1987 — Exposure to excessive natural cold/hypothermia (ICD-9 E901.0); esp. VA/28 — 326

–326 CDC Wonder. (Average hypothermia death rate was 0.13 per 100,000 population.)

Death rate for hypothermia per 100,000 population, where noted.

Alabama 10 0.25
Alaska 11 2.04 Highest loss of life per 100,000 population of any State.
Arizona 14 0.41
California 21 0.08
Illinois 21 0.18
Massachusetts 10 0.17
New Jersey 11 0.14
New York 15 0.08
Ohio 12 0.11
Pennsylvania 20 0.17
South Carolina 18 0.53
Virginia 28 0.47 Highest loss of life of any State.

Source

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Compressed Mortality File 1979-1998. CDC WONDER On-line Database, compiled from Compressed Mortality File CMF 1968-1988, Series 20, No. 2A, 2000 and CMF 1989-1998, Series 20, No. 2E, 2003. Accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/cmf-icd9.html on Sep 9, 2021 10:55:56 PM