1978 — Exposure to excessive natural cold/hypothermia (ICD-8 E901); esp. OH/39 — 652

–652 CDC Wonder. (Average hypothermia death rate was 0.29 per 100,000 population. )

Death rate for hypothermia per 100,000 population.

Alabama 11 0.29
Arizona 14 0.56
California 18 0.08
Colorado 10 0.36
Georgia 25 0.47
Illinois 35 0.31
Indiana 25 0.46
Iowa 12 0.41
Kansas 10 0.43
Kentucky 19 0.53
Maryland 11 0.26
Massachusetts 13 0.23
Michigan 20 0.22
Minnesota 27 0.67
Missouri 16 0.33
Montana 10 1.27
New Jersey 10 0.14
New York 34 0.19
North Carolina 23 0.40
Ohio 39 0.36 Highest loss of life of any State.
Oklahoma 12 0.41
Oregon 12 0.48
Pennsylvania 21 0.18
South Carolina 19 0.62
South Dakota 10 1.45 2nd highest state loss of life per 100,000 population.
Tennessee 18 0.40
Texas 23 0.17
Virginia 33 0.62
Washington 10 0.26
Wisconsin 18 0.39
Wyoming 8 1.85 Highest loss of life per 100,000 population of any State.

Source

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Compressed Mortality File 1968-1978. CDC WONDER Online Database. Accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/cmf-icd8.html on Sep 17, 2021 3:31:57 PM