Table 17.
—Annual Number of Adults Aged ≥ 25 Years With COPD as the Underlying Cause of Death, by State—United States, Mortality Component of the National Vital Statistics System, 1999-2010
| State | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
| Alabama | 2,095 | 1,964 | 2,125 | 2,245 | 2,347 | 2,256 | 2,318 | 2,239 | 2,463 | 2,655 | 2,693 | 2,784 |
| Alaska | 133 | 125 | 134 | 132 | 132 | 128 | 145 | 129 | 164 | 176 | 187 | 165 |
| Arizona | 2,414 | 2,410 | 2,382 | 2,462 | 2,448 | 2,328 | 2,723 | 2,695 | 2,605 | 2,860 | 2,773 | 2,836 |
| Arkansas | 1,296 | 1,328 | 1,297 | 1,383 | 1,439 | 1,375 | 1,508 | 1437 | 1,587 | 1,833 | 1,772 | 1,732 |
| California | 12,488 | 12,092 | 12,356 | 12,088 | 12,833 | 11,971 | 12,608 | 12,223 | 11,995 | 12,870 | 12,393 | 12,455 |
| Colorado | 1,791 | 1,715 | 1,762 | 1,773 | 1,864 | 1,823 | 1,864 | 1,873 | 1,948 | 2,128 | 2,012 | 2,143 |
| Connecticut | 1,366 | 1,469 | 1,429 | 1,385 | 1,395 | 1,375 | 1,421 | 1,400 | 1,310 | 1,461 | 1,389 | 1,237 |
| Delaware | 316 | 322 | 286 | 335 | 333 | 334 | 398 | 338 | 370 | 460 | 421 | 427 |
| District of Columbia | 150 | 160 | 138 | 125 | 126 | 144 | 123 | 114 | 122 | 133 | 127 | 139 |
| Florida | 8,815 | 8,345 | 8,621 | 8,738 | 8,778 | 8,703 | 9,173 | 8,668 | 9,092 | 9,957 | 9,891 | 10,076 |
| Georgia | 2,903 | 2,914 | 2,950 | 3,032 | 3,105 | 2,980 | 3,262 | 3,241 | 3,269 | 3,426 | 3,615 | 3,694 |
| Hawaii | 250 | 233 | 243 | 234 | 249 | 270 | 260 | 258 | 260 | 266 | 269 | 265 |
| Idaho | 542 | 549 | 562 | 574 | 575 | 544 | 691 | 624 | 639 | 682 | 699 | 701 |
| Illinois | 4,851 | 4,486 | 4,499 | 4,539 | 4,601 | 4,493 | 4,817 | 4,521 | 4,552 | 5,384 | 5,093 | 4,998 |
| Indiana | 2,915 | 2,948 | 3,053 | 3,032 | 3,167 | 3,030 | 3,365 | 3,193 | 3,130 | 3,768 | 3,649 | 3,697 |
| Iowa | 1,574 | 1,454 | 1,482 | 1,521 | 1,620 | 1,492 | 1,650 | 1,603 | 1,605 | 1,803 | 1,777 | 1,633 |
| Kansas | 1,323 | 1,351 | 1,393 | 1,328 | 1,407 | 1,272 | 1,529 | 1,447 | 1,437 | 1,581 | 1,537 | 1,532 |
| Kentucky | 2,260 | 2,090 | 2,204 | 2,339 | 2,327 | 2,202 | 2,507 | 2,331 | 2,577 | 2,874 | 2,791 | 2,721 |
| Louisiana | 1,525 | 1,591 | 1,684 | 1,598 | 1,660 | 1,547 | 1,830 | 1,630 | 1,633 | 1,831 | 1,826 | 1,895 |
| Maine | 730 | 755 | 773 | 769 | 762 | 744 | 813 | 763 | 717 | 774 | 801 | 788 |
| Maryland | 1,836 | 1,828 | 1,813 | 1,838 | 1,887 | 1,808 | 1,823 | 1,761 | 1,813 | 1,916 | 1,980 | 1,955 |
| Massachusetts | 2,729 | 2,799 | 2,699 | 2,630 | 2,668 | 2,466 | 2,529 | 2,457 | 2,260 | 2,510 | 2,481 | 2,306 |
| Michigan | 4,130 | 4,150 | 3,974 | 4,251 | 4,316 | 4,099 | 4,304 | 4,334 | 4,466 | 5,050 | 4,814 | 4,943 |
| Minnesota | 1,880 | 1,794 | 1,816 | 1,864 | 1,742 | 1,762 | 1,883 | 1,706 | 1,686 | 2,023 | 1,879 | 1,923 |
| Mississippi | 1,217 | 1,189 | 1,275 | 1,320 | 1,352 | 1,295 | 1,416 | 1,324 | 1,363 | 1,464 | 1,505 | 1,602 |
