STATE RANKINGS [When states share the same rank, the next lower rank is omitted. States may share the same value but have different ranks due to rounding] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Deaths per Infant deaths Deaths by cause, 1994 1,000 resident per 1,000 per 100,000 resident population population live births ---------------- ---------------- STATE 1996 1995 Cerebrovascular Motor vehicle diseases accidents ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- Rate Rank Rate Rank Rate Rank Rate Rank --------------------------------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- United States 8.8 X 7.6 X 58.9 X 16.3 X Alabama 10.0 7 9.8 2 62.0 22 26.8 2 Alaska 4.3 50 7.7 20 20.3 50 13.9 37 Arizona 8.8 30 7.5 24 52.3 36 21.6 12 Arkansas 10.6 4 8.8 11 88.9 1 26.7 3 California 7.2 46 6.3 40 50.2 41 14.3 35 Colorado 6.8 47 6.5 37 42.2 48 17.7 25 Connecticut 9.0 23 7.2 30 55.9 31 10.0 47 Delaware 9.0 27 7.5 26 49.3 43 17.3 26 District of Columbia 12.1 X 16.2 X 66.5 X 11.6 X Florida 10.7 3 7.5 24 68.8 14 19.4 19 Georgia 8.0 38 9.4 6 55.2 34 21.1 13 Hawaii 6.7 48 5.8 46 50 42 10.8 44 Idaho 7.3 43 6.1 42 56.6 30 22.5 10 Illinois 9.0 26 9.4 6 62.0 22 15.0 33 Indiana 9.3 15 8.4 13 69.9 10 17.2 27 Iowa 9.7 9 8.2 16 74.5 5 18.5 23 Kansas 9.3 17 7.0 33 68.9 13 18.7 22 Kentucky 9.6 12 7.6 23 64.9 20 20.7 15 Louisiana 9.3 19 9.8 2 55.1 35 20.2 18 Maine 8.9 29 6.5 37 61.4 24 16.6 29 Maryland 8.2 36 8.9 10 50.3 39 13.2 40 Massachusetts 9.1 21 5.2 50 55.3 33 8.0 49 Michigan 8.7 31 8.3 14 60.0 25 15.6 32 Minnesota 8.0 39 6.7 35 63.5 21 15.8 30 Mississippi 9.8 8 10.5 1 66.7 18 31.8 1 Missouri 10.1 5 7.4 27 72.5 7 20.9 14 Montana 8.7 33 7.0 33 67.1 17 22.7 7 Nebraska 9.4 14 7.4 27 70.2 8 16.9 28 Nevada 8.2 35 5.7 47 44.3 47 19.4 19 New Hampshire 8.1 37 5.5 48 51.5 38 10.4 45 New Jersey 9.0 25 6.6 36 51.9 37 9.8 48 New Mexico 7.3 44 6.2 41 46.8 44 25.5 4 New York 8.9 28 7.7 20 45.3 46 10.1 46 North Carolina 9.1 22 9.2 9 73.3 6 20.7 15 North Dakota 9.3 18 7.2 30 79.8 2 13.5 38 Ohio 9.4 13 8.7 12 57.8 29 12.6 42 Oklahoma 10.0 6 8.3 14 65.9 19 22.6 8 Oregon 9.0 24 6.1 43 77.3 3 15.8 30 Pennsylvania 10.7 2 7.8 18 70.1 9 12.9 41 Rhode Island 9.6 11 7.2 30 59.6 27 7.5 50 South Carolina 9.3 16 9.6 4 69.4 11 22.6 8 South Dakota 9.3 20 9.5 5 68.8 14 22.0 11 Tennessee 9.7 10 9.3 8 76.9 4 24.6 6 Texas 7.2 45 6.5 37 50.3 39 18.1 24 Utah 5.5 49 5.4 49 37.6 49 19.0 21 Vermont 8.3 34 6.0 44 60.0 25 12.4 43 Virginia 7.9 40 7.8 18 55.8 32 14.0 36 Washington 7.6 41 5.9 45 58.2 28 13.4 39 West Virginia 11.2 1 7.9 17 67.2 16 20.6 17 Wisconsin 8.7 32 7.3 29 69.2 12 14.7 34 Wyoming 7.5 42 7.7 20 46.0 45 25.0 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ X Not applicable. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, State and Metropolitan Area Data Book 1997-98, table A-8 and A-9.