South Carolina abortion percentages by county, 2000-2004
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last modified 16 September 2006
Data for South Carolina counties, cumulative from 2000 to 2004, residents only
| county | live births | abortions | abortion ratio | abortion % | abortion % ranking |
|---|
| Abbeville | 1,664 | 202 | 121 | 10.8 | 37 |
| Aiken | 9,217 | 1,884 | 204 | 17.0 | 12 |
| Allendale | 849 | 175 | 206 | 17.1 | 11 |
| Anderson | 11,048 | 1,821 | 165 | 14.2 | 26 |
| Bamberg | 991 | 189 | 191 | 16.0 | 14 |
| Barnwell | 1,685 | 263 | 156 | 13.5 | 28 |
| Beaufort | 10,052 | 2,100 | 209 | 17.3 | 10 |
| Berkeley | 10,719 | 2,084 | 194 | 16.3 | 13 |
| Calhoun | 864 | 160 | 185 | 15.6 | 16 |
| Charleston | 23,116 | 6,610 | 286 | 22.2 | 3 |
| Cherokee | 3,541 | 479 | 135 | 11.9 | 35 |
| Chester | 2,240 | 383 | 171 | 14.6 | 20 |
| Chesterfield | 2,767 | 265 | 96 | 8.7 | 42 |
| Clarendon | 2,136 | 300 | 140 | 12.3 | 34 |
| Colleton | 2,700 | 474 | 176 | 14.9 | 18 |
| Darlington | 4,526 | 318 | 70 | 6.6 | 46 |
| Dillon | 2,476 | 224 | 90 | 8.3 | 43 |
| Dorchester | 6,521 | 1,389 | 213 | 17.6 | 8 |
| Edgefield | 1,346 | 227 | 169 | 14.4 | 22 |
| Fairfield | 1,557 | 370 | 238 | 19.2 | 5 |
| Florence | 9,422 | 685 | 73 | 6.8 | 45 |
| Georgetown | 3,727 | 576 | 155 | 13.4 | 30 |
| Greenville | 27,584 | 5,217 | 189 | 15.9 | 15 |
| Greenwood | 4,424 | 949 | 215 | 17.7 | 7 |
| Hampton | 1,445 | 189 | 131 | 11.6 | 36 |
| Horry | 13,168 | 2,761 | 210 | 17.3 | 9 |
| Jasper | 1,544 | 774 | 501 | 33.4 | 1 |
| Kershaw | 3,512 | 566 | 161 | 13.9 | 27 |
| Lancaster | 3,975 | 446 | 112 | 10.1 | 40 |
| Laurens | 4,043 | 667 | 165 | 14.2 | 25 |
| Lee | 1,322 | 150 | 113 | 10.2 | 39 |
| Lexington | 15,239 | 2,529 | 166 | 14.2 | 23 |
| McCormick | 409 | 92 | 225 | 18.4 | 6 |
| Marion | 2,468 | 190 | 77 | 7.1 | 44 |
| Marlboro | 1,880 | 225 | 120 | 10.7 | 38 |
| Newberry | 2,466 | 418 | 170 | 14.5 | 21 |
| Oconee | 3,973 | 579 | 146 | 12.7 | 33 |
| Orangeburg | 6,316 | 1,531 | 242 | 19.5 | 4 |
| Pickens | 6,467 | 1,004 | 155 | 13.4 | 29 |
| Richland | 22,117 | 7,019 | 317 | 24.1 | 2 |
| Saluda | 1,224 | 183 | 150 | 13.0 | 31 |
| Spartanburg | 17,116 | 2,945 | 172 | 14.7 | 19 |
| Sumter | 8,201 | 1,447 | 176 | 15.0 | 17 |
| Union | 1,763 | 260 | 147 | 12.9 | 32 |
| Williamsburg | 2,519 | 256 | 102 | 9.2 | 41 |
| York | 11,809 | 1,951 | 165 | 14.2 | 24 |
| SOUTH CAROLINA TOTAL | 278,169 | 53,578 | 193 | 16.2 | |
Sources:
© 2005, 2006 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 16 September 2006.
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