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Number of Deaths per 100,000 Population, 2005

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 Death Rate per 100,000
 
United States798.8
 
Alabama997.9
Alaska750.8
Arizona771.8
Arkansas930.2
California713.1
Colorado742.8
Connecticut696.0
Delaware830.5
District of Columbia971.4
Florida749.4
Georgia905.8
Hawaii609.1
Idaho766.4
Illinois798.2
Indiana858.7
Iowa742.0
Kansas806.8
Kentucky958.4
Louisiana1,020.6
Maine813.2
Maryland796.4
Massachusetts721.9
Michigan812.3
Minnesota683.9
Mississippi1,026.9
Missouri869.4
Montana798.4
Nebraska749.5
Nevada892.3
New Hampshire732.3
New Jersey745.9
New Mexico795.0
New York718.0
North Carolina876.0
North Dakota699.1
Ohio856.8
Oklahoma980.8
Oregon773.7
Pennsylvania814.8
Rhode Island747.3
South Carolina899.1
South Dakota757.0
Tennessee959.9
Texas828.8
Utah731.3
Vermont728.4
Virginia801.5
Washington738.2
West Virginia960.4
Wisconsin752.2
Wyoming801.4
 
Guam657.4
Puerto Rico754.9
Virgin Islands615.4
 


Notes: Age-adjusted rates per 100,000 U.S. standard population. Since death rates are affected by the population composition of a given area, age-adjusted death rates should be used for comparisons between areas because they control for differences in population composition. Data are preliminary for 2005.
Sources:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Vital Statistics, released September 2007. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/prelimdeaths05/prelimdeaths05.htm



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