Rank

State

% higher risk of dying compared to Best Ranked State (NY)

% higher risk of dying (surviving) compared to US average

number of extra deaths (lives saved) compared to US average (2000-2002)

1

NY

(39.97)

(287)

2

ME

13.12

(26.86)

(27)

3

ID

17.70

(22.28)

(14)

4

NJ

18.07

(21.91)

(102)

5

WI

24.99

(14.99)

(60)

6

FL

28.02

(11.95)

(173)

7

PA

30.59

(9.38)

(92)

8

OH

31.27

(8.71)

(77)

9

GA

31.41

(8.56)

(32)

10

MI

31.93

(8.04)

(70)

11

MT

24.56

(15.42)

(15)

12

ND

31.95

(8.02)

(7)

13

NH

32.85

(7.13)

(6)

14

RI

32.96

(7.01)

(3)

15

CO

33.33

(6.65)

(13)

16

SD

35.24

(4.74)

(3)

17

CA

35.77

(4.20)

(48)

18

CT

35.96

(4.02)

(9)

19

MN

36.10

(3.88)

(14)

20

NM

36.57

(3.41)

(3)

21

IN

36.84

(3.14)

(19)

22

VA

37.78

(2.20)

(8)

23

IL

38.71

(1.26)

(10)

24

OR

39.69

(0.29)

0

25

MA

40.75

0.77

3

26

HI

43.11

3.13

1

27

MD

43.53

3.55

11

28

NC

44.09

4.11

24

29

UT

45.06

5.08

7

30

SC

45.96

5.98

16

31

DC

46.11

6.14

7

32

VT

46.38

6.40

2

33

LA

47.41

7.43

26

34

AZ

48.03

8.05

24

35

NE

51.12

11.14

16

36

WV

51.95

11.97

16

37

DE

55.17

15.19

10

38

MO

49.50

9.53

60

39

WA

51.44

11.47

32

40

KY

53.26

13.28

41

41

TX

54.91

14.93

193

42

IA

57.43

17.45

54

43

NV

58.08

18.11

20

44

OK

60.12

20.15

55

45

AL

60.30

20.33

84

46

TN

64.78

24.81

120

47

AR

65.24

25.26

54

48

WY

82.48

42.51

12

49

KS

83.66

43.68

81

50

MS

87.05

47.07

75

51

AK

119.56

79.59

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