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Percentage of Births That Were Very Low Birthweight in 2006

Rank* County All White African-American and Other
1 Allendale 0.9 1.2 0.9
2 Oconee 1.3 1.3 1.8
2 Edgefield 1.3 1.8 0.9
4 Lexington 1.4 1.1 2.9
5 Greenville 1.5 1.0 3.0
5 Kershaw 1.5 1.2 2.3
7 Pickens 1.6 1.4 2.7
7 Anderson 1.6 1.0 4.1
7 York 1.6 1.0 3.6
7 Beaufort 1.6 0.8 3.7
11 Newberry 1.8 1.2 2.9
11 Spartanburg 1.8 1.3 3.1
11 Laurens 1.8 1.2 3.2
11 Saluda 1.8 1.8 1.9
15 Dillon 1.9 2.4 1.6
16 Clarendon 2.0 1.5 2.3
16 Calhoun 2.0 1.7 2.2
16 Lancaster 2.0 1.8 2.5
16 Berkeley 2.0 1.3 3.6
16 Aiken 2.0 1.3 3.7
21 Dorchester 2.1 1.5 3.4
21 Sumter 2.1 1.1 3.0
21 Richland 2.1 1.1 2.9
21 Horry 2.1 1.6 3.8
25 Colleton 2.2 1.3 3.1
25 Marion 2.2 2.2 2.1
27 Union 2.3 1.5 3.9
27 Darlington 2.3 1.6 3.1
29 Charleston 2.4 1.4 3.9
29 Abbeville 2.4 1.6 4.2
31 Bamberg 2.5 1.1 3.0
31 Barnwell 2.5 1.1 3.6
31 McCormick 2.5 0.0 3.9
34 Williamsburg 2.6 1.6 2.9
34 Georgetown 2.6 1.7 3.8
36 Lee 2.7 0.0 3.6
36 Chesterfield 2.7 2.1 3.4
38 Florence 2.8 1.5 4.1
38 Greenwood 2.8 1.6 4.9
38 Jasper 2.8 2.0 4.0
41 Cherokee 2.9 2.8 3.3
41 Orangeburg 2.9 1.6 3.5
43 Chester 3.1 2.4 3.9
44 Fairfield 3.2 1.4 4.0
45 Hampton 3.3 2.2 4.1
46 Marlboro 3.6 3.0 3.7
  South Carolina 2.0 1.3 3.3

* 1 is best, 46 is worst.

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