Hurricane Helene: Public Health Department Closures

Latest updates: Hurricane Helene

Our public health departments' hours of operation may be affected by power and staffing outages. This means that some closures may not appear on the state government office delays and closings map. The health and safety of our employees and our clients remains our highest priority. We are working to get services restored as safely and quickly as possible.

Learn more about DPH's role with hurricanes, floods, and weather emergencies.

Vital Records Office Closures

Aiken and Beaufort Vital Records locations are closed due to Hurricane Helene. DPH is working to reopen these locations. Individuals can receive services online, by phone or at nearby health departments.

We understand the significance of this issue and will provide an update as soon as possible.

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 DPH'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@dph.sc.gov.

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