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Appendix A

Source: Casper ML, Barnett E, Williams GI Jr., Halverson JA, Braham VE, Greenlund KJ. Atlas of Stroke Mortality: Racial, Ethnic, and Geographic Disparities in the United States. Atlanta, GA: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2003.
Note: Information is presented as at the time of publication. Some reference, resource and contact information may not be current.

Table 1. State Rankings and Stroke Death Rates* by Racial and Ethnic Group

State	Total Population		American Indians and Alaska Natives		Asians and Pacific Islanders		Blacks		Hispanics		Whites
State	Rate	Rank^†	Rate	Rank^‡	Rate	Rank^*	Rate	Rank^\|\|	Rate	Rank^♦	Rate	Rank**
AL	135	27	††	††	††	††	180	27	47	6	124	20
AK	125	19	158	24	158	28	††	††	††	††	118	16
AZ	108	8	101	15	113	21	127	6	102	27	108	9
AR	163	34	††	††	††	††	225	36	††	††	157	32
CA	124	18	51	6	118	23	169	21	87	22	121	18
CO	112	10	59	8	82	9	151	13	96	24	111	11
CT	103	5	††	††	66	5	121	4	56	11	101	6
DE	106	7	††	††	††	††	153	14	††	††	100	5
DC	120	16	††	††	††	††	132	7	††	††	93	2
FL	102	4	34	3	55	1	181	28	66	15	97	3
GA	146	31	††	††	93	15	191	32	43	5	134	26
HI	116	12	††	††	129	25	74	1	89	23	87	1
ID	129	22	119	18	145	27	††	††	89	23	128	23
IL	125	19	††	††	69	6	153	14	56	11	121	18
IN	138	29	††	††	57	2	162	19	60	13	136	27
IA	119	15	††	††	103	17	162	19	61	14	118	16
KS	120	16	90	14	88	12	183	30	79	18	118	16
KY	133	25	††	††	87	11	165	20	87	22	132	24
LA	133	25	79	12	88	12	172	23	55	10	121	18
ME	111	9	††	††	††	††	††	††	††	††	111	11
MD	117	13	70	11	92	14	145	10	22	2	110	10
MA	100	2	††	††	87	11	125	5	51	8	99	4
MI	124	18	160	25	91	13	151	13	79	18	121	18
MN	125	19	102	16	141	26	158	18	81	19	124	20
MS	140	30	139	19	91	13	183	30	††	††	125	21
MO	127	21	32	2	115	22	156	16	82	20	124	20
MT	124	18	149	22	††	††	††	††	108	29	123	19
NE	117	13	169	27	††	††	176	25	51	8	116	14
NV	118	14	51	6	112	20	154	15	49	7	117	15
NH	118	14	††	††	††	††	††	††	††	††	118	16
NJ	101	3	53	7	59	3	141	9	54	9	97	3
NM	105	6	85	13	108	19	107	3	106	28	106	8
NY	89	1	48	5	59	3	95	2	54	9	87	1
NC	155	32	145	21	75	7	210	34	26	3	143	28
ND	122	17	141	20	††	††	††	††	††	††	121	18
OH	117	13	††	††	69	6	146	11	58	12	115	13
OK	131	24	67	10	124	24	165	20	18	1	133	25
OR	146	31	111	17	129	25	209	33	75	16	145	29
PA	116	12	40	4	86	10	149	12	89	23	113	12
RI	103	5	††	††	98	16	157	17	37	4	102	7
SC	169	35	††	††	61	4	237	37	††	††	149	31
SD	116	12	165	26	††	††	††	††	††	††	115	13
TN	156	33	††	††	107	18	220	35	85	21	148	30
TX	130	23	13	1	80	8	182	29	100	26	126	22
UT	119	15	61	9	113	21	170	22	98	25	119	17
VT	115	11	††	††	††	††	††	††	††	††	115	13
VA	137	28	††	††	87	11	188	31	54	9	128	23
WA	134	26	145	21	124	24	173	24	77	17	133	25
WV	118	14	††	††	††	††	137	8	††	††	117	15
WI	130	23	180	28	141	26	178	26	49	7	128	23
WY	126	20	150	23	††	††	††	††	106	28	126	22
U.S.	121	N/A	79	N/A	105	N/A	166	N/A	79	N/A	117	N/A

*Death rates per 100,000 population for 1991–1998 are age–adjusted to the 2000 U.S. population.

† The state with the lowest rate was ranked 1. The state with the highest rate was ranked 35. States with identical rates were assigned the same rank.

‡ The state with the highest rate was ranked 28.

