2.7 –2,137

lornajarrettblanchard January 1, 1961

–2,137 USPHS Vital Statistics of the US 1961: Vol. II – Mortality, Part A. 1964, p. 1-32, 1-36.

US death rate per 100,000 population, 1.2 (Table 1-Q, p.1-36.). Yellow highlight above average.

State Death Rate State Death Rate
–103 Alabama 2.1 — 16 New Mexico 1.6
— 5 Alaska 3.3 — 91 New York 0.5
— 19 Arizona 1.4 — 59 North Carolina 1.3
— 47 Arkansas 2.6 — 12 North Dakota 1.9
–137 California 0.8 –152 Ohio 1.5
— 16 Colorado 0.9 — 34 Oklahoma 1.4
— 6 Connecticut 0.2 — 34 Oregon 1.9
— 3 Delaware 0.7 –114 Pennsylvania 1.0
— 3 District of Col. 0.4 — 5 Rhode Island 0.6
— 46 Florida 0.9 — 60 South Carolina 2.5
— 82 Georgia 2.1 — 7 South Dakota 1.0
— 6 Hawaii 0.9 — 80 Tennessee 2.2
— 14 Idaho 2.0 — 96 Texas 1.0
— 55 Illinois 0.5 — 2 Utah 0.2
— 61 Indiana 1.3 — 3 Vermont 0.8
— 47 Iowa 1.7 — 47 Virginia 1.2
— 38 Kansas 2.7 — 37 Washington 1.3
— 58 Kentucky 1.9 — 43 West Virginia 2.3
— 33 Louisiana 1.0 — 55 Wisconsin 1.4
— 27 Maine 2.7 — 7 Wyoming 2.1
— 25 Maryland 0.8
— 14 Massachusetts 0.3
— 70 Michigan 0.9
— 38 Minnesota 1.1
— 58 Mississippi 2.6
— 88 Missouri 2.0
— 9 Montana 1.3
— 39 Nebraska 2.7
— 1 Nevada 0.3
— 7 New Hampshire1.1
— 28 New Jersey 0.4
Source

Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Vital Statistics of The United States 1961, Volume II – Mortality, Part A. Washington, DC: U.S. GPO, 1964. Accessed 11-5-2022 at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsus/VSUS_1961_2A.pdf