353 Telfair Street
Augusta, GA 30901
Tel. (706)721-1040
Fax. (706)721-1048
Supported in part by project No. 2 H49 MC 00132-05-00 from the Healthy Start Initiative, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
| Richmond County | Georgia | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Rate per 1,000 | Number | Rate per 1,000 | Number |
| 1994 | 13.1 | 42 | 10.1 | 1125 |
| 1995 | 13.5 | 42 | 9.4 | 1058 |
| 1996 | 10.5 | 32 | 9.2 | 1046 |
| 1997 | 7.7 | 24 | 8.7 | 1027 |
| 1998 | 15.4 | 48 | 8.5 | 1035 |
| 1999 | 9.9 | 31 | 8.2 | 1036 |
| 2000 | 12.5 | 41 | 8.5 | 1125 |
| 2001 | 9.4 | 31 | 8.5 | 1141 |
| 2002 | 10.5 | 32 | 8.9 | 1188 |
| 2003 | 12.3 | 39 | 8.5 | 1153 |
| 2004 | 10.2 | 32 | 8.5 | 1179 |
| 2005 | 13.2 | 41 | 8.0 | 1124 |
| Richmond County | Georgia | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Rate per 1,000 | Number | Rate per 1,000 | Number |
| 1994 | 84.4 | 343 | 68.3 | 9918 |
| 1995 | 76.7 | 318 | 67.7 | 10175 |
| 1996 | 71.5 | 302 | 62.7 | 9793 |
| 1997 | 67.1 | 288 | 60.0 | 9658 |
| 1998 | 59.9 | 260 | 53.5 | 8832 |
| 1999 | 64.6 | 280 | 50.3 | 8443 |
| 2000 | 61.6 | 267 | 47.3 | 7985 |
| 2001 | 57.9 | 243 | 43.8 | 7536 |
| 2002 | 59.9 | 250 | 42.0 | 7374 |
| 2003 | 55.1 | 230 | 40.0 | 7156 |
| 2004 | 62.1 | 262 | 39.4 | 7171 |
| 2005 | 48.1 | 204 | 36.8 | 6904 |
| Richmond County | Georgia | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Rate per 100 | Number | Rate per 100 | Number |
| 1994 | 10.8 | 348 | 8.6 | 9570 |
| 1995 | 9.9 | 308 | 8.8 | 9839 |
| 1996 | 9.5 | 289 | 8.5 | 9736 |
| 1997 | 9.9 | 308 | 8.8 | 10390 |
| 1998 | 9.9 | 308 | 8.6 | 10470 |
| 1999 | 9.4 | 295 | 8.7 | 11047 |
| 2000 | 10.3 | 338 | 8.6 | 11416 |
| 2001 | 10.2 | 335 | 8.8 | 11763 |
| 2002 | 9.6 | 295 | 9.0 | 11933 |
| 2003 | 10.9 | 346 | 9.0 | 12205 |
| 2004 | 9.6 | 301 | 9.3 | 12886 |
| 2005 | 12.2 | 381 | 9.4 | 13301 |
| 8th Grade | 5th Grade | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol | Cigarettes | Marijuana | Alcohol | Cigarettes | Marijuana | |
| Year | Rate per 100 | Rate per 100 | Rate per 100 | Rate per 100 | Rate per 100 | Rate per 100 |
| 2000 | 40 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| 2001 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 37 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 1 |
| 2003 | 44 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 3 |
| 2004 | 33 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 |
| 2006 | 34 | 18 | 17 | NA | NA | NA |
