1981 — Exposure to excessive natural cold/hypothermia (ICD-9 E901.0); esp. VA/26 — 289

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

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

Alabama 12 0.31
California 10 0.04
Georgia 13 0.23
Illinois 10 0.09
Michigan 19 0.21
Montana 6 0.75 Highest loss of life per 100,000 population of any State.
New York 15 0.09
Ohio 11 0.10
Pennsylvania 12 0.10
Tennessee 13 0.28
Virginia 20 0.37 Highest loss of life of any State.
West Virginia 10 0.51
Wisconsin 13 0.27

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 15, 2021 6:21:21 PM