2002 Kids Count Report

Percent Low Birthweight Babies: All Counties

Rank	State	Percent Low Birthweight Babies in 1999
1	Oregon	5.4
2	Vermont	5.7
3	Alaska	5.8
3	Washington	5.8
5	South Dakota	5.9
6	Maine	6.0
7	California	6.1
7	Minnesota	6.1
9	Idaho	6.2
9	Iowa	6.2
9	New Hampshire	6.2
9	North Dakota	6.2
13	Nebraska	6.7
13	Wisconsin	6.7
15	Montana	6.8
15	Utah	6.8
17	Arizona	6.9
18	Kansas	7.1
18	Massachusetts	7.1
20	Rhode Island	7.3
21	Oklahoma	7.4
21	Texas	7.4
23	Connecticut	7.6
23	Hawaii	7.6
23	Nevada	7.6
26	Missouri	7.7
26	New Mexico	7.7
28	New York	7.8
28	Virginia	7.8
30	Indiana	7.9
30	Ohio	7.9
30	Pennsylvania	7.9
33	Illinois	8.0
33	Michigan	8.0
33	West Virginia	8.0
36	Florida	8.2
36	Kentucky	8.2
36	New Jersey	8.2
39	Colorado	8.3
40	Wyoming	8.4
41	Arkansas	8.6
41	Delaware	8.6
43	Georgia	8.7
44	North Carolina	8.9
45	Maryland	9.0
46	Tennessee	9.2
47	Alabama	9.3
48	South Carolina	9.8
49	Louisiana	10.0
50	Mississippi	10.3
N/A	District of Columbia	13.1
N/A	United States	7.6

County	Rank if County were a State	Reduction to Reach US Average	Number of Babies Born with Low Birthweight	Percent of Babies Born with Low Birthweight	County/US Ratio	County Rank
Abbeville	50	9.4	36	10.3	1.4	26
Aiken	48	38.1	176	9.7	1.3	18
Allendale	51	9.0	22	12.9	1.7	40
Anderson	39	15.3	181	8.3	1.1	4
Bamberg	50	5.9	23	10.2	1.3	25
Barnwell	51	12.7	38	11.4	1.5	33
Beaufort	18	**	124	7	0.9	1
Berkeley	44	25.2	185	8.8	1.2	11
Calhoun	48	3.8	17	9.8	1.3	20
Charleston	48	98.6	439	9.8	1.3	20
Cherokee	49	18.3	74	10.1	1.3	24
Chester	50	12.8	49	10.3	1.4	26
Chesterfield	51	24.2	69	11.7	1.5	35
Clarendon	51	19.2	51	12.2	1.6	39
Colleton	41	5.0	47	8.5	1.1	5
Darlington	51	41.1	112	12	1.6	37
Dillon	51	19.0	56	11.5	1.5	34
Dorchester	43	12.9	102	8.7	1.1	8
Edgefield	48	5.6	28	9.5	1.3	16
Fairfield	51	10.9	36	10.9	1.4	31
Florence	51	80.2	222	11.9	1.6	36
Georgetown	51	27.4	87	11.1	1.5	32
Greenville	44	64.0	469	8.8	1.2	11
Greenwood	49	22.6	94	10	1.3	22
Hampton	50	8.1	31	10.3	1.4	26
Horry	43	26.7	211	8.7	1.1	8
Jasper	41	2.8	24	8.6	1.1	7
Kershaw	48	14.9	69	9.7	1.3	18
Lancaster	51	23.5	85	10.5	1.4	29
Laurens	47	14.6	80	9.3	1.2	15
Lee	51	17.2	37	14.2	1.9	44
Lexington	26	3.0	230	7.7	1.0	3
McCormick	51	6.5	13	15.1	2.0	46
Marion	51	28.0	66	13.2	1.7	41
Marlboro	51	25.3	58	13.5	1.8	43
Newberry	45	7.0	45	9	1.2	14
Oconee	41	7.1	67	8.5	1.1	5
Orangeburg	51	75.0	175	13.3	1.8	42
Pickens	18	**	95	7	0.9	1
Richland	51	135.6	468	10.7	1.4	30
Saluda	43	2.8	22	8.7	1.1	8
Spartanburg	48	62.6	313	9.5	1.3	16
Sumter	49	41.0	171	10	1.3	22
Union	51	16.9	46	12	1.6	37
Williamsburg	51	35.6	76	14.3	1.9	45
York	44	28.3	194	8.9	1.2	13

*National data is for 1999, county data is 1998-2000 data.

**County is at or below national average already.