| Missouri | 2,949 | 2,692 | 2,781 | 2,765 | 2,836 | 2,628 | 3,002 | 2,922 | 2,990 | 3,663 | 3,354 | 3,453 |
| Montana | 538 | 499 | 559 | 554 | 568 | 563 | 569 | 561 | 595 | 681 | 588 | 586 |
| Nebraska | 893 | 794 | 831 | 885 | 851 | 774 | 897 | 845 | 882 | 1,009 | 945 | 976 |
| Nevada | 987 | 959 | 1,108 | 1,149 | 1,155 | 1,097 | 1,209 | 1,046 | 1,027 | 1,233 | 1,215 | 1,155 |
| New Hampshire | 578 | 560 | 596 | 553 | 509 | 581 | 611 | 589 | 593 | 676 | 640 | 594 |
| New Jersey | 2,993 | 2,874 | 2,761 | 2,737 | 2,775 | 2,895 | 3,009 | 2,732 | 2,881 | 3,159 | 3,010 | 2,998 |
| New Mexico | 810 | 725 | 734 | 815 | 893 | 722 | 824 | 857 | 852 | 973 | 955 | 996 |
| New York | 6,653 | 6,419 | 6,514 | 6,581 | 6,336 | 6,430 | 6,472 | 6,047 | 6,281 | 6,619 | 6,440 | 6,509 |
| North Carolina | 3,412 | 3,533 | 3,343 | 3,531 | 3,725 | 3,474 | 4,005 | 3,858 | 4,071 | 4,413 | 4,196 | 4,357 |
| North Dakota | 256 | 280 | 298 | 306 | 284 | 260 | 260 | 274 | 255 | 341 | 330 | 341 |
| Ohio | 5,656 | 5,773 | 5,686 | 5,840 | 5,739 | 5,727 | 6,406 | 5,871 | 6,263 | 6,771 | 6,479 | 6,520 |
| Oklahoma | 1,683 | 1,906 | 1,853 | 1,920 | 2,093 | 1,923 | 2,296 | 2,133 | 2,333 | 2,645 | 2,539 | 2,679 |
| Oregon | 1,664 | 1,599 | 1,646 | 1,754 | 1,738 | 1,711 | 1,767 | 1,730 | 1,816 | 1,868 | 1,847 | 1,888 |
| Pennsylvania | 5,922 | 5,837 | 5,646 | 5,797 | 5,816 | 5,774 | 5,935 | 5,420 | 5,871 | 6,531 | 6,254 | 6,025 |
| Rhode Island | 478 | 493 | 494 | 509 | 474 | 447 | 502 | 467 | 406 | 462 | 500 | 498 |
| South Carolina | 1,675 | 1,645 | 1,640 | 1,805 | 1,819 | 1,699 | 1,879 | 1,854 | 1,949 | 2,176 | 2,245 | 2,175 |
| South Dakota | 315 | 364 | 335 | 364 | 365 | 375 | 424 | 363 | 437 | 474 | 431 | 430 |
| Tennessee | 2,655 | 2,765 | 2,826 | 2,874 | 2,939 | 2,885 | 3,076 | 2,875 | 3,064 | 3,462 | 3,408 | 3,460 |
| Texas | 7,139 | 6,960 | 7,404 | 7,400 | 7,264 | 7,110 | 7,666 | 7,334 | 7,814 | 8,605 | 8,365 | 8,667 |
| Utah | 523 | 482 | 483 | 555 | 525 | 549 | 559 | 548 | 589 | 604 | 547 | 637 |
| Vermont | 288 | 295 | 298 | 267 | 295 | 286 | 370 | 308 | 307 | 330 | 353 | 322 |
| Virginia | 2,549 | 2,667 | 2,607 | 2,620 | 2,840 | 2,607 | 2,770 | 2,592 | 2,656 | 2,899 | 2,901 | 2,865 |
| Washington | 2,604 | 2,533 | 2,520 | 2,604 | 2,545 | 2,448 | 2,591 | 2,553 | 2,597 | 2,832 | 2,835 | 2,634 |
| West Virginia | 1,208 | 1,300 | 1,242 | 1,195 | 1,257 | 1,207 | 1,315 | 1,233 | 1,289 | 1,567 | 1,462 | 1,455 |
| Wisconsin | 2,172 | 2,202 | 2,286 | 2,246 | 2,223 | 2,220 | 2,352 | 2,273 | 2,325 | 2,455 | 2,397 | 2,384 |
| Wyoming | 327 | 277 | 256 | 319 | 270 | 301 | 279 | 329 | 285 | 304 | 307 | 324 |
| Total | 118,456 | 116,494 | 117,697 | 119,480 | 121,267 | 117,134 | 126,005 | 119,923 | 123,491 | 136,637 | 132,917 | 133,575 |
COPD includes ICD-10 Codes J40–J44 from the WHO. See Table 15 legend for expansion of abbreviations.