KIDS COUNT 2007
HIGH-LOWS FOR 2007 DATABOOK: CHILD DEATH RATE
High-Lows for 2007 Data Book
| State |
Child Death Rate
(per 100,000)
(1-14) |
Rank |
| Rhode Island | 11.2 | 1 |
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| Vermont | 11.9 | 2 |
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| Massachusetts | 12.2 | 3 |
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| New Jersey | 13.6 | 4 |
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| Connecticut | 14.0 | 5 |
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| Washington | 15.5 | 6 |
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| New York | 16.1 | 7 |
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| New Hampshire | 16.3 | 8 |
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| Colorado | 16.6 | 9 |
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| California | 17.1 | 10 |
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| Wisconsin | 17.3 | 11 |
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| Minnesota | 17.7 | 12 |
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| Virginia | 18.4 | 13 |
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| Illinois | 19.0 | 14 |
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| Pennsylvania | 19.0 | 14 |
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| Oregon | 19.3 | 16 |
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| Michigan | 19.3 | 16 |
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| Ohio | 19.8 | 18 |
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| Wyoming | 20.5 | 19 |
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| Iowa | 20.6 | 20 |
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| Nevada | 20.6 | 20 |
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| Hawaii | 20.8 | 22 |
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| Arizona | 21.2 | 23 |
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| North Carolina | 21.4 | 24 |
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| Utah | 21.4 | 24 |
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| Maryland | 21.4 | 24 |
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| Maine | 21.7 | 27 |
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| Florida | 21.9 | 28 |
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| Texas | 22.7 | 29 |
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| Georgia | 23.0 | 30 |
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| Tennessee | 23.3 | 31 |
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| Indiana | 23.5 | 32 |
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| Kentucky | 24.1 | 33 |
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| South Carolina | 24.5 | 34 |
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| Nebraska | 24.6 | 35 |
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| Kansas | 25.5 | 36 |
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| North Dakota | 25.8 | 37 |
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| Missouri | 25.8 | 37 |
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| Idaho | 26.5 | 39 |
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| Oklahoma | 26.7 | 40 |
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| Alabama | 27.7 | 41 |
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| West Virginia | 28.1 | 42 |
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| New Mexico | 28.4 | 43 |
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| Delaware | 29.5 | 44 |
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| Montana | 30.6 | 45 |
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| Mississippi | 31.3 | 46 |
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| Louisiana | 34.1 | 47 |
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| Arkansas | 34.1 | 47 |
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| Alaska | 35.4 | 49 |
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| South Dakota | 39.3 | 50 |
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| United States | 20.5 |
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| County" |
Child Death Rate
(per 100,000)
(1-14) |
Rank of
County If It
Were a State |
| Newberry | 4.9 | 1 |
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| Barnwell | 13.8 | 4 |
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| Edgefield | 15.3 | 5 |
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| Georgetown | 15.7 | 6 |
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| Horry | 18.3 | 12 |
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| Charleston | 18.9 | 13 |
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| Kershaw | 19.3 | 16 |
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| Greenville | 19.8 | 18 |
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| Fairfield | 21.3 | 23 |
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| Beaufort | 21.9 | 28 |
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| Clarendon | 22.1 | 28 |
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| Lancaster | 22.2 | 28 |
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| Spartanburg | 22.5 | 28 |
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| Laurens | 22.9 | 29 |
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| Berkeley | 23.1 | 30 |
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| Greenwood | 23.3 | 31 |
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| Dorchester | 23.4 | 31 |
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| Jasper | 23.7 | 32 |
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| Florence | 24.6 | 35 |
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| York | 25.0 | 35 |
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| Oconee | 25.6 | 35 |
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| Richland | 26.3 | 38 |
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| Lexington | 26.7 | 40 |
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| Abbeville | 27.1 | 40 |
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| Williamsburg | 27.2 | 40 |
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| Chesterfield | 27.3 | 40 |
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| Aiken | 27.3 | 40 |
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| Pickens | 28.2 | 42 |
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| Sumter | 29.7 | 44 |
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| Allendale | 30.7 | 45 |
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| Anderson | 31.3 | 46 |
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| Union | 31.7 | 46 |
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| Marion | 33.1 | 46 |
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| Chester | 34.1 | 47 |
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| Orangeburg | 34.7 | 48 |
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| Lee | 34.9 | 48 |
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| Colleton | 37.8 | 48 |
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| Cherokee | 37.8 | 49 |
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| Hampton | 38.2 | 49 |
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| Saluda | 38.3 | 49 |
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| Marlboro | 42.6 | 50 |
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| Dillon | 44.3 | 50 |
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| Darlington | 44.5 | 50 |
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| Calhoun | 47.0 | 50 |
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| McCormick | 49.2 | 50 |
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| Bamberg | 68.1 | 50 |
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*National and state data is for 2004,
county data is the average for 2002-2004.
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Overall Rank of South Carolina Counties
County-US Ratios for 2007 Kids Count Indicators
High-Lows for 2007 Data Book
What It Would Take to Improve South Carolina's Rankings
What It Would Take for the County to Reach the National Average
Annie E. Casey Foundation South Carolina Profile from 2007 National Databook (PDF)
Annie E. Casey Foundation 2007 Databook
