"Age-Adjusted Death Rates for All Causes of Death for the United States, and Each State, 2000" Area Age-adjusted death rate United States 872.0 Alabama 1013.3 Alaska 861.4 Arizona 844.0 Arkansas 1001.7 California 765.7 Colorado 788.4 Connecticut 797.5 Delaware 920.2 District of Columbia 1043.3 Florida 828.8 Georgia 1002.5 Hawaii 666.7 Idaho 811.7 Illinois 876.9 Indiana 936.4 Iowa 802.4 Kansas 851.9 Kentucky 1004.8 Louisiana 1020.1 Maine 887.4 Maryland 911.6 Massachusetts 818.1 Michigan 892.7 Minnesota 766.0 Mississippi 1074.1 Missouri 928.1 Montana 843.1 Nebraska 798.4 Nevada 951.4 New Hampshire 837.1 New Jersey 853.1 New Mexico 836.1 New York 808.6 North Carolina 963.9 North Dakota 766.4 Ohio 922.5 Oklahoma 986.8 Oregon 834.3 Pennsylvania 903.6 Rhode Island 827.2 South Carolina 994.6 South Dakota 813.2 Tennessee 1019.9 Texas 895.8 Utah 786.1 Vermont 854.3 Virginia 899.9 Washington 806.6 West Virginia 1012.5 Wisconsin 826.6 Wyoming 860.4 "Note: Age-adjusted rates per 100,000 U.S. standard population in 2000." "Source: A.M. Minino et al., ""Deaths: Final Data for 2000,"" National Vital Statistics Reports, 50, Number 15 (2002): Table 33."