1991 — Exposure to excessive natural cold/hypothermia (ICD-9 E901 code); esp. IL/63– 588

–588 CDC Wonder. (Average hypothermia death rate was 0.23 per 100,000 population.)

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

Alabama 16 0.39
Alaska 14 2.45 Highest loss of life per 100,000 population of any State.
Arizona 16 0.42
California 23 0.08
Colorado 17 0.50
Georgia 13 0.20
Illinois 63 0.54 Highest loss of life of any State.
Indiana 14 0.25
Kentucky 12 0.32
Michigan 24 0.26
Minnesota 20 0.45
Missouri 19 0.37
New Jersey 15 0.19
New Mexico 24 1.54
New York 25 0.14
North Carolina 27 0.40
Ohio 18 0.16
Pennsylvania 17 0.14
Tennessee 12 0.24
Texas 21 0.12
Virginia 16 0.25
Wisconsin 12 0.24

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 4, 2021 8:29:37 PM