South Carolina 2019

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State of South_Carolina
Key Health Indicators
key health indicators
Fertility Rate 58.0 (births per 1,000 women 15-44 years of age)
Teen Birth Rate 21.6 (births per 1,000 females 15-19 years of age)
Infant Mortality Rate 7.0 (infant deaths per 1,000 live births)
Life Expectancy (at Birth) 76.5 years (2018)
Marriage Rate 6.3 (marriages per 1,000)
Divorce Rate 2.6 (divorces per 1,000)
Leading Cause of Death Heart Disease
Drug Overdose Death Rate 22.7 (per 100,000)¹
Firearm Injury Death Rate 19.9 (per 100,000)¹
Homicide Rate 11.0 (per 100,000)¹
COVID-19 Death Rate (Q1, 2021) 196.3 (per 100,000)²
Other Birth Data
birth data
South Carolina Birth Data 2019 State Rank*
Percent of Births to Unmarried Mothers 46.7 8th*
Cesarean Delivery Rate 33.2 12th*
Preterm Birth Rate 11.5 8th*
Low Birthweight Rate 9.8 5th*
Leading Causes of Death
  1. Heart Disease
  2. Cancer
  3. Accidents
  4. Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases
  5. Stroke
  6. Alzheimer’s Disease
  7. Diabetes
  8. Kidney Disease
  9. Septicemia
  10. Suicide

¹Death rates are age-adjusted. Refer to source notes below for more detail.

²Data are provisional and subject to change. Quarterly estimates reflect geographic changes in the pandemic’s toll over each three-month period.

* Rankings are from highest to lowest.

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