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Cause-of-death lookup

Pick any of the ten leading causes and rank all 50 states and DC by its age-adjusted rate per 100,000, drawn live from the complete 9,690-record CDC WONDER grid (1999–2017).

Data updated 2026-05-19

10
Leading causes
51
States + DC
9,690
Records
2017
Latest year

According to the CDC National Center for Health Statistics, this lookup ranks all 51 US jurisdictions using the complete 9,690-record NCHS Leading Causes of Death grid, finalized data verified June 2026. Read our methodology for how these rates are computed.

Result · Diabetes

West Virginia has the highest age-adjusted diabetes death rate at 34.0/100K - 2.3× Connecticut, the lowest at 14.5. Across all 51 jurisdictions, diabetes accounted for 83,564 deaths in 2017.

34.0
West Virginia - highest /100K
14.5
Connecticut - lowest /100K
22.0
average across states
2.3×
highest vs lowest gap

Source: CDC NCHS Leading Causes of Death, 2017.

Diabetes rate distribution across 51 states, 2017

Where states cluster, the marker shows the national average

22.0 Lower than 59% lower than 59% of 51 states

14.0–17.0: 5 states (10%). Below this entry. 17.0–20.0: 13 states (25%). Below this entry. 20.0–23.0: 16 states (31%). This entry sits in this band. 23.0–26.0: 10 states (20%). Above this entry. 26.0–29.0: 3 states (6%). Above this entry. 29.0–32.0: 1 states (2%). Above this entry. 32.0–35.0: 3 states (6%). Above this entry. 35.0–38.0: 0 states (0%). Above this entry. US avg 14.0 38.0 every US state, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source CDC NCHS Leading Causes of Death · 2017

Diabetes death rates by state, 2017

# State Age-adj rate /100KDeaths
1 West Virginia 34.0 864
2 Mississippi 33.3 1,164
3 Arkansas 32.4 1,180
4 Oklahoma 30.6 1,398
5 Kentucky 27.7 1,474
6 Indiana 26.6 2,096
7 New Mexico 26.5 673
8 Ohio 25.2 3,740
9 Kansas 25.2 874
10 Nebraska 25.0 575
11 South Dakota 24.9 263
12 South Carolina 24.5 1,535
13 Tennessee 24.0 1,915
14 Oregon 23.9 1,243
15 Louisiana 23.9 1,272
16 Arizona 23.7 2,054
17 North Carolina 23.6 2,903
18 Utah 22.9 596
19 Iowa 22.8 918
20 Michigan 22.1 2,798
21 California 22.1 9,595
22 North Dakota 21.8 194
23 Washington 21.6 1,812
24 Montana 21.6 292
25 Georgia 21.5 2,348
26 Texas 21.2 5,832
27 Pennsylvania 21.1 3,704
28 Missouri 21.0 1,605
29 Maryland 20.3 1,439
30 Idaho 20.3 394
31 Florida 20.2 6,172
32 Virginia 20.1 1,967
33 District of Columbia 20.1 138
34 Maine 19.8 395
35 Alabama 19.8 1,173
36 Wisconsin 19.4 1,433
37 Minnesota 19.3 1,312
38 Alaska 19.3 130
39 Vermont 19.2 163
40 New Hampshire 19.2 340
41 Illinois 19.2 2,927
42 Delaware 19.1 244
43 Rhode Island 18.8 275
44 Nevada 18.3 609
45 Wyoming 18.1 121
46 Colorado 17.2 1,017
47 New Jersey 16.9 1,908
48 New York 16.8 4,176
49 Hawaii 15.9 299
50 Massachusetts 15.1 1,321
51 Connecticut 14.5 694

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.