90 –2,323

lornajarrettblanchard January 1, 1956

–2,323 USPHS Vital Statistics of the US 1956: Vol. II – Mortality Statistics, p. 382.

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

–130 Alabama 4th highest loss — 3 Montana
— ? Alaska — 32 Nebraska
— 7 Arizona — 2 Nevada
— 43 Arkansas — 4 New Hampshire
— 85 California 11th highest loss — 24 New Jersey
— 13 Colorado — 24 New Mexico
— 7 Connecticut — 63 New York
— 4 Delaware — 73 North Carolina
— 1 District of Columbia — 4 North Dakota
— 79 Florida –134 Ohio 3rd highest loss of life.
–109 Georgia 5th highest loss — 40 Oklahoma
— ? Hawaii — 11 Oregon
— 9 Idaho –159 Pennsylvania Largest loss of life.
— 90 Illinois 8th highest loss — 5 Rhode Island
— 88 Indiana 9th highest loss — 50 South Carolina
— 34 Iowa — 12 South Dakota
— 55 Kansas — 96 Tennessee 7th highest loss of life.
— 61 Kentucky –153 Texas 2nd highest loss of life.
— 78 Louisiana — 9 Utah
— 12 Maine — 5 Vermont
— 14 Maryland — 67 Virginia
— 12 Massachusetts — 21 Washington
— 57 Michigan — 60 West Virginia
— 38 Minnesota — 56 Wisconsin
–100 Mississippi 6th highest loss — 4 Wyoming
— 86 Missouri 10th highest loss

Source

United States Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Vital Statistics of the United States 1956, Volume II, Mortality Data. Washington, GPO, 1958. Accessed 4-3-2023 at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsus/VSUS_1956_2.pdf