1995 — Exposure to excessive natural cold/hypothermia (ICD-9 E901 code); esp. IL/41– 553
–553 CDC Wonder. (Average hypothermia death rate was 0.21 per 100,000 population.)
Death rate for hypothermia per 100,000 population, where noted.
Alabama 20 0.47
California 12 0.04
Georgia 13 0.18
Illinois 41 0.34 Highest loss of life of any State
Indiana 10 0.17
Iowa 10 0.35
Kentucky 17 0.44
Maryland 13 0.26
Massachusetts 11 0.18
Michigan 25 0.26
Minnesota 10 0.21
Missouri 15 0.28
New Jersey 21 0.26
New Mexico 15 0.87 Highest loss of life per 100,000 population of any State.
New York 29 0.16
North Carolina 19 0.26
Ohio 24 0.21
Oklahoma 14 0.42
Oregon 10 0.31
Pennsylvania 38 0.31
South Carolina 12 0.32
Virginia 22 0.33
Washington 10 0.18
Wisconsin 19 0.37
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 Aug 30, 2021 12:12:44 PM