| State |
Infant
Mortality Rate
(per 1,000) |
Rank |
| Montana | 4.5 | 1 |
|---|
| Vermont | 4.5 | 2 |
|---|
| Minnesota | 4.7 | 3 |
|---|
| Massachusetts | 4.8 | 4 |
|---|
| Iowa | 5.1 | 5 |
|---|
| California | 5.2 | 6 |
|---|
| Utah | 5.2 | 6 |
|---|
| Rhode Island | 5.3 | 8 |
|---|
| Oregon | 5.5 | 9 |
|---|
| Washington | 5.5 | 9 |
|---|
| Connecticut | 5.5 | 9 |
|---|
| New Hampshire | 5.6 | 12 |
|---|
| North Dakota | 5.6 | 12 |
|---|
| New Jersey | 5.6 | 12 |
|---|
| Maine | 5.7 | 15 |
|---|
| Hawaii | 5.7 | 15 |
|---|
| Wisconsin | 6.0 | 17 |
|---|
| New York | 6.1 | 18 |
|---|
| Idaho | 6.2 | 19 |
|---|
| New Mexico | 6.3 | 20 |
|---|
| Texas | 6.3 | 20 |
|---|
| Colorado | 6.3 | 20 |
|---|
| Nevada | 6.4 | 23 |
|---|
| Nebraska | 6.6 | 24 |
|---|
| Alaska | 6.7 | 25 |
|---|
| Arizona | 6.7 | 25 |
|---|
| Kentucky | 6.8 | 27 |
|---|
| Florida | 7.0 | 28 |
|---|
| Kansas | 7.2 | 29 |
|---|
| Pennsylvania | 7.2 | 29 |
|---|
| Illinois | 7.5 | 31 |
|---|
| Virginia | 7.5 | 31 |
|---|
| Missouri | 7.5 | 31 |
|---|
| West Virginia | 7.6 | 34 |
|---|
| Michigan | 7.6 | 34 |
|---|
| Ohio | 7.7 | 36 |
|---|
| Oklahoma | 8.0 | 37 |
|---|
| Indiana | 8.0 | 37 |
|---|
| South Dakota | 8.2 | 39 |
|---|
| Arkansas | 8.3 | 40 |
|---|
| Maryland | 8.4 | 41 |
|---|
| Georgia | 8.5 | 42 |
|---|
| Delaware | 8.6 | 43 |
|---|
| Tennessee | 8.6 | 43 |
|---|
| Alabama | 8.7 | 45 |
|---|
| North Carolina | 8.8 | 46 |
|---|
| Wyoming | 8.8 | 46 |
|---|
| South Carolina | 9.3 | 48 |
|---|
| Mississippi | 9.8 | 49 |
|---|
| Louisiana | 10.5 | 50 |
|---|
| United States | 6.8 |
|---|
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|
| County" |
Infant
Mortality Rate
(per 1,000) |
Rank of
County If It
Were a State |
| Edgefield | 3.7 | 1 |
|---|
| Jasper | 4.4 | 1 |
|---|
| Dillon | 4.7 | 3 |
|---|
| Kershaw | 4.8 | 4 |
|---|
| Greenville | 6.2 | 19 |
|---|
| Oconee | 6.2 | 19 |
|---|
| Lexington | 6.2 | 19 |
|---|
| Beaufort | 6.7 | 25 |
|---|
| York | 7.0 | 28 |
|---|
| Dorchester | 7.1 | 28 |
|---|
| Pickens | 7.7 | 36 |
|---|
| Newberry | 7.8 | 36 |
|---|
| Orangeburg | 8.2 | 39 |
|---|
| Saluda | 8.5 | 42 |
|---|
| Richland | 8.5 | 42 |
|---|
| Lancaster | 8.5 | 42 |
|---|
| Berkeley | 8.6 | 43 |
|---|
| Chesterfield | 8.9 | 47 |
|---|
| Barnwell | 9.1 | 47 |
|---|
| Horry | 9.4 | 48 |
|---|
| Anderson | 9.4 | 48 |
|---|
| Sumter | 9.5 | 48 |
|---|
| Marlboro | 9.5 | 48 |
|---|
| Clarendon | 9.7 | 48 |
|---|
| Calhoun | 9.7 | 48 |
|---|
| Aiken | 10.0 | 49 |
|---|
| Spartanburg | 10.3 | 49 |
|---|
| Darlington | 10.4 | 49 |
|---|
| Florence | 10.5 | 50 |
|---|
| Charleston | 10.8 | 50 |
|---|
| Union | 10.8 | 50 |
|---|
| Georgetown | 11.2 | 50 |
|---|
| Laurens | 11.2 | 50 |
|---|
| Marion | 11.9 | 50 |
|---|
| Colleton | 11.9 | 50 |
|---|
| Cherokee | 12.8 | 50 |
|---|
| Greenwood | 12.9 | 50 |
|---|
| Chester | 13.8 | 50 |
|---|
| Lee | 14.2 | 50 |
|---|
| Bamberg | 14.6 | 50 |
|---|
| Allendale | 14.7 | 50 |
|---|
| Williamsburg | 14.7 | 50 |
|---|
| Hampton | 16.0 | 50 |
|---|
| McCormick | 17.2 | 50 |
|---|
| Fairfield | 18.9 | 50 |
|---|
| Abbeville | 22.0 | 50 |
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*National and state data is for 2004,
county data is the average for 2002-2004.
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