NEW! 2016 Infant Mortality
- For more detailed 2016 Infant Mortality data, please go to DHEC's Infant Mortality Module: SC Infant Mortality Interactive Table
- 2016 Infant Mortality: 7.0 infant deaths per 1,000 live births
2016 Infant Mortality
- For more detailed 2016 Infant Mortality data, please go to DHEC's Infant Mortality Module: SC Infant Mortality Interactive Table
- 2016 Infant Mortality: 7.0 infant deaths per 1,000 live births
Leading Causes of Infant Death (2016)
For detailed information see 2016 Infant Mortality Annual Report . ( For previous years reports see SC Vital Records Publications and Reports: 1997-2016 .)
2016 Birth and Death Data
2016 Death Statistics
For more detailed 2016 Death data, please go to DHEC's SCAN Death Module: SC Deaths 1999-2016 Interactive Table
- Deaths: 48,151
- Male deaths: 24,932
- Female deaths: 23,213
- Death rate: 9.7 per 1,000 population
- Month with the most deaths: January (4,362)
- Month with the least deaths: June (3,715)
- The oldest person that died: 108 years old
- Top 10 leading causes of deaths (2015):
For detailed information see SC Vital Records Publications and Reports: 1997-2016.
2016 Birth Statistics
- For more detailed 2016 Birth data, please go to DHEC's SCAN Birth Module: SC Births Interactive Table .
- Births: 57,337
- Baby boys: 29,295
- Baby girls: 28,042
- Birth rate: 11.6 births per 1,000 population
- The month with most births: August (5,209)
- The month with least births: April (4,391)
- Births to teen mothers age 10 to 19: 3,740
- Teen birth rate: 12.2 per 1,000 females age 10 to 19
- Youngest mother: 12 years old
- Oldest mother: 52 years old
For more information, contact nitchedk@dhec.sc.gov .