2008 Kids Count Databook > High-Lows > Teen Death Rate (per 100,000)

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State Rankings: Teen Death Rate State Teen Death Rate (per 100,000) (15-19) Rank Hawaii 37.2 1 Rhode Island 39.5 2 Massachusetts 40.8 3 Connecticut 42.8 4 New York 44.8 5 New Jersey 45.1 6 Minnesota 48.5 7 Oregon 51.1 8 Washington 53.0 9 New Hampshire 54.9 10 Idaho 55.6 11 Utah 55.8 12 Michigan 57.4 13 Virginia 57.5 14 Delaware 57.8 15 California 59.8 16 Colorado 59.9 17 Ohio 61.4 18 Illinois 62.0 19 Maine 62.9 20 Wisconsin 63.8 21 Indiana 63.9 22 Nebraska 65.2 23 Maryland 65.6 24 Texas 65.6 24 Kansas 65.9 26 Iowa 65.9 26 Pennsylvania 66.6 28 Vermont 67.7 29 North Carolina 70.2 30 Georgia 71.3 31 Florida 74.9 32 Nevada 75.1 33 Tennessee 79.5 34 North Dakota 80.0 35 Alaska 82.8 36 Kentucky 83.1 37 South Carolina 83.6 38 Missouri 84.4 39 Montana 86.6 40 Arizona 86.7 41 New Mexico 86.7 41 West Virginia 86.9 43 Alabama 88.4 44 Oklahoma 89.8 45 Arkansas 93.5 46 South Dakota 96.3 47 Mississippi 101.1 48 Wyoming 102.7 49 Louisiana 102.8 50 United States 65.1

County Rankings: Teen Death Rate County Teen Death Rate (per 100,000) (15-19) Rank of County if It Were a State Edgefield 0.0 1 Union 27.2 1 Beaufort 51.0 7 Marlboro 53.2 9 Kershaw 53.3 9 Greenwood 53.4 9 Pickens 57.6 14 Richland 59.8 16 York 62.9 20 Georgetown 64.4 22 Charleston 66.4 27 Darlington 67.5 28 Allendale 67.6 28 Bamberg 70.4 30 Florence 71.0 30 Abbeville 76.5 33 Clarendon 76.8 33 Anderson 77.2 33 Laurens 78.7 33 Aiken 78.9 33 McCormick 82.0 35 Dorchester 83.4 37 Greenville 84.0 38 Lexington 86.1 39 Berkeley 87.5 43 Colleton 89.7 44 Spartanburg 91.7 45 Williamsburg 93.3 45 Orangeburg 95.9 46 Sumter 96.3 47 Oconee 100.4 47 Chesterfield 102.7 49 Lancaster 109.5 50 Newberry 120.5 50 Cherokee 126.9 50 Fairfield 127.4 50 Hampton 131.2 50 Horry 141.1 50 Dillon 156.5 50 Chester 171.9 50 Jasper 173.0 50 Saluda 173.2 50 Barnwell 174.0 50 Marion 187.8 50 Calhoun 205.2 50 Lee 222.9 50

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

 

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