DATA SET #2: 1991 Vital Statistics (SOURCE: US Census Bureau)

 

 

Birth rate per 1000

Infant mortality rate

Heart Disease Deaths per 100,000

Cancer Deaths per 100,000

Maine

13.6

6.7

300

238

New Hampshire

14.8

6.1

246

203

Vermont

14.0

5.8

259

197

Massachusetts

14.7

6.6

285

230

Rhode Island

14.7

8.0

323

236

Connecticut

14.8

7.4

291

214

New York

16.2

9.4

353

213

New Jersey

15.6

8.7

301

234

Pennsylvania

14.1

9.1

363

251

Ohio

15.2

9.4

320

222

Indiana

15.3

9.1

299

214

Illinois

16.8

10.7

309

212

Michigan

16.0

10.4

295

206

Wisconsin

14.5

8.3

290

209

Minnesota

15.1

7.5

241

189

Iowa

13.9

8.0

346

228

Missouri

15.3

10.2

345

229

North Dakota

14.0

8.1

286

216

South Dakota

15.6

9.4

331

215

Nebraska

15.1

7.6

322

200

Kansas

15.2

8.9

301

206

Delaware

16.5

11.8

283

224

Maryland

16.3

9.2

242

201

Dist. of Columbia

19.7

21.0

312

259

Virginia

15.5

9.9

250

191

West Virginia

12.5

8.2

393

257

North Carolina

15.2

10.8

281

198

South Carolina

16.2

11.3

268

190

Georgia

16.7

11.4

249

175

Florida

14.6

9.0

348

260

Kentucky

14.6

8.9

322

230

Tennessee

15.0

10.0

313

213

Alabama

15.4

11.2

322

216

Mississippi

16.7

11.4

372

213

Arkansas

15.0

10.2

346

236

Louisiana

17.0

10.5

293

209

Oklahoma

15.1

9.6

340

215

Texas

18.3

7.7

227

168

Montana

14.2

7.0

241

203

Idaho

16.2

8.7

225

165

Wyoming

14.6

7.9

198

154

Colorado

15.9

8.9

182

154

New Mexico

18.0

8.1

200

152

Arizona

18.2

8.6

234

191

Utah

20.4

6.1

157

112

Nevada

17.2

9.2

250

186

Washington

15.9

7.5

223

183

Oregon

14.5

7.3

246

213

California

20.1

7.6

222

165

Alaska

20.5

8.9

83

88

Hawaii

17.6

7.4

180

146