Indicator Summary
- Asian/Pacific Islander adults aged 25-44 have lower rates of premature death compared with other racial/ethnic groups with 66 annual deaths per 100,000, and the lowest rate among the 45-64 age group with 302 annual deaths per 100,000.
- American Indian/Alaska Native adults have higher rates of premature death compared to other racial/ethnic groups with 481 annual deaths per 100,000 among adults aged 25-44 and 1,153 annual deaths per 100,000 among adults aged 45-64.
- Six Western states (Utah, California, Washington, Hawaii, Colorado and Idaho) and three Northeastern states (Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut) are among the top ten states with the lowest rates of premature mortality.
- Nine Southern states (West Virginia, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and South Carolina) are among the bottom ten states with the highest rates of premature mortality.
* Estimates for the following may be unreliable due to small population size (<4,000 annual population for 25-44 year olds and <700 for 45-64 year olds). In the 25-44yo age group these include: Black respondents in Idaho, Montana, Vermont and Wyoming; Asian & Pacific Islander respondents in Montana, Vermont and Wyoming; Hispanic respondents in Vermont; American Indian/Alaska Native respondents in Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming; and Multiracial populations in New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming. For the 45-64yo age group, the estimate for American Indian/Alaska Native respondents in the District of Columbia may be unreliable. Data for Rhode Island and New York not reported by education due to unreported educational attainment data in majority of deaths.
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