Table 3.

Contribution of smoking to southern mortality disadvantage

	% of Difference in All-Cause Mortality Attributable to Smoking in 2004
Region	Women	Men
Pacifica	17.6	47.3
Mountainb	35.5	60.0
Upper Midwestc	24.5	42.8
Central Midwestd	18.1	47.5
Northeaste	20.0	50.2
All Nonsouthern States	23.3	50.3

Notes: Refers to death rate ages 50+ standardized to the 2000 U.S. population. Southern states considered are Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and West Virginia.

^aAlaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

^bArizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.

^cIowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

^dIllinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio.

^eConnecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont.