1990 — Exposure to excessive natural cold/hypothermia (ICD-9 E901 code); esp. IL/45– 596

–596 CDC Wonder. (Average hypothermia death rate was 0.24 per 100,000 population.)

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

Alabama 17 0.42
Alaska 24 4.36 Highest loss of life per 100,000 population of any State.
Arizona 23 0.63
California 42 0.14
Colorado 10 0.30
Illinois 45 0.39 Highest loss of life of any State.
Indiana 10 0.18
Kentucky 10 0.27
Massachusetts 13 0.22
Michigan 30 0.32
Minnesota 13 0.30
Missouri 15 0.29
New Mexico 18 1.19
New York 30 0.17
North Carolina 27 0.41
Ohio 23 0.21
Oklahoma 23 0.73
Pennsylvania 17 0.14
South Carolina 12 0.34
Tennessee 11 0.23
Texas 25 0.15
Virginia 12 0.19
Wisconsin 10 0.20

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 6, 2021 7:13:41 PM