The five states with the highest death rates: Alabama Kentucky Mississippi Oklahoma West Virginia The five states with the lowest death rates: California Connecticut Hawaii Minnesota New York
The five US states with the highest death rates have an average rate 49% higher than that of the five states with the lowest death rates, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.
The five states with the highest death rates overall were:The five states with the lowest death rates were:Read MoreThe new report, published on Thursday, is based on 2017 mortality data from the National Vital Statistics System database. That data get collected and compiled by the National Center for Health Statistics from death certificates in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. All age groups -- from under 1, to 85 and older -- were included in the data.
For states that have the highest death rates, Benjamin said that there is hope for improvement."We know that states that have looked at these kinds of rankings and get into the data and understand why they rank or do so poorly can make changes," Benjamin said. "They can improve the social determinants that determine health, they can improve health care quality, they can improve access to health care.
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