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State Rankings

State Percent Low Birthweight Babies Rank
Alaska 6.1 1
Oregon 6.1 1
Washington 6.1 1
Vermont 6.2 4
North Dakota 6.4 5
Minnesota 6.5 6
Montana 6.6 7
South Dakota 6.6 7
Idaho 6.7 9
Maine 6.8 10
Utah 6.8 10
Arizona 6.9 12
California 6.9 12
Nebraska 7.0 14
New Hampshire 7.0 14
Wisconsin 7.0 14
Iowa 7.2 17
Kansas 7.2 17
Rhode Island 7.8 19
Massachusetts 7.9 20
Connecticut 8.0 21
Oklahoma 8.0 21
Missouri 8.1 23
Hawaii 8.2 24
New Jersey 8.2 24
Virginia 8.2 24
Indiana 8.3 27
Michigan 8.3 27
Nevada 8.3 27
New York 8.3 27
Texas 8.3 27
Pennsylvania 8.4 32
Illinois 8.5 33
New Mexico 8.5 33
Wyoming 8.6 35
Florida 8.7 36
Ohio 8.7 36
Arkansas 8.9 38
Kentucky 9.1 39
Maryland 9.1 39
Colorado 9.2 41
North Carolina 9.2 41
Delaware 9.5 43
Georgia 9.5 43
Tennessee 9.5 43
West Virginia 9.6 46
South Carolina 10.2 47
Alabama 10.7 48
Louisiana 11.5 49
Mississippi 11.8 50
United States 8.2  

County Rankings

County Percent Low Birthweight Babies Rank of County if It Were a State
Pickens 7.7 18
Lexington 8.1 23
Edgefield 8.2 24
Oconee 8.3 27
York 8.4 32
Greenville 8.5 33
Beaufort 8.5 33
Kershaw 9.0 38
Anderson 9.1 39
Dorchester 9.3 48
Berkeley 9.3 42
Laurens 9.6 46
Charleston 9.8 46
Aiken 9.8 46
Spartanburg 10.1 46
Union 10.3 47
Abbeville 10.3 47
Saluda 10.3 47
Sumter 10.5 47
Newberry 10.7 48
Jasper 10.7 48
Horry 10.7 48
Calhoun 10.8 48
Colleton 11.1 48
Georgetown 11.2 48
Richland 11.3 48
Lancaster 11.6 49
Chester 11.6 49
Chesterfield 11.8 50
Bamberg 12.0 50
Orangeburg 12.4 50
Hampton 12.5 50
Greenwood 12.8 50
Darlington 12.8 50
Fairfield 13.2 50
Barnwell 13.2 50
Marion 13.2 50
Dillon 13.4 50
Florence 13.4 50
Lee 13.9 50
Clarendon 14.1 50
Cherokee 14.1 50
Allendale 14.1 50
Williamsburg 16.1 50
Marlboro 16.3 50
McCormick 18.2 50

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

 

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