Conor Stewart
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Get in touch with us now| State (Cause of death) | Number of deaths |
|---|---|
| Alabama (accidental discharge of firearms) | 348 |
| Alaska (water, air and apce, and other and unspecified transport accidents) | 270 |
| Arizona (discharge of firearms, undetermined intent) | 147 |
| Arkansas (discharge of firearms, undetermined intent) | 73 |
| California (hyperplasia of prostate) | 937 |
| Colorado (atherosclerosis) | 3,457 |
| Connecticut (inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs) | 19 |
| Delaware (atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease) | 3,299 |
| District of Columbia (HIV) | 1,977 |
| Florida (HIV) | 15,563 |
| Georgia (unclassified symptoms, signs, abnormal clinical and laboratory findings) | 18,434 |
| Hawaii (other nutritional deficiencies) | 26 |
| Idaho (water, air and apce, and other and unspecified transport accidents) | 207 |
| Illionois (other disorders of kidney) | 12 |
| Indiana (other unspecified events of undetermined intent) | 1,717 |
| Iowa (other and unspecified acute lower respiratory infections) | 26 |
| Kansas (other and unspecified acute lower respiratory infections) | 46 |
| Kentucky (pneumoconioses and chemical effects) | 449 |
| Louisiana (syphilis) | 22 |
| Maine (influenza) | 154 |
| Maryland (other unspecified events of undetermined intent) | 6,588 |
| Massachusetts (other unspecified events of undetermined intent) | 3,077 |
| Michigan (Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease) | 37,292 |
| Minnesota (other and unspecified acute lower respiratory infections) | 28 |
| Mississippi (other and unspecified malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissue) | 18 |
| Missouri (meningococcal infection) | 31 |
| Montana (acute and rapidly progressive nephritic and nephrotic syndrome) | 11 |
| Nebraska (other and unspecified acute lower respiratory infections) | 32 |
| Nevada (legal intervention) | 82 |
| New Hampshire (other nutritional deficiencies) | 14 |
| New Jersey (septicemia) | 18,353 |
| New Mexico (legal intervention) | 77 |
| New York (inflammatory disease of female pelvic organs) | 97 |
| North Carolina (other nutritinal deficiencies) | 103 |
| North Dakota (influenza) | 83 |
| Ohio (other and unspecified acute lower respiratory infections) | 73 |
| Oklahoma (other acute ischemic heart diseases) | 8,623 |
| Oregon (legal intervention) | 110 |
| Pennsylvania (pneumoconioses and chemical effects) | 1,470 |
| Rhode Island (other and unspecified events of undetermined intent) | 589 |
| South Carolina (other acute ischemic heart diseases) | 2,094 |
| South Dakota (influenza) | 141 |
| Tennessee (accidental discharge of firearms) | 336 |
| Texas (tuberculosis) | 679 |
| Utah (other and unspecified events of undetermined intent) | 2,380 |
| Vermont (other nutritional deficiencies) | 16 |
| Virginia (other acute ischemic heart diseases) | 5,136 |
| Washington (meningococcal infection) | 47 |
| West Virginia (pneumoconioses and chemical effects) | 882 |
| Wiconsin (other and unspecified acute lower respiratory infections) | 26 |
| Wyoming (influenza) | 49 |
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Release date
May 2015
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United States
Survey time period
2001 to 2010
Supplementary notes
* The statistic does not show the main cause of death by state, which is basically heart disease or cancer. What it shows is the cause of death in each state that stands out most relative to its national average.
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