|
Overall Average of All 2009 Indicators
| County |
Percent Low Birthweight Babies |
Infant Mortality Rate |
Child Death Rate (1-14) |
Rate of Teen Deaths (15-19) |
Teen Birth Rate |
Percent of Teens Who are Idle (16-19) |
Percent of Kids in Poverty |
Percent of Children in Single-Parent Families |
Dropouts |
Overall Average |
| Abbeville |
1.45 |
2.48 |
0.79 |
0.52 |
1.02 |
0.87 |
1.22 |
1.20 |
1.09 |
1.18 |
| Aiken |
1.23 |
1.68 |
1.14 |
0.65 |
1.30 |
1.09 |
1.25 |
1.13 |
1.16 |
1.18 |
| Allendale |
1.55 |
2.40 |
2.61 |
2.04 |
2.24 |
2.07 |
2.56 |
2.17 |
1.65 |
2.14 |
| Anderson |
1.14 |
1.20 |
1.18 |
1.15 |
1.34 |
1.31 |
1.04 |
1.08 |
1.14 |
1.18 |
| Bamberg |
1.58 |
1.00 |
3.26 |
1.10 |
1.04 |
1.25 |
1.89 |
1.59 |
1.00 |
1.52 |
| Barnwell |
1.56 |
1.70 |
2.30 |
1.23 |
1.70 |
1.13 |
1.63 |
1.51 |
1.42 |
1.57 |
| Beaufort |
1.02 |
1.00 |
1.39 |
0.95 |
1.29 |
0.76 |
0.91 |
1.05 |
1.36 |
1.08 |
| Berkeley |
1.12 |
1.22 |
1.45 |
0.72 |
1.22 |
1.21 |
0.86 |
1.06 |
1.19 |
1.12 |
| Calhoun |
1.54 |
0.90 |
1.32 |
1.58 |
0.93 |
1.21 |
1.37 |
1.23 |
1.97 |
1.34 |
| Charleston |
1.25 |
1.75 |
1.37 |
1.27 |
1.05 |
0.94 |
1.22 |
1.42 |
1.50 |
1.31 |
| Cherokee |
1.46 |
2.40 |
1.02 |
0.99 |
1.81 |
1.79 |
1.32 |
1.24 |
1.50 |
1.50 |
| Chester |
1.38 |
1.58 |
1.73 |
2.34 |
1.68 |
2.32 |
1.54 |
1.47 |
1.71 |
1.75 |
| Chesterfield |
1.61 |
1.79 |
1.30 |
2.11 |
1.71 |
1.59 |
1.52 |
1.30 |
1.84 |
1.64 |
| Clarendon |
1.46 |
0.85 |
1.84 |
0.79 |
1.44 |
1.56 |
1.91 |
1.50 |
1.33 |
1.41 |
| Colleton |
1.35 |
1.55 |
1.14 |
2.23 |
1.88 |
1.95 |
1.74 |
1.29 |
1.71 |
1.65 |
| Darlington |
1.51 |
1.65 |
1.62 |
1.28 |
1.42 |
1.29 |
1.56 |
1.46 |
2.06 |
1.54 |
| Dillon |
1.70 |
0.85 |
2.68 |
2.09 |
2.08 |
1.65 |
2.22 |
1.60 |
1.48 |
1.82 |
| Dorchester |
1.06 |
0.84 |
1.60 |
1.40 |
1.10 |
1.13 |
0.86 |
1.04 |
1.34 |
1.15 |
| Edgefield |
1.14 |
0.80 |
0.41 |
1.09 |
0.93 |
2.47 |
1.28 |
1.11 |
1.51 |
1.19 |
| Fairfield |
1.33 |
1.65 |
2.79 |
2.00 |
1.53 |
0.74 |
1.47 |
1.54 |
1.35 |
1.60 |
| Florence |
1.55 |
1.85 |
1.19 |
1.19 |
1.34 |
1.19 |
1.55 |
1.31 |
1.52 |
1.41 |
| Georgetown |
1.25 |
2.10 |
2.00 |
1.22 |
1.38 |
1.21 |
1.47 |
1.27 |
1.21 |
1.46 |
| Greenville |
1.04 |
1.02 |
1.03 |
1.38 |
1.16 |
0.90 |
0.89 |
0.99 |
1.09 |
1.06 |
| Greenwood |
1.54 |
2.35 |
1.24 |
0.82 |
1.44 |
1.63 |
1.22 |
1.31 |
1.18 |
1.41 |
| Hampton |
1.34 |
1.91 |
2.16 |
1.68 |
1.33 |
1.36 |
1.63 |
1.37 |
1.91 |
1.63 |
| Horry |
1.22 |
1.30 |
1.22 |
1.78 |
1.38 |
1.28 |
1.29 |
1.19 |
0.94 |
1.29 |
| Jasper |
1.19 |
1.41 |
1.24 |
1.39 |
2.07 |
1.70 |
1.52 |
1.39 |
1.37 |
1.47 |
| Kershaw |
1.18 |
0.90 |
1.31 |
1.06 |
1.59 |
1.37 |
1.14 |
1.04 |
1.23 |
1.20 |
| Lancaster |
1.37 |
1.38 |
0.42 |
1.87 |
1.68 |
1.80 |
1.41 |
1.26 |
1.17 |
1.37 |
| Laurens |
