2008 Kids Count Databook > High-Lows > Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000)

High-Lows for 2008 Databook

State Rankings: Infant Mortality Rate State Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000) Rank Utah 4.5 1 Washington 5.1 2 Minnesota 5.1 2 Massachusetts 5.2 4 New Jersey 5.2 4 New Hampshire 5.3 6 California 5.3 6 Iowa 5.3 6 Nebraska 5.6 9 Nevada 5.8 10 New York 5.8 10 Connecticut 5.8 10 Oregon 5.9 13 Alaska 5.9 13 North Dakota 6.0 15 Idaho 6.1 16 New Mexico 6.1 16 Colorado 6.4 18 Rhode Island 6.5 19 Hawaii 6.5 19 Texas 6.6 21 Wisconsin 6.6 21 Kentucky 6.6 21 Vermont 6.7 24 Wyoming 6.8 25 Maine 6.9 26 Arizona 6.9 26 Montana 7.0 28 Florida 7.2 29 South Dakota 7.2 29 Maryland 7.3 31 Pennsylvania 7.3 31 Kansas 7.4 33 Illinois 7.4 33 Virginia 7.5 35 Missouri 7.5 35 Arkansas 7.9 37 Michigan 7.9 37 Indiana 8.0 39 Oklahoma 8.1 40 West Virginia 8.1 40 Georgia 8.2 42 Ohio 8.3 43 North Carolina 8.8 44 Tennessee 8.9 45 Delaware 9.0 46 Alabama 9.4 47 South Carolina 9.4 47 Louisiana 10.1 49 Mississippi 11.3 50 United States 6.9

County Rankings: Infant Mortality Rate County Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000) Rank of County if It Were a State Newberry 3.9 1 Kershaw 4.0 1 Edgefield 4.1 1 Lexington 5.3 6 Oconee 5.5 8 Bamberg 5.7 9 Dorchester 5.7 9 Beaufort 5.9 26 Saluda 5.9 13 Calhoun 6.2 17 Union 6.3 17 Marion 6.4 18 York 6.4 18 Dillon 6.7 24 Clarendon 7.4 33 Greenville 7.4 33 Pickens 8.2 42 Anderson 8.8 44 Horry 9.0 46 Richland 9.4 47 Chesterfield 9.5 48 Berkeley 9.6 48 Lancaster 9.7 48 Marlboro 9.7 48 Sumter 9.8 48 Williamsburg 10.4 49 Colleton 10.6 49 Jasper 10.9 49 Barnwell 11.1 49 Spartanburg 11.2 49 Florence 11.6 50 Charleston 11.7 50 Laurens 12.1 50 Orangeburg 12.1 50 Darlington 12.8 50 Aiken 13.9 50 Chester 14.2 50 Georgetown 14.2 50 Fairfield 14.7 50 Hampton 15.5 50 Greenwood 16.6 50 Allendale 16.8 50 Lee 18.2 50 Cherokee 18.3 50 Abbeville 19.0 50 McCormick 19.5 50

National and state data is for 2005, county data is the average for 2004-2005.

 

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