The latest data indicates that infant mortality rates in Spartanburg exceed the state average as total rate and for whites alone and African-American / Others alone.  Spartanburg has the 22^nd highest infant mortality rate of the 46 state counties.  Of peer counties, only Charleston had higher infant mortality.

According to the 2009 Kids Count Databook, 2007 county rankings for childhood deaths indicate that Spartanburg had a child death rate of 26.7 (per 100,000).  This exceeded the state rate of 24.1, Richland County’s rate of 20.6, Greenville’s rate of 19.5, and Charleston’s rate of 26.0 (see Figure 2).