[When states share the same rank, the next lower rank is omitted. Because of rounded data, states may have identical values shown, but different ranks. Cautionary note]
| State | Rate1 | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6.9 | (X) |
| Alabama | 9.4 | 4 |
| Alaska | 5.9 | 37 |
| Arizona | 6.9 | 24 |
| Arkansas | 7.9 | 14 |
| California | 5.3 | 43 |
| Colorado | 6.4 | 33 |
| Connecticut | 5.8 | 39 |
| Delaware | 9.0 | 5 |
| District of Columbia | 14.1 | (X) |
| Florida | 7.2 | 22 |
| Georgia | 8.2 | 9 |
| Hawaii | 6.5 | 31 |
| Idaho | 6.1 | 35 |
| Illinois | 7.4 | 17 |
| Indiana | 8.0 | 12 |
| Iowa | 5.3 | 43 |
| Kansas | 7.4 | 18 |
| Kentucky | 6.6 | 27 |
| Louisiana | 10.1 | 2 |
| Maine | 6.9 | 25 |
| Maryland | 7.3 | 19 |
| Massachusetts | 5.2 | 47 |
| Michigan | 7.9 | 13 |
| Minnesota | 5.1 | 48 |
| Mississippi | 11.4 | 1 |
| Missouri | 7.5 | 15 |
| Montana | 7.0 | 23 |
| Nebraska | 5.6 | 42 |
| Nevada | 5.8 | 41 |
| New Hampshire | 5.3 | 45 |
| New Jersey | 5.2 | 46 |
| New Mexico | 6.1 | 34 |
| New York | 5.8 | 40 |
| North Carolina | 8.8 | 7 |
| North Dakota | 6.0 | 36 |
| Ohio | 8.3 | 8 |
| Oklahoma | 8.1 | 11 |
| Oregon | 5.9 | 38 |
| Pennsylvania | 7.3 | 19 |
| Rhode Island | 6.5 | 32 |
| South Carolina | 9.4 | 3 |
| South Dakota | 7.2 | 21 |
| Tennessee | 8.9 | 6 |
| Texas | 6.6 | 29 |
| Utah | 4.5 | 50 |
| Vermont | 6.5 | 30 |
| Virginia | 7.5 | 16 |
| Washington | 5.1 | 49 |
| West Virginia | 8.1 | 10 |
| Wisconsin | 6.6 | 28 |
| Wyoming | 6.8 | 26 |
Symbol
X Not applicable.
Footnote
1Represents deaths of infants under 1 year old per 1,000 live births, by place of residence. Excludes fetal deaths.
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics,
"Deaths, Final Data for 2005"; [PDF]
published 24 April 2008;
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr56/nvsr56_10.pdf.
For more information:
Deaths/Mortality
denotes a file in Adobe’s Portable Document Format.
To view the file, you will need the
Adobe® Acrobat® Reader
available free from Adobe.
