Annual Death Rate by State

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Statistic Verification

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Research Date: 7.9.2014

One can only speculate whey a certain state would have a higher death rate than another. Possibly regional diets may play a factor or it could just be an aging population in the state. States in the Southwest seem to have higher rates than West Coast and Northern Midwest territories.

Rank	State	Deaths Per 100,000
1	Mississippi	1,022
2	Louisiana	1,007
3	Alabama	1,004
4	Washington D.C.	982
5	Oklahoma	974
5	West Virginia	974
7	Tennessee	971
8	Kentucky	961
9	Arkansas	934
10	Georgia	932
11	South Carolina	916
12	Nevada	897
13	North Carolina	888
14	Missouri	884
15	Indiana	886
16	Ohio	862
17	Texas	846
	U.S. National Average	846
18	Delaware	833
19	Virginia	823
19	Michigan	823
21	Pennsylvania	822
22	Maryland	818
23	Maine	816
24	Wyoming	814
25	Illinois	811
26	Kansas	810
27	Montana	804
28	New Mexico	801
29	Oregon	788
30	Alaska	781
31	Idaho	775
31	Arizona	775
33	South Dakota	767
34	Florida	765
34	Nebraska	765
36	Utah	764
37	New Jersey	762
38	Colorado	759
39	Wisconsin	758
40	Rhode Island	753
41	Washington	752
42	New Hampshire	751
43	Iowa	748
44	Massachusetts	745
45	Vermont	741
46	New York	738
47	California	727
48	North Dakota	723
49	Connecticut	708
50	Minnesota	697
51	Hawaii	623

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