Data for South Carolina counties, residents only
| abortion ratio | abortion % | rank | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| county | 1990-1993 | 1994-1997 | 1998-2001 | 2002-2005 | 2006-2009 | 1990-1993 | 1994-1997 | 1998-2001 | 2002-2005 | 2006-2009 | 1990-1993 | 1994-1997 | 1998-2001 | 2002-2005 | 2006-2009 |
| Abbeville | 206 | 178 | 129 | 121 | 123 | 17.1 | 15.1 | 11.4 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 25 | 30 | 33 | 42 | 45 |
| Aiken | 223 | 184 | 165 | 207 | 203 | 18.3 | 15.5 | 14.1 | 17.2 | 16.8 | 20 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 9 |
| Allendale | 207 | 200 | 140 | 243 | 245 | 17.1 | 16.6 | 12.3 | 19.6 | 19.7 | 24 | 21 | 29 | 6 | 4 |
| Anderson | 192 | 203 | 183 | 165 | 139 | 16.1 | 16.8 | 15.5 | 14.1 | 12.2 | 33 | 20 | 14 | 29 | 37 |
| Bamberg | 282 | 216 | 184 | 203 | 224 | 22.0 | 17.7 | 15.6 | 16.9 | 18.3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 7 |
| Barnwell | 203 | 163 | 142 | 169 | 178 | 16.9 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 28 | 33 | 28 | 27 | 19 |
| Beaufort | 279 | 235 | 197 | 201 | 199 | 21.8 | 19.0 | 16.5 | 16.8 | 16.6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 10 |
| Berkeley | 219 | 221 | 197 | 199 | 183 | 18.0 | 18.1 | 16.4 | 16.6 | 15.5 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 16 |
| Calhoun | 232 | 212 | 144 | 214 | 198 | 18.8 | 17.5 | 12.6 | 17.6 | 16.5 | 15 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 11 |
| Charleston | 345 | 340 | 276 | 290 | 249 | 25.7 | 25.4 | 21.6 | 22.5 | 20.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Cherokee | 191 | 169 | 123 | 155 | 148 | 16.1 | 14.4 | 11.0 | 13.4 | 12.9 | 34 | 31 | 34 | 32 | 30 |
| Chester | 224 | 195 | 149 | 200 | 226 | 18.3 | 16.3 | 13.0 | 16.6 | 18.4 | 18 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 6 |
| Chesterfield | 115 | 113 | 86 | 123 | 147 | 10.3 | 10.2 | 7.9 | 11.0 | 12.8 | 42 | 40 | 41 | 41 | 32 |
| Clarendon | 192 | 142 | 119 | 150 | 146 | 16.1 | 12.4 | 10.6 | 13.0 | 12.8 | 32 | 37 | 36 | 33 | 33 |
| Colleton | 210 | 195 | 165 | 174 | 170 | 17.4 | 16.3 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 23 | 24 | 16 | 23 | 24 |
| Darlington | 100 | 80 | 54 | 100 | 145 | 9.1 | 7.4 | 5.1 | 9.1 | 12.6 | 43 | 45 | 46 | 44 | 35 |
| Dillon | 90 | 63 | 85 | 95 | 130 | 8.3 | 5.9 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 11.5 | 46 | 46 | 42 | 45 | 42 |
| Dorchester | 263 | 225 | 219 | 207 | 189 | 20.8 | 18.4 | 18.0 | 17.2 | 15.9 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 12 |
| Edgefield | 182 | 148 | 138 | 181 | 140 | 15.4 | 12.9 | 12.1 | 15.3 | 12.3 | 38 | 36 | 31 | 20 | 36 |
| Fairfield | 278 | 217 | 203 | 276 | 242 | 21.8 | 17.9 | 16.9 | 21.6 | 19.5 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Florence | 99 | 93 | 62 | 101 | 138 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 5.8 | 9.2 | 12.1 | 44 | 43 | 45 | 43 | 38 |
| Georgetown | 224 | 185 | 138 | 171 | 183 | 18.3 | 15.6 | 12.1 | 14.6 | 15.4 | 19 | 27 | 32 | 25 | 17 |
| Greenville | 225 | 225 | 191 | 185 | 174 | 18.4 | 18.3 | 16.0 | 15.6 | 14.9 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 21 |
