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Unintentional injury death rate, 2024: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Unintentional injury death rate, 2024 (age-adjusted). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Leading causes of death by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

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Data last updated
2026-11-11
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National value: 53.3 (United States).

Washington: 67.5Idaho: 54.8Montana: 57.4North Dakota: 47Minnesota: 55.1Michigan: 47.8Ohio: 59.6Pennsylvania: 54New York: 39.7Vermont: 71New Hampshire: 52.4Maine: 73.2Arizona: 70.8California: 43.6New Mexico: 79.3Texas: 46.1Louisiana: 69.2Mississippi: 70.5Alabama: 60.8Florida: 53.1Georgia: 48.5South Carolina: 67.3North Carolina: 64.2Virginia: 43.4District of Columbia: 63.7Maryland: 46.7Delaware: 58New Jersey: 38.4Connecticut: 48.4Rhode Island: 56.9Massachusetts: 46.5Oregon: 69.9Utah: 46.9Wyoming: 60.2Nevada: 67.6Colorado: 60.7South Dakota: 58.4Nebraska: 41.5Kansas: 55.4Oklahoma: 74Iowa: 50.4Missouri: 61.8Wisconsin: 61.5Illinois: 45.1Kentucky: 70.3Arkansas: 54Tennessee: 75West Virginia: 87.6Indiana: 55.6Alaska: 91.4Hawaii: 41

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 38.4 to 46.9
  • Group 2: 46.9 to 54.8
  • Group 3: 54.8 to 60.7
  • Group 4: 60.7 to 69.9
  • Highest: 69.9 to 91.4
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.

Note: Provisional 2024 rates; final figures may differ slightly.

1Alaska91.4
2West Virginia87.6
3New Mexico79.3
4Tennessee75
5Oklahoma74
6Maine73.2
7Vermont71
8Arizona70.8
9Mississippi70.5
10Kentucky70.3
11Oregon69.9
12Louisiana69.2
13Nevada67.6
14Washington67.5
15South Carolina67.3
16North Carolina64.2
17District of Columbia63.7
18Missouri61.8
19Wisconsin61.5
20Alabama60.8
21Colorado60.7
22Wyoming60.2
23Ohio59.6
24South Dakota58.4
25Delaware58
26Montana57.4
27Rhode Island56.9
28Indiana55.6
29Kansas55.4
30Minnesota55.1
31Idaho54.8
32Arkansas54
32Pennsylvania54
34Florida53.1
35New Hampshire52.4
36Iowa50.4
37Georgia48.5
38Connecticut48.4
39Michigan47.8
40North Dakota47
41Utah46.9
42Maryland46.7
43Massachusetts46.5
44Texas46.1
45Illinois45.1
46California43.6
47Virginia43.4
48Nebraska41.5
49Hawaii41
50New York39.7
51New Jersey38.4

Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, VSRR Quarterly provisional estimates for selected indicators of mortality (data.cdc.gov dataset 489q-934x), 12 months ending with 2024 Q4, age-adjusted rates. Reference period: 2024.

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U.S. states ranked by unintentional injury death rate, 2024 (age-adjusted) (2024). Data: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, NCHS – VSRR Quarterly provisional estimates for selected indicators of mortality, data.cdc.gov dataset 489q-934x (12 months ending with 2024 Q4, age-adjusted); rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-11. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-unintentional-injury-death-rate-2024/

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