Friday, April 15, 2011

QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Death Rates* --- United States, 2008

April 15, 2011 / 60(14);447


* Per 100,000 U.S. standard population.

† Data for 2008 are preliminary.

In 2008, the overall age-adjusted death rate in the United States was 758.7 per 100,000 population. Among states, the rate ranged from 589.0 deaths per 100,000 population in Hawaii to 958.5 in West Virginia. In general, death rates were higher among states in the South and lower among states in the Northeast and West census regions.

Source: Miniño AM, Xu JQ, Kochanek KD. Deaths: preliminary data for 2008. Natl Vital Stat Rep 2010;59(2).

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