Mortality Patterns Between Five States With Highest Death Rates and Five States With Lowest Death Rates: United States, 2017

by Jiaquan Xu, M.D., CDC, September, 2019 

Mortality in the United States varies widely by state (1). This report compares average age-adjusted death rates by sex, race and ethnicity, and five leading causes of death between a group of five states with the highest age-adjusted death rates (Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and West Virginia) and a group of five states with the lowest age-adjusted death rates (California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Minnesota, and New York) in 2017 (2). Age-specific death rates for the two groups are presented as well….

The average age-adjusted death rate for the five states with the highest death rates (926.8 per 100,000 standard population) was 49% higher than that for the five states with the lowest death rates (624.0) …

● Among males, the average death rate for the states with the highest rates (1,094.3) was 48% higher than that for the states with the lowest rates (741.2).

● Among females, the average death rate for the states with the highest rates (785.7) was 49% higher than that for the states with the lowest rates (526.4).

● The average death rate for the states with the highest rates was 27% higher than the national rate (731.9). For the states with the lowest rates, the average death rate was 15% lower than the national rate. …

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