* The state with the highest rate was ranked 28.

|| The state with the highest rate was ranked 37.

♦ The state with the highest rate was ranked 29.

** The state with the highest rate was ranked 32.

†† Insufficient data to calculate a stroke death rate.

NA = Not applicable.

Table 2. State Rankings and Stroke Death Rates* by Racial and Ethnic Group: Women

State	All Women		American Indian and Alaska Native Women		Asian and Pacific Islander Women		Black Women		Hispanic Women		White Women
State	Rate	Rank^†	Rate	Rank^‡	Rate	Rank^*	Rate	Rank^\|\|	Rate	Rank^♦	Rate	Rank**
AL	128	23	††	††	††	††	162	23	55	10	120	22
AK	131	25	177	15	136	24	††	††	††	††	123	24
AZ	108	8	98	7	99	17	127	7	94	24	107	10
AR	158	32	††	††	††	††	207	32	††	††	151	34
CA	121	17	53	2	106	18	165	24	81	20	119	21
CO	112	11	75	5	75	7	152	17	89	22	111	13
CT	98	4	††	††	74	6	115	3	52	7	97	6
DE	102	6	††	††	††	††	144	14	††	††	96	5
DC	113	12	††	††	††	††	123	6	††	††	87	2
FL	98	4	††	††	53	1	170	25	61	12	93	4
GA	138	28	††	††	85	12	171	26	45	4	129	27
HI	105	7	††	††	113	20	††	††	67	14	84	1
ID	130	24	††	††	††	††	††	††	77	17	130	28
IL	118	15	††	††	61	4	143	13	49	6	115	17
IN	134	27	††	††	63	5	151	16	49	6	132	30
IA	113	12	††	††	††	††	128	8	54	9	113	15
KS	116	14	72	4	84	11	174	27	70	16	114	16
KY	128	23	††	††	††	††	158	20	91	23	127	26
LA	126	21	††	††	82	10	155	18	45	4	116	18
ME	105	7	††	††	††	††	††	††	††	††	105	8
MD	112	11	††	††	94	14	134	9	23	1	106	9
MA	97	3	††	††	82	10	121	4	45	4	96	5
MI	120	16	181	16	86	13	141	12	68	15	117	19
MN	118	15	97	6	132	23	155	18	65	13	117	19
MS	130	24	††	††	††	††	162	23	††	††	118	20
MO	122	18	††	††	114	21	139	11	84	21	120	22
MT	122	18	145	12	††	††	††	††	††	††	120	22
NE	110	9	††	††	††	††	157	19	††	††	109	11
NV	115	13	††	††	94	14	148	15	46	5	115	17
NH	116	14	††	††	††	††	††	††	††	††	116	18
NJ	96	2	††	††	58	3	135	10	49	6	92	3
NM	105	7	75	5	††	††	107	2	101	25	106	9
NY	85	1	44	1	57	2	90	1	49	6	84	1
NC	145	30	133	9	86	13	190	29	25	2	136	31
ND	111	10	134	10	††	††	††	††	††	††	111	13
OH	112	11	††	††	63	5	135	10	55	10	110	12
OK	128	23	64	3	126	22	155	18	††	††	131	29
OR	144	29	113	8	145	25	195	30	68	15	143	32
PA	111	10	††	††	86	13	139	11	80	19	109	11
RI	99	5	††	††	††	††	161	22	42	3	98	7
SC	159	33	††	††	††	††	209	33	††	††	144	33
SD	108	8	139	11	††	††	††	††	††	††	107	10
TN	149	31	††	††	98	16	198	31	67	14	143	32
TX	126	22	††	††	78	8	170	25	89	22	122	23
UT	120	16	††	††	96	15	180	28	78	18	120	22
VT	112	11	††	††	††	††	††	††	††	††	112	14
VA	130	24	††	††	80	9	171	26	53	8	122	23
WA	132	26	159	13	109	19	171	26	60	11	131	29
WV	115	13	††	††	††	††	122	5	††	††	115	17
WI	123	19	170	14	126	22	160	21	52	7	122	23
WY	124	20	††	††	††	††	††	††	106	26	124	25
U.S.	117	N/A	77	N/A	96	N/A	153	N/A	72	N/A	113	N/A

*Death rates per 100,000 women for 1991–1998 are age–adjusted to the 2000 U.S. population.

† The state with the lowest rate was ranked 1. The state with the highest rate was ranked 33. States with identical rates were assigned the same rank.

‡ The state with the highest rate was ranked 16.

* The state with the highest rate was ranked 25.

|| The state with the highest rate was ranked 33.

♦ The state with the highest rate was ranked 26.

