Fact Based List:

The Commonwealth Fund: 10 States with Highest Rate of Avoidable Deaths Before Age 75

  1. West Virginia: 416 deaths per 100,000 population
  2. Mississippi: 411 deaths per 100,000 population
  3. Oklahoma: 392 deaths per 100,000 population
  4. Arkansas: 382 deaths per 100,000 population
  5. Kentucky: 378 deaths per 100,000 population
  6. Tennessee: 374 deaths per 100,000 population
  7. Louisiana: 357 deaths per 100,000 population
  8. Alabama: 348 deaths per 100,000 population
  9. District of Columbia: 348 deaths per 100,000 population
  10. New Mexico: 330 deaths per 100,0000 population

Source: The Commonwealth Fund, August 11, 2022
Source URL: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2022/americans-no-matt...
Notes: Average rate of avoidable deaths before age 75 in the U.S. is 272 deaths per 100,000 population.