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STATE RANKINGS


HOME RANKINGS
How does each state rank with respect to the proportion of people who died at home?

(States are ranked from highest proportion to lowest proportion)


  

1989

1997

2001

Alabama

4

8

8

Alaska

8

3

3

Arizona

50

20

15

Arkansas

22

21

16

California

43

11

11

Colorado

11

10

12

Connecticut

34

43

49

DC

49

51

51

Delaware

45

13

4

Florida

3

12

13

Georgia

47

48

40

Hawaii

12

36

42

Idaho

2

6

6

Illinois

46

46

41

Indiana

29

33

33

Iowa

41

45

47

Kansas

40

38

37

Kentucky

13

22

23

Louisiana

51

40

35

Maine

23

25

36

Maryland

17

18

43

Massachusetts

33

35

32

Michigan

35

16

18

Minnesota

24

31

25

Mississippi

28

42

30

Missouri

26

30

22

Montana

18

14

9

N. Carolina

10

26

29

N. Dakota

44

50

46

Nebraska

20

15

20

Nevada

38

47

45

New Hampshire

7

5

10

New Jersey

30

37

39

New Mexico

9

4

5

New York

31

39

44

Ohio

32

34

38

Oklahoma

48

27

17

Oregon

5

1

1

Pennsylvania

25

32

34

Rhode Island

19

41

48

S. Carolina

14

23

21

S. Dakota

39

49

50

Tennessee

42

44

31

Texas

27

28

24

Utah

1

2

2

Vermont

15

9

19

Virginia

16

24

27

W. Vermont

6

7

7

Washington

36

17

14

Wisconsin

37

29

26

Wyoming

21

19

28



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This web site is published by the Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research at the Brown Medical School. For further information, contact the webmaster via e-mail at factsondying@brown.edu or Dr. Joan Teno at Joan_Teno@brown.edu. Last edited March 19, 2004.