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Women and Heart Disease Fact Sheet

Death Rates for Diseases of the Heart per 100,000
Women, 2002

275.5–219.3 Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, West Virginia
215.5–193.4 Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas
189.7–163.5 California, Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin
161.6–116.6 Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming

Age adjusted to the 2000 U.S. Population; International Classification of Diseases (ICD–10) codes: I00–I09, I11, I13, I20–I51.

Data Source: National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)

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Date last reviewed: 05/12/2006
Content source: Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

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