1974 — Influenza, ICD-8 codes 470-474 (Influenza), death rate 1.03 per 100K, esp. KS/3.5 –2,201

–2,201 CDC Wonder. Compressed Mortality File 1968-1978. ICD-8 codes 470-474 influenza.

Alabama 58 1.599 (Yellow highlight denotes above avg. death rate.)
Alaska 2 0.580
Arizona 16 0.719 New Hampshire 7 0.858
Arkansas 13 0.619 New Jersey 40 0.546
California (tied OH most deaths) 131 0.619 New Mexico 5 0.442
Colorado 47 1.850 New York 124 0.687
Connecticut 39 1.270 North Carolina 55 1.008
Delaware 5 0.858 North Dakota 10 1.577
District of Columbia 4 0.554 Ohio 131 1.218
Florida 53 0.638 Oklahoma 43 1.573
Georgia 72 1.422 Oregon 33 1.448
Hawaii 5 0.577 Pennsylvania 72 0.608
Idaho 8 0.989 Rhode Island 5 0.525
Illinois 84 0.745 South Carolina 18 0.633
Indiana 45 0.842 South Dakota 17 2.500
Iowa 77 2.688 Tennessee 76 1.809
Kansas (highest death rate) 79 3.484 Texas 108 0.880
Kentucky 31 0.908 Utah 12 0.999
Louisiana 21 0.550 Vermont 7 1.481
Maine 32 3.023 Virginia 59 1.186
Maryland 39 0.945 Washington 45 1.269
Massachusetts 39 0.676 West Virginia 21 1.158
Michigan 57 0.627 Wisconsin 81 1.787
Minnesota 115 2.954 Wyoming 8 2.193
Mississippi 23 0.967
Missouri 70 1.463 US population 213,209,874
Montana 12 1.627
Nebraska 47 3.057

Source

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Compressed Mortality File 1968-1978. CDC WONDER Online Database, compiled from Compressed Mortality File CMF 1968-1988, Series 20, No. 2A, 2000 [1974 Influenza]. Accessed 12-25-2021 at: http://wonder.cdc.gov/cmf-icd8.html