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–3,431 USPHS Vital Statistics of…US 1962: Volume II–Mortality, Part A. 1964, p. 1-20, 1-38.

US death rate per 100,000 population, 1.8 (Table 1-13, p.1-24.). Yellow highlight above average.

State Death Rate State Death Rate
–135 Alabama 4.0 — 22 New Mexico 2.2
— 8 Alaska 3.3 –128 New York 0.7
— 17 Arizona 1.1 –144 North Carolina 3.0
— 62 Arkansas 3.4 — 12 North Dakota 1.9
–140 California 0.8 –284 Ohio 2.8
— 21 Colorado 1.1 — 63 Oklahoma 2.6
— 15 Connecticut 0.6 — 22 Oregon 1.2
— 2 Delaware 0.4 –161 Pennsylvania 1.4
— 4 District of Col. 0.5 — 1 Rhode Island 0.1
— 91 Florida 1.7 –103 South Carolina 4.2
–106 Georgia 2.6 — 13 South Dakota 1.9
— 6 Hawaii 0.9 –183 Tennessee 5.0
— 12 Idaho 1.7 –156 Texas 1.6
–128 Illinois 1.3 — 9 Utah 0.9
–104 Indiana 2.2 — 13 Vermont 3.3
— 90 Iowa 3.2 — 61 Virginia 1.5
— 62 Kansas 2.8 — 64 Washington 2.1
— 81 Kentucky 2.6 — 60 West Virginia 3.4
— 40 Louisiana 1.2 — 91 Wisconsin 2.2
— 28 Maine 2.8 — 10 Wyoming 2.7
— 31 Maryland 1.0
— 26 Massachusetts 0.5
–131 Michigan 1.6
— 95 Minnesota 2.7
— 95 Mississippi 4.2
–172 Missouri 4.0
— 12 Montana 1.7
— 77 Nebraska 5.2
— 3 Nevada 0.9
— 10 New Hampshire 1.6
— 25 New Jersey 1.4
Source

Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Vital Statistics of The United States 1962, Volume II – Mortality, Part A. Washington, DC: U.S. GPO, 1964. Accessed 10-6-2022 at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsus/VSUS_1962_2A.pdf