27– 267

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–267 CDC WONDER search for ICD-8 E900 code excessive heat/hyperthermia, 1978.

US death rate 0.12; population 222,282,083

Alabama 7 0.18 Yellow Highlight denotes above average US death rate.

Arizona 31 1.23

Arkansas 3 0.13

California 27 0.12

Colorado 1 0.04

Connecticut 3 0.10

District of Columbia 1 0.15

Florida 6 0.07

Georgia 15 0.28

Illinois 8 0.07

Indiana 2 0.04

Iowa 2 0.07

Kansas 6 0.26

Kentucky 5 0.14

Louisiana 5 0.12

Maryland 2 0.05

Massachusetts 5 0.09

Michigan 5 0.05

Minnesota 2 0.05

Mississippi 4 0.16

Missouri 12 0.25

Montana 1 0.13

Nebraska 2 0.13

Nevada 1 0.14

New Hampshire 3 0.34

New Jersey 3 0.04

New Mexico 2 0.16

New York 11 0.06

North Carolina 5 0.09

Ohio 7 0.06

Oklahoma 11 0.38

Pennsylvania 8 0.07

South Carolina 9 0.30

Tennessee 1 0.02

Texas 43 0.32

Virginia 2 0.04

Washington 1 0.03 Wisconsin ` 5 0.11

Source

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Compressed Mortality File 1968-1978. ICD-8 E900 code for excessive heat/hyperthermia. CDC WONDER On-line Database, 2000. Accessed 6-10-2019 at: https://wonder.cdc.gov/cmf-icd8.html