5.2–3,707

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–3,707 CDC Wonder. Compressed Mortality File 1968-1978. ICD-8 codes 470-474 influenza.

Alabama 128 3.71 (Yellow highlight denotes above avg. death rate.)
Alaska (4th highest death rate) 13 4.28
Arizona 20 1.12
Arkansas 69 3.58
California 145 0.72 New Mexico 24 2.35
Colorado 34 1.54 New York 133 0.73
Connecticut 18 0.59 North Carolina (2nd high life loss) 208 4.08
Delaware 1 0.18 North Dakota 22 3.56
District of Columbia 5 0.66 Ohio (3rd high state life loss) 197 1.85
Florida 149 2.19 Oklahoma 38 1.48
Georgia 162 3.52 Oregon 57 2.72
Hawaii 5 0.65 Pennsylvania 158 1.34
Idaho 30 4.20 Rhode Island 3 0.32
Illinois 91 0.82 South Carolina 81 3.12
Indiana 80 1.54 South Dakota 14 2.10
Iowa 89 3.15 Tennessee 175 4.45
Kansas 68 3.02 Texas (largest life loss) 230 2.05
Kentucky 112 3.47 Utah 9 0.85
Louisiana 101 2.77 Vermont (highest death rate) 34 7.64
Maine (2nd high death rate) 56 5.63 Virginia 96 2.06
Maryland 41 1.04 Washington 85 2.49
Massachusetts 56 0.98 West Virginia 61 3.49
Michigan 97 1.09 Wisconsin 61 1.38
Minnesota 102 2.68 Wyoming 5 1.50
Mississippi (3rd high death rate)116 5.22
Missouri 102 2.18 US population 203,603,794
Montana 9 1.29
Nebraska 41 2.76
Nevada 3 0.61
New Hampshire 25 3.39
New Jersey 48 0.67
Source

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Compressed Mortality File 1968-1978. CDC WONDER Online Database. 1970 Influenza. Accessed 3-19-2022 at: http://wonder.cdc.gov/cmf-icd8.html