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— 2,926 Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…Each State, 1940,” p. 210.
Death Rate
(U.S. avg. 2.2)
— 120 AL Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 210. 4.2
— 52 AZ Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 210. 10.4
— 56 AR Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 212. 2.8
— 102 CA Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 212. 1.5
— 31 CO Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 214. 2.8
— 5 CT Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 214. 0.3
— 7 DE Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 214. 2.6
— 9 DC Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 216. 2.0
— 39 FL Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 216. 2.1
— 110 GA Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 216. 3.5
— 7 ID Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 218. 1.3
— 67 IL Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 218. 0.8
— 78 IN Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 220. 2.3
— 26 IA Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 220. 1.0
— 31 KS Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 220. 1.8
— 178 KY Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 222. 6.1
— 150 LA Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 222. 6.3
— 21 ME Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 224. 2.5
— 70 MD Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 224. 3.7
— 24 MA Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 226. 0.6
— 57 MI Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 226. 1.1
— 32 MN Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 226. 1.2
— 146 MS Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 228. 6.6
— 88 MO Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 228. 2.3
— 5 MT Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 230. 0.9
— 13 NE Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 230. 1.0
— 5 NV Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 232. 2.7
— 10 NH Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 232. 2.0
— 24 NJ Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 232. 0.6
— 70 NM Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 234. 13.2
— 141 NY Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 234. 1.0
— 90 NC Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 236. 2.5
— 16 ND Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 236. 2.5
— 128 OH Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 236. 1.9
— 57 OK Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 238. 2.4
— 6 OR Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 238. 0.5
— 129 PA Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 240. 1.3
— 2 RI Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 240. 0.3
— 48 SC Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 242. 2.5
— 4 SD Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 242. 0.6
— 110 TN Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 242. 3.8
— 250 TX Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 244. 3.9
— 11 UT Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 244. 2.0
— 5 VT Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 246. 1.4
— 132 VA Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 246. 5.0
— 19 WA Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 248. 1.1
— 117 WV Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 248. 6.3
— 30 WI Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 248. 0.8
— 1 WY Census. “Table 10 – Deaths from Selected Causes…1940,” p. 250. 0.4

Source

Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce. Vital Statistics of the United States 1940, Part I. Natality and Mortality Data for the United States Tabulated by Place of Occurrence with Supplemental Tables for Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Washington: GPO, 1943. Accessed 3-8-2020 at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsus/vsus_1940_1.pdf

Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce. Vital Statistics of the United States 1940, Part II. Natality and Mortality Data for the United States Tabulated by Place of Residence. Washington, GPO, 1943. Google digitized at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsus/VSUS_1940_2.pdf