** The state with the highest rate was ranked 34.

†† Insufficient data to calculate a stroke death rate.

NA = Not applicable.

Table 3. State Rankings and Stroke Death Rates* by Racial and Ethnic Group: Men

State	All Men		American Indian and Alaska Native Men		Asian and Pacific Islander Men		Black Men		Hispanic Men		White Men
State	Rate	Rank^†	Rate	Rank^‡	Rate	Rank^*	Rate	Rank^\|\|	Rate	Rank^♦	Rate	Rank**
AL	142	30	††	††	††	††	205	26	††	††	129	21
AK	116	9	133	11	201	26	††	††	††	††	110	9
AZ	107	6	106	7	130	19	125	4	111	23	106	7
AR	168	37	††	††	††	††	248	32	††	††	161	34
CA	126	18	48	2	134	20	173	16	93	17	123	17
CO	109	7	††	††	93	10	141	5	107	22	109	8
CT	107	6	††	††	55	1	125	4	61	7	106	7
DE	109	7	††	††	††	††	164	13	††	††	102	5
DC	129	21	††	††	††	††	144	6	††	††	102	5
FL	106	5	41	1	57	2	194	21	73	12	100	3
GA	155	34	††	††	103	14	219	29	40	2	141	29
HI	129	21	††	††	147	23	††	††	111	23	86	1
ID	125	17	††	††	††	††	††	††	104	20	125	19
IL	133	23	††	††	79	6	166	14	65	9	129	21
IN	141	29	††	††	††	††	176	18	74	13	139	28
IA	125	17	††	††	††	††	212	28	††	††	124	18
KS	125	17	109	8	††	††	197	22	88	16	122	16
KY	140	28	††	††	††	††	172	15	††	††	138	27
LA	143	31	††	††	95	11	197	22	72	11	128	20
ME	119	12	††	††	††	††	††	††	††	††	119	14
MD	122	15	††	††	90	9	159	10	22	1	113	10
MA	102	2	††	††	96	12	124	3	59	6	101	4
MI	129	21	124	9	97	13	162	12	95	18	125	19
MN	132	22	109	8	154	24	157	9	107	22	131	23
MS	153	33	††	††	††	††	212	28	††	††	134	24
MO	134	24	††	††	116	16	180	20	76	14	130	22
MT	125	17	152	12	††	††	††	††	††	††	124	18
NE	127	19	296	17	††	††	203	25	68	10	125	19
NV	119	12	††	††	134	20	156	8	50	4	118	13
NH	117	10	††	††	††	††	††	††	††	††	117	12
NJ	106	5	††	††	59	3	147	7	61	7	102	5
NM	104	3	100	5	††	††	104	2	111	23	104	6
NY	91	1	54	3	60	4	101	1	61	7	90	2
NC	166	36	162	14	59	3	239	31	††	††	152	31
ND	136	26	153	13	††	††	††	††	††	††	135	25
OH	123	16	††	††	78	5	161	11	62	8	120	15
OK	134	24	69	4	120	17	178	19	††	††	135	25
OR	146	32	105	6	110	15	225	30	83	15	146	30
PA	121	14	††	††	85	8	161	11	100	19	118	13
RI	105	4	††	††	††	††	144	6	††	††	104	6
SC	178	38	††	††	††	††	277	34	††	††	152	32
SD	127	19	198	16	††	††	††	††	††	††	125	19
TN	165	35	††	††	121	18	254	33	113	24	154	33
TX	134	24	††	††	82	7	199	24	113	24	128	20
UT	114	8	††	††	136	21	††	††	121	25	114	11
VT	118	11	††	††	††	††	††	††	††	††	117	12
VA	146	32	††	††	96	12	211	27	52	5	135	25
WA	135	25	126	10	144	22	175	17	100	19	134	24
WV	120	13	††	††	††	††	161	11	††	††	119	14
WI	138	27	192	15	167	25	198	23	45	3	136	26
WY	128	20	††	††	††	††	††	††	105	21	128	20
U.S.	126	N/A	80	N/A	118	N/A	182	N/A	88	N/A	121	N/A

*Death rates per 100,000 men for 1991–1998 are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. population.

† The state with the lowest rate was ranked 1. The state with the highest rate was ranked 38. States with identical rates were assigned the same rank.

‡ The state with the highest rate was ranked 17.

* The state with the highest rate was ranked 26.

|| The state with the highest rate was ranked 34.

♦ The state with the highest rate was ranked 25.

** The state with the highest rate was ranked 34.

†† Insufficient data to calculate a stroke death rate.

NA = Not applicable.