17-15. Marriages, Divorces and Annulments in Sc: 1986 – 1996

                                 MARRIAGES 2/              DIVORCES AND ANNULMENTS 3/

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

  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
  1995     3,684,000       45,347           12.4           15,171  *        4.1
  1996     3,698,670       43,439           11.7           15,319  *        4.1

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, February 1998.

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