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