Maine
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
787.2
#36
Death Rate (per 100k)
Understanding mortality rates across various states offers critical insights into health outcomes, public health risks, and the potential influences exerted by local factors, such as access to healthcare services, socioeconomic conditions, and environmental concerns. Using a standard measure of the number of deaths per 100 thousand residents allows us to make like-for-like comparisons between states.
The state with the highest death rate is Mississippi, marking 1,138.7 deaths per 100K. This is significantly higher than other states, possibly due to disparate factors such as access to healthcare, poverty rates and prevalence of chronic diseases. Alabama and West Virginia register the second and third highest death rates in the country, amounting to 1,057.8 and 1,055.8 deaths per 100,000 residents respectively. They face similar challenges as Mississippi, with healthcare access, socioeconomic conditions and disease prevalence potentially playing key roles. Louisiana and Kentucky follow suit with death rates of 1,044.7 and 1,031.6 per 100,000 residents, placing them at fourth and fifth place accordingly. Other states making it to the top ten for the highest death rates include Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Indiana and Ohio, presenting death rates ranging from 1,015.1 for Tennessee down to 953.9 for Ohio. States with the highest death rates:
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
1057.8
#2
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
768.4
#39
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
800.3
#33
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
1002.4
#8
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
705.3
#49
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
754.2
#42
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
769.1
#38
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
835.9
#27
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
735.7
#47
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
902.1
#15
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
588
#50
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
784.4
#37
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
850.7
#22
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
967.1
#9
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
848.6
#24
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
882.2
#16
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
1031.6
#5
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
1044.7
#4
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
787.2
#36
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
820.5
#30
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
756.7
#41
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
907.7
#14
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
739.6
#44
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
1138.7
#1
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
937.6
#11
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
839.4
#26
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
817.2
#31
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
853.3
#21
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
737.8
#45
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
834.4
#28
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
912.5
#13
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
797.1
#34
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
856.4
#20
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
848.8
#23
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
953.9
#10
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
1011.6
#7
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
741.2
#43
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
866
#18
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
806.6
#32
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
937.6
#12
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
868.1
#17
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
1015.1
#6
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
862.1
#19
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
765.3
#40
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
737.7
#46
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
792.8
#35
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
711.2
#48
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
1055.8
#3
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
828.4
#29
Metric
Value
Rank
Death Rate
842
#25