›› 2002 Young Adults Count Ranking Sheets


% of Deaths of Persons 18-29 During the 1990s that were Preventable


County Number County % of deaths of persons 18-29 during the 1990s that were preventable County / State Ratio
1 Lee County 60.9 0.81
2 Clarendon County 63.3 0.84
3 McCormick County 64.4 0.86
4 Marion County 68.1 0.91
5 Dorchester County 68.6 0.91
6 Darlington County 68.7 0.91
7 Bamberg County 69.7 0.93
8 Richland County 70.1 0.93
9 Sumter County 70.6 0.94
10 Union County 70.9 0.94
11 Orangeburg County 71.0 0.95
12 Georgetown County 71.3 0.95
13 Laurens County 71.8 0.96
14 York County 71.9 0.96
15 Newberry County 72.4 0.96
16 Calhoun County 73.3 0.98
17 Lexington County 73.5 0.98
18 Dillon County 74.2 0.99
19 Spartanburg County 74.5 0.99
20 Beaufort County 74.6 0.99
21 Charleston County 74.8 1.00
22 Williamsburg County 75.7 1.01
23 Florence County 76.1 1.01
24 Greenwood County 76.1 1.01
25 Saluda County 76.9 1.02
26 Horry County 77.1 1.03
27 Jasper County 77.8 1.04
28 Oconee County 77.8 1.04
29 Cherokee County 78.1 1.04
30 Kershaw County 78.2 1.04
31 Berkeley County 78.6 1.05
32 Greenville County 78.6 1.05
33 Hampton County 78.6 1.05
34 Aiken County 78.9 1.05
35 Anderson County 79.6 1.06
36 Chesterfield County 79.9 1.06
37 Allendale County 80.0 1.07
38 Edgefield County 80.6 1.07
39 Chester County 81.3 1.08
40 Colleton County 81.3 1.08
41 Abbeville County 81.6 1.09
42 Lancaster County 82.2 1.09
43 Pickens County 82.7 1.10
44 Fairfield County 83.1 1.11
45 Barnwell County 86.2 1.15
46 Marlboro County 92.3 1.23
47 South Carolina 75.1  

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