Table 5: Health (Infant Mortality Per 1,000 Live Births; Inverse Rank)
 
STATE INVERSE RANK CASES PER 100,000
ALABAMA 49 9.8
ALASKA 31 7.7
ARIZONA 27 7.5
ARKANSAS 40 8.8
CALIFORNIA 11 6.3
COLORADO 14 6.5
CONNECTICUT 21 7.2
DELAWARE 26 7.5
FLORIDA 25 7.5
GEORGIA 45 9.4
HAWAII 5 5.8
IDAHO 9 6.1
ILLINOIS 44 9.4
INDIANA 38 8.4
IOWA 35 8.2
KANSAS 18 7.0
KENTUCKY 28 7.6
LOUISIANA 48 9.8
MAINE 13 6.5
MARYLAND 41 8.9
MASSACHUSETTS 1 5.2
MICHIGAN 37 8.3
MINNESOTA 16 6.7
MISSISSIPPI 50 10.5
MISSOURI 24 7.4
MONTANA 17 7.0
NEBRASKA 23 7.4
NEVADA 4 5.7
NEW HAMPSHIRE 3 5.5
NEW JERSEY 15 6.6
NEW MEXICO 10 6.2
NEW YORK 30 7.7
NORTH CAROLINA 42 9.2
NORTH DAKOTA 20 7.2
OHIO 44 8.7
OKLAHOMA 37 8.3
OREGON 8 6.1
PENNSYLVANIA 33 7.8
RHODE ISLAND 19 7.2
SOUTH CAROLINA 47 9.6
SOUTH DAKOTA 46 9.5
TENNESSEE 43 9.3
TEXAS 12 6.5
UTAH 2 5.4
VERMONT 7 6.0
VIRGINIA 32 7.8
WASHINGTON 6 5.9
WEST VIRGINIA 34 7.9
WISCONSIN 22 7.3
WYOMING 29 7.7
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