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lornajarrettblanchard January 1, 1955

–2,755 USPHS Vital Statistics of the US 1955: Vol. II – Mortality Statistics, p. 382.

Highlighting in yellow denotes the top ten loss of live states.

–183 Alabama 2nd highest loss — 12 Montana
— ? Alaska — 24 Nebraska
— 15 Arizona — 1 Nevada
— 59 Arkansas — 4 New Hampshire
— 54 California — 28 New Jersey
— 15 Colorado — 14 New Mexico
— 7 Connecticut — 92 New York
— 4 Delaware –104 North Carolina 8th highest loss of life.
— 3 District of Columbia — 2 North Dakota
— 87 Florida –187 Ohio Highest loss of life.
–181 Georgia 3rd highest loss — 61 Oklahoma
— ? Hawaii — 12 Oregon
— 11 Idaho –154 Pennsylvania 5th highest loss of life.
— 64 Illinois — 5 Rhode Island
— 91 Indiana 9th highest loss/tied — 81 South Carolina
— 47 Iowa — 6 South Dakota
— 58 Kansas –136 Tennessee 6th highest loss of life.
— 87 Kentucky –169 Texas 4th highest loss of life.
— 80 Louisiana — 7 Utah
— 23 Maine — 8 Vermont
— 18 Maryland — 80 Virginia
— 28 Massachusetts — 41 Washington
— 59 Michigan — 69 West Virginia
— 24 Minnesota — 36 Wisconsin
–106 Mississippi 7th highest loss — 74 Wyoming
— 91 Missouri 9th highest loss

Source

United States Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Vital Statistics of the United States 1955, Volume II, Mortality Data. Washington, GPO, 1957. Accessed 4-23-2023 at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsus/VSUS_1955_2.pdf