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NEW! 2021 Infant Mortality
- For more detailed 2021 Infant Mortality data, please go to DHEC's Infant Mortality Module: SC Infant Mortality Interactive Table
- 2021 Infant Mortality: 7.3 infant deaths per 1,000 live births
Leading Causes of Infant Death (2021)
| Cause of death (ICD-10 Code) | Total |
| All deaths | 416 |
| Congenital Malformations, Deformations, etc. (Q00-Q99) | 77 |
| Disorders relating to Short Gestation and Low Birthweight, NEC (P07) | 49 |
| Newborns affected by Maternal Complications of Pregnancy (P01) | 35 |
| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (R95) | 27 |
| Accidents (V01-X59,Y85-Y86) | 26 |
| Bacterial Sepsis of Newborn/Infections of Prenatal Period (P36) | 21 |
| Newborn Affected by Maternal Complications of Placenta | 14 |
| Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia (P20-P21) | 13 |
| DZ OF CIRCULATORY SYSTEM (I00-I99) | 9 |
| Assault (homicide) (X85-Y09, Y87.1) | 9 |
| Respiratory Distress of Newborn (P22) | 8 |
| ATELECTASIS (P28.0-P.28.1) | 8 |
| All other Causes | 120 |
For detailed information see 2021 Infant Mortality Annual Report. (For previous years' reports, see SC Vital Records Publications and Reports: 1999-2018.)
2018 Birth and Death Data
2018 Death Statistics
For more detailed 2018 Death data, please go to DHEC's SCAN Death Module: SC Deaths 1999-2018 Interactive Table
- Deaths: 50,633
- Male deaths: 26,307
- Female deaths: 24,324
- Death rate: 10.08 per 1,000 population
- Month with the most deaths: January (5,045)
- Month with the least deaths: June (3,852)
- The oldest person that died: 112 years old
Top 10 leading causes of deaths (2018):
| Cause of death (ICD-10 Code) | Total |
| All deaths | 50,633 |
| Diseases Of Heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51) | 10,460 |
| Malignant Neoplasms (C00-C97) | 10,360 |
| Accidents (V01-X59,Y85-Y86) | 3,368 |
| Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (J40-J47) | 2,990 |
| Cerebrovascular Diseases (I60-I69) | 2,819 |
| Alzheimer's Disease (G30) | 2,617 |
| Diabetes Mellitus (E10-E14) | 1,581 |
| Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome and Nephrosis (N00-N07,N17-N19,N25-N27 | 985 |
| Septicemia (A40-A41) | 947 |
| Pneumonia and Influenza (J09-J18) | 882 |
| All other Causes | 13,624 |
For detailed information see SC Vital Records Publications and Reports: 1999-2018.
2018 Birth Statistics
- For more detailed 2018 Birth data, please go to DHEC's SCAN Birth Module: SC Births Interactive Table.
- Births: 56,668
- Baby boys: 29,080
- Baby girls: 27,588
- Birth rate: 11.4 births per 1,000 population
- The month with most births: August (5,156)
- The month with least births: February (4,165)
- Births to teen mothers age 10 to 19: 3,515
- 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 tangj@dhec.sc.gov.