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South Carolina Kids Count County Ranking Sheets


Percentage of Births That Were Low Birthweight in 2003

Rank* County All White African-American and Other
1 York County 7.5 6.0 12.6
2 Lexington County 7.7 6.2 13.6
3 Anderson County 8.1 7.1 12.1
4 Pickens County 8.3 7.7 13.6
5 Kershaw County 8.5 5.7 15.3
6 Saluda County 8.5 7.5 11.1
7 Aiken County 8.6 6.2 13.6
8 Beaufort County 9.0 6.7 15.3
9 Dorchester County 9.0 7.7 12.2
10 Greenville County 9.0 7.7 13.3
11 Lancaster County 9.0 6.7 14.4
12 McCormick County 9.0 4.0 11.3
13 Georgetown County 9.4 6.7 12.7
14 Chesterfield County 9.6 8.2 11.4
15 Barnwell County 10.1 7.6 12.4
16 Horry County 10.1 9.2 13.3
17 Oconee County 10.1 9.7 14.3
18 Berkeley County 10.2 8.3 14.8
19 Calhoun County 10.2 6.7 14.0
20 Chester County 10.3 8.0 13.0
21 Union County 10.3 9.2 12.2
22 Spartanburg County 10.5 8.9 15.4
23 Abbeville County 10.6 6.6 17.6
24 Laurens County 10.6 8.1 16.9
25 Greenwood County 10.7 6.7 18.3
26 Charleston County 10.8 7.2 16.2
27 Richland County 10.8 6.6 14.1
28 Sumter County 11.0 6.9 14.8
29 Cherokee County 11.1 10.9 11.9
30 Bamberg County 11.4 8.5 12.8
31 Newberry County 11.5 9.1 15.9
32 Jasper County 11.6 5.8 17.9
33 Lee County 11.8 2.9 15.0
34 Colleton County 12.0 8.4 15.9
35 Dillon County 12.0 6.3 16.2
36 Darlington County 12.2 8.3 16.4
37 Orangeburg County 12.5 9.7 13.7
38 Edgefield County 12.6 9.6 16.7
39 Marlboro County 12.7 7.7 15.9
40 Florence County 13.0 10.4 15.9
41 Marion County 13.4 5.3 17.1
42 Fairfield County 13.5 7.2 16.4
43 Clarendon County 13.9 8.3 17.5
44 Williamsburg County 13.9 6.0 16.7
45 Hampton County 14.1 15.0 13.5
46 Allendale County 14.2 5.9 16.4
- South Carolina 10.1 7.6 14.6

* 1 is best, 46 is worst.

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