Editing South Carolina (section)

==Health care==
For overall health care, South Carolina is ranked 37th out of the 50 states in 2022, according to [[Commonwealth Fund|The Commonwealth Fund]], a private health foundation working to improve the health care system.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=June 16, 2022 |title=2022 Scorecard on State Health System Performance |url=https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/scorecard/2022/jun/2022-scorecard-state-health-system-performance |access-date=June 7, 2023 |website=www.commonwealthfund.org |doi=10.26099/3127-xy78 |language=en |last1=Radley |first1=David C. |last2=Baumgartner |first2=Jesse C. |last3=Collins |first3=Sara R. }}</ref> The state's teen birth rate was 53 births per 1,000 teens, compared to the national average of 41.9 births, according to the [[Kaiser Family Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statehealthfacts.org/profileind.jsp?ind=37&cat=2&rgn=42 |title=Kaiser State Health Facts, 2006 |publisher=Statehealthfacts.org |access-date=July 31, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718130046/http://www.statehealthfacts.org/profileind.jsp?ind=37&cat=2&rgn=42 |archive-date=July 18, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> The state's [[infant mortality rate]] was 9.4 deaths per 1,000 births compared to the national average of 6.9 deaths.<ref>[https://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/ranks/rank17.html US Census, US National Center for Health Statistics, 2005] [http://arquivo.pt/wayback/wayback/20090710084602/http%3A//www%2Ecensus%2Egov/compendia/statab/ranks/rank17%2Ehtml Archived copy] at the Portuguese Web Archive (July 10, 2009).</ref>

There were 2.6 physicians per 1,000 people compared to the national average of 3.2 physicians.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://statehealthfactsonline.org/profileind.jsp?ind=689&cat=8&rgn=42 |title=Kaiser State Health Facts, based on Amer. Medical Association data, 2008 |publisher=Statehealthfactsonline.org |date=July 1, 2008 |access-date=July 31, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728054904/http://statehealthfactsonline.org/profileind.jsp?ind=689&cat=8&rgn=42 |archive-date=July 28, 2011 }}</ref> There was $5,114 spent on health expenses per capita in the state, compared to the national average of $5,283.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://statehealthfactsonline.org/profileind.jsp?ind=596&cat=5&rgn=42 |title=Kaiser State Health Facts, based on Center for Medicare and Medicaid Statistics, 2007 |publisher=Statehealthfactsonline.org |access-date=July 31, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728055415/http://statehealthfactsonline.org/profileind.jsp?ind=596&cat=5&rgn=42 |archive-date=July 28, 2011 }}</ref> There were 26 percent of children and 13 percent of elderly living in poverty in the state, compared to 23 percent and 13 percent, respectively, doing so in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://statehealthfactsonline.org/comparebar.jsp?ind=10&cat=1&st=3&cha=25 |title=Kaiser State Health Facts, 2008–2008 |publisher=Statehealthfactsonline.org |access-date=July 31, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728055425/http://statehealthfactsonline.org/comparebar.jsp?ind=10&cat=1&st=3&cha=25 |archive-date=July 28, 2011 }}</ref> There were 34 percent of children that were [[overweight]] or [[obese]], compared to the national average of 32 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://statehealthfactsonline.org/profileind.jsp?ind=51&cat=2&rgn=42 |title=Kaiser State Health Facts, based on Nat Survey of Children's Health, 2009 |publisher=Statehealthfactsonline.org |access-date=July 31, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728055436/http://statehealthfactsonline.org/profileind.jsp?ind=51&cat=2&rgn=42 |archive-date=July 28, 2011 }}</ref>