NEW! 2017 Infant Mortality
- For more detailed 2017 Infant Mortality data, please go to DHEC's Infant Mortality Module: SC Infant Mortality Interactive Table
- 2017 Infant Mortality: 6.5 infant deaths per 1,000 live births
Leading Causes of Infant Death (2017)
| Cause of death (ICD-10 Code) | Total |
| All deaths | 371 |
| Congenital Malformations, Deformations, etc. (Q00-Q99) | 64 |
| Disorders relating to Short Gestation and Low Birthweight, NEC (P07) | 52 |
| Accidents (V01-X59,Y85-Y86) | 34 |
| Newborns affected by Maternal Complications of Pregnancy (P01) | 34 |
| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) | 28 |
| Newborn Affected by Maternal Complications of Placenta (P02) | 13 |
| Diseases of Circulatory System (100-199) | 11 |
| Bacterial Sepsis of Newborn/Infections of Prenatal Period (P36) | 8 |
| Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia (P20-P21) | 8 |
| Respiratory Distress of Newborn (P22) | 8 |
| All other Causes | 111 |
For detailed information see 2017 Infant Mortality Annual Report . ( For previous years reports see SC Vital Records Publications and Reports: 1997-2017 .)
NEW! 2017 Birth and Death Data
2017 Death Statistics
For more detailed 2016 Death data, please go to DHEC's SCAN Death Module: SC Deaths 1999-2017 Interactive Table
- Deaths: 49,408
- Male deaths: 25,848
- Female deaths: 23,560
- Death rate: 9.8 per 1,000 population
- Month with the most deaths: December (4,538)
- Month with the least deaths: September (3,914)
- The oldest person that died: 109 years old
Top 10 leading causes of deaths (2017):
| Cause of death (ICD-10 Code) | Total |
| All deaths | 49,408 |
| Diseases Of Heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51) | 10,412 |
| Malignant Neoplasms (C00-C97) | 10,346 |
| Accidents (V01-X59,Y85-Y86) | 3,143 |
| Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (J40-J47) | 2,980 |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases (I60-I69) | 2,690 |
| Alzheimer's Disease (G30) | 2,549 |
| Diabetes Mellitus (E10-E14) | 1,535 |
| Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome and Nephrosis (N00-N07,N17-N19,N25-N27 | 948 |
| Septicemia (A40-A41) | 884 |
| Suicide (X60-X84,Y87.0) | 838 |
| All other Causes | 13,083 |
For detailed information see SC Vital Records Publications and Reports: 1997-2017.
2017 Birth Statistics
- For more detailed 2017 Birth data, please go to DHEC's SCAN Birth Module: SC Births Interactive Table .
- Births: 57,030
- Baby boys: 29,315
- Baby girls: 27,715
- Birth rate: 11.4 births per 1,000 population
- The month with most births: August (5,356)
- The month with least births: April (4,279)
- Births to teen mothers age 10 to 19: 3,446
- Teen birth rate: 11.1 per 1,000 females age 10 to 19
- Youngest mother: 12 years old
- Oldest mother: 55 years old
For more information, contact nitchedk@dhec.sc.gov .