| State |
Teen Death Rate
(per 100,000)
(15-19) |
Rank |
| Hawaii | 40.1 | 1 |
|---|
| Connecticut | 42.7 | 2 |
|---|
| Iowa | 45.2 | 3 |
|---|
| New Hampshire | 46.4 | 4 |
|---|
| Massachusetts | 46.4 | 4 |
|---|
| New York | 46.6 | 6 |
|---|
| New Jersey | 49.3 | 7 |
|---|
| Utah | 50.1 | 8 |
|---|
| Vermont | 50.4 | 9 |
|---|
| Minnesota | 51.5 | 10 |
|---|
| Oregon | 53.3 | 11 |
|---|
| Rhode Island | 54.0 | 12 |
|---|
| Wisconsin | 57.0 | 13 |
|---|
| Kansas | 57.1 | 14 |
|---|
| Washington | 57.5 | 15 |
|---|
| California | 58.8 | 16 |
|---|
| Virginia | 59.0 | 17 |
|---|
| Maine | 59.6 | 18 |
|---|
| North Dakota | 61.4 | 19 |
|---|
| Illinois | 62.5 | 20 |
|---|
| Ohio | 64.1 | 21 |
|---|
| Michigan | 64.7 | 22 |
|---|
| Pennsylvania | 65.3 | 23 |
|---|
| Texas | 66.4 | 24 |
|---|
| Nebraska | 67.1 | 25 |
|---|
| Maryland | 67.2 | 26 |
|---|
| Florida | 67.4 | 27 |
|---|
| Georgia | 67.6 | 28 |
|---|
| Idaho | 68.0 | 29 |
|---|
| Indiana | 68.0 | 29 |
|---|
| Delaware | 73.5 | 31 |
|---|
| Wyoming | 74.3 | 32 |
|---|
| Colorado | 75.6 | 33 |
|---|
| North Carolina | 77.1 | 34 |
|---|
| Nevada | 78.3 | 35 |
|---|
| Missouri | 80.0 | 36 |
|---|
| South Dakota | 80.0 | 36 |
|---|
| Arizona | 85.4 | 38 |
|---|
| South Carolina | 85.8 | 39 |
|---|
| New Mexico | 87.6 | 40 |
|---|
| Oklahoma | 88.0 | 41 |
|---|
| Arkansas | 92.7 | 42 |
|---|
| West Virginia | 94.5 | 43 |
|---|
| Kentucky | 95.4 | 44 |
|---|
| Tennessee | 95.6 | 45 |
|---|
| Louisiana | 95.7 | 46 |
|---|
| Alabama | 99.0 | 47 |
|---|
| Mississippi | 101.7 | 48 |
|---|
| Montana | 104.2 | 49 |
|---|
| Alaska | 111.3 | 50 |
|---|
| United States | 66.1 |
|---|
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| County" |
Teen Death Rate
(per 100,000)
(15-19) |
Rank of
County If It
Were a State |
| Newberry | 40.2 | 1 |
|---|
| Marlboro | 50.0 | 7 |
|---|
| Edgefield | 58.5 | 15 |
|---|
| Pickens | 60.5 | 18 |
|---|
| Clarendon | 64.3 | 21 |
|---|
| Greenwood | 66.1 | 23 |
|---|
| Lancaster | 67.5 | 27 |
|---|
| Marion | 67.7 | 28 |
|---|
| Georgetown | 69.2 | 30 |
|---|
| Anderson | 69.3 | 30 |
|---|
| Charleston | 70.8 | 30 |
|---|
| Bamberg | 71.3 | 30 |
|---|
| Jasper | 71.4 | 30 |
|---|
| Greenville | 73.4 | 31 |
|---|
| Dorchester | 76.2 | 33 |
|---|
| Barnwell | 76.3 | 33 |
|---|
| Aiken | 76.7 | 33 |
|---|
| Beaufort | 77.2 | 34 |
|---|
| Richland | 78.0 | 34 |
|---|
| York | 80.4 | 37 |
|---|
| Sumter | 80.9 | 37 |
|---|
| Williamsburg | 84.4 | 37 |
|---|
| Allendale | 87.1 | 39 |
|---|
| Dillon | 87.7 | 40 |
|---|
| Berkeley | 88.5 | 41 |
|---|
| Darlington | 92.9 | 42 |
|---|
| Lexington | 93.4 | 42 |
|---|
| Oconee | 93.4 | 42 |
|---|
| Spartanburg | 93.4 | 42 |
|---|
| Lee | 95.8 | 46 |
|---|
| Union | 96.5 | 46 |
|---|
| Calhoun | 102.7 | 48 |
|---|
| Chesterfield | 104.4 | 49 |
|---|
| Abbeville | 104.8 | 49 |
|---|
| McCormick | 106.7 | 49 |
|---|
| Fairfield | 107.8 | 49 |
|---|
| Hampton | 109.7 | 49 |
|---|
| Cherokee | 115.6 | 50 |
|---|
| Laurens | 122.6 | 50 |
|---|
| Florence | 125.9 | 50 |
|---|
| Horry | 126.7 | 50 |
|---|
| Kershaw | 127.7 | 50 |
|---|
| Orangeburg | 128.8 | 50 |
|---|
| Saluda | 140.5 | 50 |
|---|
| Colleton | 143.5 | 50 |
|---|
| Chester | 146.0 | 50 |
|---|
*National and state data is for 2004,
county data is the average for 2002-2004.
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