KIDS COUNT 2007
HIGH-LOWS FOR 2007 DATABOOK: PERCENT OF LOW BIRTHWEIGHT BABIES
High-Lows for 2007 Data Book
| State |
Percent
Low
Birthweight
Babies |
Rank |
| Alaska | 6.0 | 1 |
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| Oregon | 6.0 | 1 |
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| Washington | 6.2 | 3 |
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| Maine | 6.4 | 4 |
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| Vermont | 6.4 | 4 |
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| Minnesota | 6.5 | 6 |
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| North Dakota | 6.6 | 7 |
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| California | 6.7 | 8 |
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| Utah | 6.7 | 8 |
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| Idaho | 6.8 | 10 |
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| New Hampshire | 6.8 | 10 |
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| South Dakota | 6.9 | 12 |
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| Iowa | 7.0 | 13 |
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| Nebraska | 7.0 | 13 |
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| Wisconsin | 7.0 | 13 |
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| Arizona | 7.2 | 16 |
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| Kansas | 7.3 | 17 |
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| Montana | 7.6 | 18 |
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| Connecticut | 7.8 | 19 |
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| Massachusetts | 7.8 | 19 |
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| Hawaii | 7.9 | 21 |
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| Nevada | 8.0 | 22 |
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| Oklahoma | 8.0 | 22 |
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| Rhode Island | 8.0 | 22 |
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| Texas | 8.0 | 22 |
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| Indiana | 8.1 | 26 |
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| New Mexico | 8.1 | 26 |
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| New York | 8.2 | 28 |
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| Pennsylvania | 8.2 | 28 |
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| Michigan | 8.3 | 30 |
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| Missouri | 8.3 | 30 |
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| New Jersey | 8.3 | 30 |
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| Virginia | 8.3 | 30 |
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| Illinois | 8.4 | 34 |
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| Florida | 8.5 | 35 |
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| Ohio | 8.5 | 35 |
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| Wyoming | 8.6 | 37 |
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| Kentucky | 8.8 | 38 |
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| Colorado | 9.0 | 39 |
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| Delaware | 9.0 | 39 |
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| North Carolina | 9.0 | 39 |
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| Tennessee | 9.2 | 42 |
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| Arkansas | 9.3 | 43 |
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| Georgia | 9.3 | 43 |
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| Maryland | 9.3 | 43 |
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| West Virginia | 9.3 | 43 |
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| South Carolina | 10.2 | 47 |
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| Alabama | 10.4 | 48 |
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| Louisiana | 10.9 | 49 |
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| Mississippi | 11.6 | 50 |
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| United States | 8.1 |
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| County* |
Percent
Low
Birthweight
Babies |
Rank of
County If It
Were a State |
| Beaufort | 7.8 | 19 |
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| Pickens | 8.0 | 22 |
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| York | 8.0 | 22 |
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| Lexington | 8.1 | 26 |
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| Anderson | 8.4 | 34 |
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| Kershaw | 8.5 | 35 |
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| Greenville | 8.6 | 37 |
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| Saluda | 8.9 | 38 |
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| Dorchester | 9.1 | 40 |
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| Oconee | 9.5 | 45 |
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| Berkeley | 9.6 | 45 |
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| Aiken | 9.8 | 45 |
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| Lancaster | 10.0 | 46 |
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| Charleston | 10.2 | 47 |
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| Colleton | 10.2 | 49 |
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| Horry | 10.2 | 47 |
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| Abbeville | 10.2 | 47 |
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| Calhoun | 10.2 | 47 |
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| Spartanburg | 10.3 | 47 |
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| Edgefield | 10.3 | 47 |
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| Greenwood | 10.4 | 48 |
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| Sumter | 10.6 | 48 |
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| Chesterfield | 10.8 | 48 |
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| Laurens | 10.9 | 49 |
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| Chester | 11.0 | 49 |
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| Jasper | 11.0 | 49 |
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| Newberry | 11.0 | 49 |
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| Georgetown | 11.3 | 49 |
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| Union | 11.3 | 49 |
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| Richland | 11.4 | 49 |
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| Dillon | 11.7 | 50 |
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| Bamberg | 11.7 | 50 |
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| McCormick | 12.1 | 50 |
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| Cherokee | 12.2 | 50 |
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| Darlington | 12.2 | 50 |
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| Florence | 12.4 | 50 |
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| Hampton | 12.6 | 50 |
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| Orangeburg | 12.6 | 50 |
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| Barnwell | 12.8 | 50 |
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| Lee | 13.1 | 50 |
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| Marion | 13.8 | 50 |
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| Clarendon | 14.1 | 50 |
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| Fairfield | 14.2 | 50 |
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| Marlboro | 14.5 | 50 |
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| Allendale | 14.6 | 50 |
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| Williamsburg | 14.6 | 50 |
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*National and state data is for 2004,
county data is the average for 2002-2004.
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