| Greenwood | 254 | 259 | 216 | 205 | 178 | 20.2 | 20.6 | 17.7 | 17.0 | 15.1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| Hampton | 188 | 140 | 109 | 144 | 148 | 15.8 | 12.3 | 9.8 | 12.6 | 12.9 | 35 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 31 |
| Horry | 319 | 271 | 209 | 224 | 209 | 24.2 | 21.3 | 17.3 | 18.3 | 17.3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Jasper | 187 | 155 | 149 | 553 | 171 | 15.8 | 13.4 | 12.9 | 35.6 | 14.6 | 36 | 34 | 24 | 1 | 23 |
| Kershaw | 221 | 187 | 149 | 177 | 158 | 18.1 | 15.8 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 13.6 | 21 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 26 |
| Lancaster | 162 | 113 | 87 | 142 | 125 | 13.9 | 10.2 | 8.0 | 12.5 | 11.1 | 39 | 41 | 40 | 38 | 44 |
| Laurens | 206 | 227 | 182 | 162 | 148 | 17.1 | 18.5 | 15.4 | 14.0 | 12.9 | 26 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 29 |
| Lee | 192 | 182 | 104 | 142 | 176 | 16.1 | 15.4 | 9.4 | 12.5 | 15.0 | 31 | 29 | 39 | 37 | 20 |
| Lexington | 231 | 165 | 143 | 174 | 167 | 18.8 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 14.8 | 14.3 | 16 | 32 | 27 | 22 | 25 |
| Marion | 92 | 87 | 72 | 95 | 136 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 6.7 | 8.7 | 12.0 | 45 | 44 | 44 | 46 | 39 |
| Marlboro | 120 | 108 | 106 | 132 | 130 | 10.7 | 9.8 | 9.6 | 11.6 | 11.5 | 41 | 42 | 38 | 39 | 43 |
| McCormick | 236 | 271 | 226 | 235 | 188 | 19.1 | 21.3 | 18.4 | 19.1 | 15.9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| Newberry | 254 | 209 | 158 | 171 | 145 | 20.2 | 17.3 | 13.6 | 14.6 | 12.7 | 10 | 19 | 19 | 24 | 34 |
| Oconee | 186 | 187 | 157 | 149 | 120 | 15.7 | 15.7 | 13.5 | 13.0 | 10.8 | 37 | 26 | 21 | 34 | 46 |
| Orangeburg | 289 | 271 | 230 | 248 | 248 | 22.4 | 21.3 | 18.7 | 19.9 | 19.9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Pickens | 237 | 225 | 161 | 146 | 133 | 19.1 | 18.3 | 13.9 | 12.7 | 11.7 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 35 | 41 |
| Richland | 412 | 352 | 308 | 324 | 320 | 29.2 | 26.1 | 23.6 | 24.5 | 24.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Saluda | 196 | 149 | 121 | 157 | 136 | 16.4 | 13.0 | 10.8 | 13.6 | 12.0 | 30 | 35 | 35 | 31 | 40 |
| Spartanburg | 234 | 236 | 184 | 170 | 156 | 19.0 | 19.1 | 15.6 | 14.5 | 13.5 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 27 |
| Sumter | 203 | 197 | 157 | 186 | 174 | 16.9 | 16.5 | 13.6 | 15.7 | 14.8 | 27 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 22 |
| Union | 199 | 226 | 146 | 165 | 153 | 16.6 | 18.4 | 12.8 | 14.2 | 13.2 | 29 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 28 |
| Williamsburg | 125 | 124 | 81 | 128 | 187 | 11.1 | 11.0 | 7.5 | 11.3 | 15.8 | 40 | 39 | 43 | 40 | 14 |
| York | 237 | 213 | 139 | 195 | 185 | 19.1 | 17.6 | 12.2 | 16.3 | 15.6 | 12 | 17 | 30 | 17 | 15 |
| SOUTH CAROLINA | 244 | 221 | 182 | 203 | 195 | 19.6 | 18.1 | 15.4 | 16.9 | 16.3 | |||||
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Last modified 6 November 2011.
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