2002 Kids Count Report

Infant Mortality Rate: All Counties

Rank	State	Infant Mortality Rate Per 1000 Live Births, 1999
1	Maine	4.8
1	Utah	4.8
3	Washington	5.0
4	Massachusetts	5.2
5	California	5.4
6	Alaska	5.7
6	Iowa	5.7
6	Rhode Island	5.7
9	New Hampshire	5.8
9	Oregon	5.8
9	Vermont	5.8
12	Connecticut	6.1
13	Minnesota	6.2
13	Texas	6.2
15	New York	6.4
16	Nevada	6.6
17	Colorado	6.7
17	Idaho	6.7
17	Montana	6.7
17	New Jersey	6.7
17	Wisconsin	6.7
22	Arizona	6.8
22	Nebraska	6.8
22	North Dakota	6.8
25	New Mexico	6.9
25	Wyoming	6.9
27	Hawaii	7.0
28	Kansas	7.3
28	Pennsylvania	7.3
28	Virginia	7.3
31	Delaware	7.4
31	Florida	7.4
31	West Virginia	7.4
34	Kentucky	7.6
35	Tennessee	7.7
36	Missouri	7.8
37	Arkansas	8.0
37	Indiana	8.0
39	Michigan	8.1
40	Georgia	8.2
40	Ohio	8.2
42	Maryland	8.4
43	Illinois	8.5
43	Oklahoma	8.5
45	South Dakota	8.9
46	North Carolina	9.1
47	Louisiana	9.2
48	Alabama	9.8
49	Mississippi	10.1
50	South Carolina	10.2
N/A	District of Columbia	15.0
N/A	United States	7.1

County	Rank if County were a State	Reduction to Reach US Average	Number of Infant Deaths	Rate of Infant Deaths	County/US Ratio	County Rank
Abbeville	45	0.6	3	8.9	1.25	16
Aiken	40	2.0	15	8.2	1.15	13
Allendale	51	0.8	2	11.7	1.65	28
Anderson	51	10.4	26	11.8	1.66	30
Bamberg	51	1.2	3	12	1.69	32
Barnwell	51	2.8	5	15.8	2.23	42
Beaufort	5	**	9	5.3	0.75	1
Berkeley	42	2.8	18	8.4	1.18	14
Calhoun	51	0.8	2	11.4	1.61	27
Charleston	48	10.3	42	9.4	1.32	17
Cherokee	31	**	5	7.4	1.04	7
Chester	51	2.4	6	11.8	1.66	30
Chesterfield	51	3.7	8	13.3	1.87	36
Clarendon	51	4.0	7	16.8	2.37	43
Colleton	39	**	4	8.1	1.14	11
Darlington	51	5.5	12	13.1	1.85	35
Dillon	37	**	4	8	1.13	8
Dorchester	49	3.5	12	10	1.41	19
Edgefield	51	3.9	6	20.5	2.89	46
Fairfield	51	2.5	5	14.3	2.01	38
Florence	51	8.6	22	11.7	1.65	28
Georgetown	51	2.5	8	10.4	1.46	22
Greenville	16	**	35	6.5	0.92	4
Greenwood	51	5.1	12	12.3	1.73	33
Hampton	51	1.1	3	11.1	1.56	26
Horry	37	2.1	19	8	1.13	8
Jasper	12	**	2	5.9	0.83	3
Kershaw	6	**	4	5.7	0.80	2
Lancaster	51	3.0	9	10.7	1.51	23
Laurens	48	2.1	8	9.7	1.37	18
Lee	51	3.0	5	17.9	2.52	44
Lexington	37	2.7	24	8	1.13	8
McCormick	51	1.3	2	20	2.82	45
Marion	51	3.6	7	14.8	2.08	40
Marlboro	51	2.1	5	12.3	1.73	33
Newberry	45	0.8	4	8.8	1.24	15
Oconee	39	0.7	6	8.1	1.14	11
Orangeburg	51	8.9	18	14	1.97	37
Pickens	16	**	9	6.6	0.93	5
Richland	50	13.7	45	10.2	1.44	20
Saluda	51	2.0	4	14.3	2.01	38
Spartanburg	27	**	23	7	0.99	6
Sumter	50	5.2	17	10.2	1.44	20
Union	51	1.3	4	10.7	1.51	23
Williamsburg	51	4.2	8	14.9	2.10	41
York	51	8.4	24	10.9	1.54	25

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

**County is at or below national average already.