QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Death Rates by State — United States, 2017
Posted on byIn 2017, the overall U.S. death rate was 731.9 per 100,000 standard population; rates varied by state.
The five states with the highest age-adjusted death rates were West Virginia (957.1 deaths per 100,000 standard population), Mississippi (951.3), Kentucky (929.9), Alabama (917.7), and Oklahoma (902.4).
The five states with the lowest death rates were Hawaii (584.9), California (618.7), New York (623.6), Connecticut (651.2), and Minnesota (656.4).
Source: National Vital Statistics System. Underlying cause of death data, 1999–2017. https://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10.html
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Page last reviewed: March 15, 2019
Page last updated: March 15, 2019
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CDC, National Center for Health Statistics