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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2007 Sep;17(9):689–696. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.03.019

Table 1B.

Stroke mortality rates (per 1000) for women and AA-to-white mortality ratio by state and age strata.

STATE Women aged 45-54 Women aged 55-64 Women aged 65-74 Women aged 75-84 Women aged 85 or older
Mortality Ratio Mortality Ratio Mortality Ratio Mortality Ratio Mortality Ratio
White Black White Black White Black White Black White Black
Non-Southern California 0.12 0.39 3.37 0.32 0.79 2.52 1.15 2.20 1.91 4.59 6.27 1.37 17.28 17.10 0.99
Connecticut 0.10 0.19 1.84 0.18 0.51 2.83 0.88 1.28 1.45 3.72 4.92 1.32 14.08 11.51 0.82
Illinois 0.09 0.39 4.25 0.30 0.80 2.67 1.11 1.67 1.50 4.30 5.03 1.17 16.65 13.02 0.78
Indiana 0.13 0.38 2.94 0.33 0.70 2.09 1.25 2.31 1.84 4.88 5.96 1.22 18.50 15.05 0.81
Kentucky 0.13 0.36 2.72 0.36 0.76 2.10 1.29 2.04 1.58 5.01 5.07 1.01 17.60 16.51 0.94
Massachusetts 0.08 0.14 1.83 0.21 0.34 1.59 0.84 1.21 1.43 3.70 4.18 1.13 14.23 12.14 0.85
Maryland 0.08 0.32 3.97 0.26 0.63 2.46 1.03 1.72 1.67 4.19 4.86 1.16 16.88 13.05 0.77
Michigan 0.12 0.39 3.35 0.29 0.63 2.18 1.07 1.88 1.75 4.47 5.10 1.14 16.61 14.65 0.88
Missouri 0.11 0.40 3.82 0.35 0.70 2.02 1.17 1.87 1.60 4.70 4.57 0.97 17.07 12.73 0.75
New Jersey 0.09 0.35 3.83 0.23 0.62 2.69 0.83 1.68 2.03 3.27 4.35 1.33 12.10 11.72 0.97
New York 0.09 0.26 2.73 0.24 0.46 1.89 0.80 1.09 1.36 2.93 2.63 0.90 10.82 6.85 0.63
Ohio 0.11 0.37 3.30 0.31 0.74 2.35 1.14 1.78 1.57 4.37 4.93 1.13 15.84 14.71 0.93
Oklahoma 0.17 0.47 2.82 0.37 0.83 2.25 1.31 1.68 1.28 5.23 6.83 1.31 17.64 15.47 0.88
Pennsylvania 0.10 0.31 3.18 0.28 0.75 2.64 1.00 1.88 1.88 4.16 4.92 1.18 15.34 14.86 0.97
Texas 0.12 0.40 3.25 0.33 0.88 2.64 1.16 2.26 1.94 4.77 6.08 1.27 17.85 16.98 0.95
Wisconsin 0.11 0.37 3.51 0.27 0.77 2.83 1.14 1.45 1.27 4.62 6.60 1.43 17.81 15.99 0.90
Average 0.11 0.34 3.17 0.29 0.68 2.36 1.07 1.75 1.63 4.31 5.14 1.19 16.02 13.90 0.86
Southern Alabama 0.13 0.41 3.14 0.36 1.02 2.81 1.26 2.28 1.81 4.77 5.68 1.19 17.02 14.01 0.82
Arkansas 0.15 0.56 3.83 0.46 1.18 2.59 1.52 2.59 1.70 5.76 7.15 1.24 20.32 18.01 0.89
Florida 0.12 0.34 2.94 0.26 0.85 3.22 0.84 2.05 2.45 3.33 5.99 1.80 12.73 16.01 1.26
Georgia 0.13 0.44 3.25 0.38 0.94 2.48 1.32 2.46 1.87 4.91 6.11 1.24 17.24 13.92 0.81
Louisiana 0.14 0.51 3.52 0.32 0.93 2.92 1.14 2.18 1.91 4.23 5.82 1.38 15.92 14.15 0.89
Mississippi 0.14 0.56 4.08 0.41 1.12 2.74 1.27 2.11 1.67 4.75 5.78 1.22 15.34 13.25 0.86
North
Carolina		 0.11 0.41 3.76 0.32 0.80 2.48 1.27 2.33 1.83 5.18 6.55 1.26 20.32 18.42 0.91
South
Carolina		 0.13 0.46 3.58 0.35 1.17 3.39 1.26 2.78 2.21 5.35 7.18 1.34 20.40 19.03 0.93
Tennessee 0.14 0.37 2.76 0.41 1.11 2.69 1.32 2.81 2.13 5.58 6.74 1.21 19.69 16.99 0.86
Virginia 0.10 0.34 3.52 0.27 0.80 2.94 1.15 2.30 2.01 4.70 6.20 1.32 18.16 17.34 0.96
Average 0.13 0.44 3.44 0.35 0.99 2.83 1.24 2.39 1.96 4.86 6.32 1.32 17.71 16.11 0.92
Southern Excess 18% 28% 8% 22% 45% 20% 15% 37% 20% 13% 23% 11% 11% 16% 6%