Home › Rankings

Ever had a heart attack: U.S. states ranked (2024)

Measure: Ever had a heart attack. All 49 states and District of Columbia with data in Chronic conditions by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-29

Download full table CSV Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (opens in a new tab)

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 2.8 %
RI 4.7 %
DE 4.5 %
CT 4.2 %
NJ 3.8 %
MD 3.5 %
MA 3.4 %
VT 5.2 %
NH 4.2 %

Lowest: 2.8 to 4 %
Group 2: 4 to 4.4 %
Group 3: 4.4 to 4.5 %
Group 4: 4.5 to 5.2 %
Highest: 5.2 to 7 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	West Virginia	7
2	Kentucky	6.6
3	Maine	6.1
4	Arkansas	5.9
5	Missouri	5.8
6	Alabama	5.5
6	Michigan	5.5
8	Oklahoma	5.4
9	Indiana	5.3
10	Ohio	5.2
10	Pennsylvania	5.2
10	Vermont	5.2
13	Florida	5.1
13	Louisiana	5.1
15	South Carolina	5
16	Kansas	4.8
17	Rhode Island	4.7
18	Arizona	4.6
18	Mississippi	4.6
20	Alaska	4.5
20	Delaware	4.5
20	Georgia	4.5
20	Iowa	4.5
20	Montana	4.5
20	Nebraska	4.5
20	New Mexico	4.5
20	North Dakota	4.5
20	Wyoming	4.5
29	Nevada	4.4
29	Oregon	4.4
31	Connecticut	4.2
31	Illinois	4.2
31	Minnesota	4.2
31	New Hampshire	4.2
31	Wisconsin	4.2
36	Hawaii	4.1
36	South Dakota	4.1
38	North Carolina	4
38	Texas	4
38	Virginia	4
41	New York	3.9
42	Colorado	3.8
42	New Jersey	3.8
44	Idaho	3.6
45	Maryland	3.5
46	California	3.4
46	Massachusetts	3.4
48	Washington	3.3
49	District of Columbia	2.8
49	Utah	2.8

Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, BRFSS Prevalence Data (2011 to present), data.cdc.gov dataset dttw-5yxu. Reference period: 2024.

Cite this ranking

U.S. states ranked by ever had a heart attack (2024). Data: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), BRFSS Prevalence Data (2011 to present), data.cdc.gov dataset dttw-5yxu; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-ever-had-a-heart-attack/

Download source table CSV All rankings