1976 — Exposure to excessive natural cold/hypothermia (ICD-8 E901); esp. PA/24 — 424

–424 CDC Wonder. (Average hypothermia death rate was 0.19 per 100,000 population. )

Death rate for hypothermia per 100,000 population.

Alaska 14 3.56 Highest loss of life per 100,000 population of any State.
California 10 0.05
Illinois 21 0.18
Indiana 15 0.28
Kentucky 13 0.37
Michigan 11 0.12
Minnesota 11 0.28
New York 29 0.16 Highest loss of life of any State.
North Carolina 17 0.30
Ohio 14 0.13
Oregon 18 0.76
Pennsylvania 24 0.20
Texas 10 0.08
Virginia 20 0.39
Washington 12 0.32

Source

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Compressed Mortality File 1968-1978. CDC WONDER Online Database, compiled from Compressed Mortality File CMF 1968-1988, Series 20, No. 2A, 2000. Accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/cmf-icd8.html on Oct 10, 2021 7:38:41 PM