4 |
38.0 |
10,537 |
2.00 |
1.58 |
| Greenville |
23 |
0 |
15 |
19.5 |
78,413 |
1.03 |
0.81 |
| Greenwood |
38 |
1 |
3 |
23.5 |
12,763 |
1.24 |
0.98 |
| Hampton |
50 |
1 |
2 |
41.1 |
4,043 |
2.16 |
1.71 |
| Horry |
40 |
2 |
9 |
23.1 |
38,953 |
1.22 |
0.96 |
| Jasper |
40 |
0 |
1 |
23.5 |
4,283 |
1.24 |
0.98 |
| Kershaw |
41 |
1 |
3 |
24.8 |
10,697 |
1.31 |
1.03 |
| Lancaster |
1 |
** |
1 |
7.9 |
12,187 |
0.42 |
0.33 |
| Laurens |
11 |
** |
2 |
15.9 |
12,460 |
0.84 |
0.66 |
| Lee |
50 |
1 |
1 |
36.7 |
3,623 |
1.93 |
1.52 |
| Lexington |
7 |
** |
7 |
15.3 |
45,630 |
0.81 |
0.63 |
| McCormick |
50 |
0 |
1 |
52.1 |
1,250 |
2.74 |
2.16 |
| Marion |
50 |
1 |
3 |
40.3 |
6,707 |
2.12 |
1.67 |
| Marlboro |
41 |
0 |
1 |
26.1 |
5,107 |
1.37 |
1.08 |
| Newberry |
41 |
0 |
2 |
24.9 |
6,730 |
1.31 |
1.03 |
| Oconee |
40 |
0 |
3 |
22.7 |
11,740 |
1.19 |
0.94 |
| Orangeburg |
50 |
2 |
6 |
33.7 |
16,817 |
1.77 |
1.40 |
| Pickens |
3 |
** |
2 |
12.6 |
18,433 |
0.66 |
0.52 |
| Richland |
28 |
1 |
13 |
20.6 |
62,947 |
1.08 |
0.85 |
| Saluda |
48 |
0 |
1 |
29.8 |
3,363 |
1.57 |
1.24 |
| Spartanburg |
43 |
4 |
13 |
26.7 |
50,113 |
1.41 |
1.11 |
| Sumter |
45 |
2 |
6 |
29.1 |
21,777 |
1.53 |
1.21 |
| Union |
23 |
0 |
1 |
19.7 |
4,960 |
1.04 |
0.82 |
| Williamsburg |
48 |
1 |
2 |
30.1 |
6,653 |
1.58 |
1.25 |
| York |
20 |
** |
7 |
18.5 |
37,787 |
0.97 |
0.77 |
| South Carolina |
|
41 |
192 |
24.1 |
797,173 |
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