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Choose a leading cause of death and see every state ranked by its age-adjusted rate (2017, CDC NCHS).

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#State DeathsAge-adjusted rate /100K
1 Mississippi 1,626
49.6
2 Tennessee 3,522
46.7
3 Washington 3,710
46.0
4 Georgia 4,290
46.0
5 Alabama 2,563
45.2
6 South Carolina 2,549
45.0
7 Louisiana 2,188
43.7
8 Vermont 370
42.9
9 Utah 991
42.1
10 Oklahoma 1,752
39.4
11 Arkansas 1,436
39.4
12 Texas 9,545
38.5
13 North Carolina 4,289
37.3
14 California 16,238
37.1
15 South Dakota 444
36.9
16 Idaho 672
36.6
17 North Dakota 387
36.5
18 Oregon 1,850
36.0
19 Iowa 1,597
35.3
20 Indiana 2,771
35.3
21 Arizona 3,058
35.1
22 Kentucky 1,765
35.0
23 Minnesota 2,474
34.9
24 Michigan 4,428
34.5
25 Colorado 1,830
34.2
26 Ohio 5,117
33.6
27 Wyoming 212
32.7
28 Missouri 2,545
32.3
29 Wisconsin 2,428
31.6
30 West Virginia 770
30.6
31 Delaware 377
30.6
32 Maine 601
30.4
33 Nebraska 698
28.5
34 Virginia 2,549
27.6
35 Rhode Island 435
27.3
36 Nevada 779
27.3
37 Illinois 4,021
25.6
38 New Hampshire 436
24.8
39 Kansas 894
24.3
40 New Jersey 2,829
23.6
41 New Mexico 572
22.7
42 Alaska 98
22.1
43 Pennsylvania 4,213
21.7
44 Montana 285
20.9
45 Florida 6,980
20.7
46 Connecticut 1,077
20.4
47 Massachusetts 1,841
19.9
48 Hawaii 465
19.7
49 District of Columbia 125
17.6
50 Maryland 1,191
17.1
51 New York 3,521
13.2

Source: CDC NCHS Leading Causes of Death, 2017. Methodology.

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How should I read this lookup?

What does the age-adjusted rate mean?

It is deaths per 100,000 people, standardized to the year 2000 US population so states with older or younger populations can be compared fairly. The CDC uses the same standard.

Why do some states rank so much higher than others?

Cause-specific death rates reflect differences in risk factors, healthcare access, and prevention. Southern and rural states tend to rank higher for heart disease and several chronic causes; the gap between the highest and lowest state is often 2x or more.

What year is this data from?

This tool uses 2017, the latest year of finalized CDC NCHS Leading Causes of Death data, which runs 1999 to 2017.