Diagnosis Rate (Cases per 100,000)

Medium High

Medium Low

Low

High

Note:

* Three socioeconomic disadvantage measures are represented: Townsend Index of Social Deprivation, Percent Below Poverty Level, and Percent Unemployed.

Diagnosis rate and socioeconomic disadvantage rankings are based on county rate distribution quartiles.Data: US Census Bureau, Census 2000; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2006-2008; Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2006-2008; SC DHEC, 2006-2008.

County Data Range

Percent Unemployed (4.5 to 12.4)

Social Deprivation-Townsend Index (-4.9 to 8.2)

HIV/AIDS (Cases per 100,000) (4.8 to 44.0)

Percent Below Poverty Level (10.3 to 38.9)

Ring Key

Percent Unemployed

Percent Below Poverty Level

Social Deprivation-Townsend Index

Inner Ring

Outer Ring

HIV/AIDS

Figure 3. Diagnosis Rate of HIV/AIDS and Levels of Socioeconomic Disadvantage* in South Carolina by County

Socioeconomic Disadvantage

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