17-15. Marriages, Divorces and Annulments in South Carolina: 1984-1994

                                MARRIAGES 2/           DIVORCES AND ANNULMENTS 3/

              TOTAL                      RATE PER                     RATE PER
  YEAR    POPULATION 1/     NUMBER   1,000 POPULATION     NUMBER   1,000 POPULATION

  1984      3,300,500       55,357         16.8           13,674         4.1          
  1985      3,366,521       52,805         15.7           13,456         4.0
  1986      3,417,611       53,974         15.8           13,431         3.9
  1987      3,423,400       53,396         15.6           13,835         4.0
  1988      3,519,770       54,615 *       15.5           14,672         4.2
  1989      3,518,760       54,693 *       15.5           15,115 *       4.3
  1990      3,486,703       55,754         15.8           16,182 *       4.6
  1991      3,559,600       53,747         15.1           15,187 *       4.3
  1992      3,595,400       53,320         14.8           15,365 *       4.3
  1993      3,630,000       53,223         14.7           15,141 *       4.2
  1994      3,663,915       51,564         14.1           15,802 *       4.3

2/: Figures represent all reported marriages where license was issued in South Carolina by race of groom.

3/: Figures represent all reported divorces and annulments granted in South Carolina by race of husband.

*: Totals include unknown race.

Source: Office of Research and Statistics, from data supplied by the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, Division of Biostatistics, Office of Vital Records and Public Health Statistics, November 1995.

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