1.36 |
2.01 |
0.84 |
1.18 |
1.48 |
1.29 |
1.57 |
1.27 |
1.53 |
1.39 |
| Lee |
1.52 |
1.94 |
1.93 |
2.33 |
1.74 |
1.21 |
1.76 |
1.60 |
1.61 |
1.74 |
| Lexington |
0.97 |
0.87 |
0.81 |
1.15 |
1.05 |
0.90 |
0.89 |
0.94 |
1.16 |
0.97 |
| McCormick |
1.58 |
3.03 |
2.74 |
1.68 |
1.12 |
2.12 |
1.76 |
1.63 |
1.54 |
1.91 |
| Marion |
1.48 |
1.56 |
2.12 |
2.41 |
1.88 |
1.30 |
1.96 |
1.73 |
1.43 |
1.76 |
| Marlboro |
1.72 |
1.78 |
1.37 |
1.09 |
1.81 |
1.99 |
1.76 |
1.65 |
1.69 |
1.65 |
| Newberry |
1.36 |
0.57 |
1.31 |
1.83 |
1.46 |
1.52 |
1.38 |
1.43 |
1.48 |
1.37 |
| Oconee |
0.85 |
0.71 |
1.19 |
1.88 |
1.32 |
1.41 |
1.10 |
0.97 |
1.35 |
1.20 |
| Orangeburg |
1.65 |
2.05 |
1.77 |
1.03 |
1.32 |
1.22 |
1.70 |
1.54 |
1.72 |
1.56 |
| Pickens |
1.04 |
0.83 |
0.66 |
1.03 |
0.91 |
0.75 |
1.07 |
0.82 |
1.24 |
0.93 |
| Richland |
1.31 |
1.27 |
1.08 |
0.73 |
0.82 |
0.94 |
0.84 |
1.34 |
1.50 |
1.09 |
| Saluda |
1.31 |
0.75 |
1.57 |
2.55 |
1.24 |
1.71 |
1.30 |
1.12 |
1.11 |
1.41 |
| Spartanburg |
1.20 |
1.45 |
1.41 |
1.24 |
1.42 |
1.28 |
1.03 |
1.11 |
1.21 |
1.26 |
| Sumter |
1.25 |
1.34 |
1.53 |
1.58 |
1.52 |
1.14 |
1.51 |
1.30 |
1.57 |
1.42 |
| Union |
1.44 |
1.20 |
1.04 |
1.08 |
1.77 |
1.82 |
1.35 |
1.40 |
1.40 |
1.39 |
| Williamsburg |
1.70 |
1.81 |
1.58 |
1.68 |
1.32 |
1.30 |
2.52 |
1.55 |
1.40 |
1.65 |
| York |
1.03 |
1.01 |
0.97 |
1.21 |
1.10 |
0.99 |
0.91 |
1.00 |
0.84 |
1.00 |
| Overall County Average: |
1.23 |
1.35 |
1.27 |
1.23 |
1.25 |
1.17 |
1.17 |
1.20 |
1.32 |
1.24 |
|
Overall County Ranking*
| Rank |
County* |
Overall County/US Ratio |
| 1
| Pickens
| 0.93 |
| 2
| Lexington
| 0.97 |
| 3
| York
| 1.00 |
| 4
| Greenville
| 1.06 |
| 5
| Beaufort
| 1.08 |
| 6
| Richland
| 1.09 |
| 7
| Berkeley
| 1.12 |
| 8
| Dorchester
| 1.15 |
| 9
| Anderson
| 1.18 |
| 9
| Aiken
| 1.18 |
| 9
| Abbeville
| 1.18 |
| 12
| Edgefield
| 1.19 |
| 13
| Oconee
| 1.20 |
| 13
| Kershaw
| 1.20 |
| 15
| Spartanburg
| 1.26 |
| 16
| Horry
| 1.29 |
| 17
| Charleston
| 1.31 |
| 18
| Calhoun
| 1.34 |
| 19
| Newberry
| 1.37 |
| 19
| Lancaster
| 1.37 |
| 21
| Union
| 1.39 |
| 21
| Laurens
| 1.39 |
| 23
| Saluda
| 1.41 |
| 23
| Clarendon
| 1.41 |
| 23
| Florence
| 1.41 |
| 23
| Greenwood
| 1.41 |
| 27
| Sumter
| 1.42 |
| 28
| Georgetown
| 1.46 |
| 29
| Jasper
| 1.47 |
| 30
| Cherokee
| 1.50 |
| 31
| Bamberg
| 1.52 |
| 32
| Darlington
| 1.54 |
| 33
| Orangeburg
| 1.56 |
| 34
| Barnwell
| 1.57 |
| 35
| Fairfield
| 1.60 |
| 36
| Hampton
| 1.63 |
| 37
| Chesterfield
| 1.64 |
| 38
| Colleton
| 1.65 |
| 38
| Marlboro
| 1.65 |
| 38
| Williamsburg
| 1.65 |
| 41
| Lee
| 1.74 |
| 42
| Chester
| 1.75 |
| 43
| Marion
| 1.76 |
| 44
| Dillon
| 1.82 |
| 45
| McCormick
| 1.91 |
| 46
| Allendale
| 2.14 |
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