10.9–7,872

lornajarrettblanchard January 1, 1960

–7,872 USPHS Vital Statistics of the US 1960: Vol. II – Mortality, Part A. 1963, p. 1-42.

US death rate per 100,000 population, 4.4 (Table 1-W, p.1-46.). Yellow highlight above average.

State Death Rate State Death Rate
–376 Alabama 11.5 — 61 New Mexico 6.4
— 18 Alaska 8.0 –177 New York 1.1
— 30 Arizona 2.3 –385 North Carolina 8.5
–187 Arkansas 10.5 — 29 North Dakota 4.6
–437 California 2.8 –379 Ohio 3.9
— 61 Colorado 3.5 –127 Oklahoma 5.5
— 25 Connecticut 1.0 — 27 Oregon 1.5
— 8 Delaware 1.8 –351 Pennsylvania 3.1
— 6 District of Col. 0.8 — 11 Rhode Island 1.3
–186 Florida 3.8 –266 South Carolina 11.2
–353 Georgia 9.0 — 39 South Dakota 5.7
— 7 Hawaii 1.1 –275 Tennessee 7.7
— 29 Idaho 4.3 –619 Texas 6.5
–177 Illinois 1.8 — 20 Utah 2.2
–215 Indiana 4.6 — 26 Vermont 6.7
–262 Iowa 9.5 –260 Virginia 6.6
–151 Kansas 6.9 –118 Washington 4.1
–275 Kentucky 9.1 –157 West Virginia 8.4
–159 Louisiana 4.9 –195 Wisconsin 4.9
— 47 Maine 4.8 — 14 Wyoming 4.2
— 54 Maryland 1.7
— 77 Massachusetts 1.5
–220 Michigan 2.8
–185 Minnesota 5.4
–238 Mississippi 10.9
–283 Missouri 6.6
— 35 Montana 5.2
–153 Nebraska 10.8
— 4 Nevada 1.4
— 31 New Hampshire 5.1
— 47 New Jersey 0.8
Source

United States Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Vital Statistics of the United States 1960, Volume II, Mortality, Part A. Washington: GPO, 1963. Accessed 12-1-2022 at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsus/VSUS_1960_2A.pdf