Table. Trends in Age-Adjusted Premature (<75 Years of Age) Death Rates in the United States, 1990–2009.

State	Baseline Trend (1990–1999)		Follow-up Trend (2000–2009)		Change in Trend (1990s to 2000s)		Current Rate (2009)
	APC, %	Rank	APC, %	Rank	Change in APC,a %	Rank	Rateb	Rank
Alabama	−0.80	40	−0.34	45	0.46	42	463	48
Alaska	−1.69	6	−1.05	36	0.64	46	351	32
Arizona	−1.29	23	−1.79	15	−0.49	10	326	22
Arkansas	−0.80	40	−0.27	46	0.53	44	449	45
California	−2.18	2	−2.06	8	0.11	33	289	8
Colorado	−1.39	18	−1.65	17	−0.26	22	297	12
Connecticut	−1.49	13	−2.51	4	−1.03	1	276	2
Delaware	−1.59	11	−1.34	29	0.25	38	355	33
Florida	−1.49	13	−1.16	32	0.33	41	341	25
Georgia	−1.49	13	−2.17	7	−0.68	7	388	41
Hawaii	−1.00	35	−0.27	47	0.72	48	288	7
Idaho	−1.00	35	−1.36	28	−0.36	17	309	16
Illinois	−1.69	6	−2.18	6	−0.50	9	337	24
Indiana	−0.80	40	−1.19	31	−0.40	15	381	39
Iowa	−1.00	35	−0.86	39	0.14	34	312	17
Kansas	−0.60	47	−0.89	38	−0.30	18	345	27
Kentucky	−0.90	38	−0.61	42	0.28	40	449	44
Louisiana	−1.09	29	−0.90	37	0.20	36	456	47
Maine	−1.39	18	−1.43	26	−0.04	31	314	18
Maryland	−1.39	18	−2.27	5	−0.88	3	342	26
Massachusetts	−2.08	4	−2.56	3	−0.48	12	283	5
Michigan	−1.19	26	−1.59	20	−0.40	14	360	34
Minnesota	−1.49	13	−1.93	11	−0.44	13	268	1
Mississippi	−0.50	49	−0.68	40	−0.18	26	482	50
Missouri	−0.70	44	−1.07	35	−0.37	16	384	40
Montana	−1.19	26	−0.62	41	0.57	45	347	29
Nebraska	−1.09	29	−1.28	30	−0.19	25	304	14
Nevada	−1.39	18	−1.48	23	−0.09	29	370	36
New Hampshire	−1.69	6	−1.85	14	−0.16	28	281	4
New Jersey	−2.18	2	−2.87	1	−0.69	6	291	9
New Mexico	−1.29	23	−0.08	48	1.21	50	362	35
New York	−3.05	1	−2.79	2	0.26	39	296	10
North Carolina	−1.29	23	−1.57	22	−0.28	19	372	37
North Dakota	−1.09	29	−0.45	44	0.64	47	317	19
Ohio	−1.09	29	−1.11	33	−0.02	32	378	38
Oklahoma	-0.30	50	0.18	50	0.48	43	452	46
Oregon	−1.09	29	−1.64	18	−0.55	8	318	21
Pennsylvania	−1.39	18	−1.45	25	−0.06	30	349	30
Rhode Island	−1.69	6	−1.87	12	−0.19	24	306	15
South Carolina	−1.19	26	−1.47	24	−0.28	20	407	42
South Dakota	−0.80	40	−1.61	19	−0.82	4	318	20
Tennessee	−0.60	47	−1.08	34	−0.49	11	432	43
Texas	−1.59	11	−1.43	27	0.16	35	351	31
Utah	−0.70	44	−1.59	21	−0.89	2	285	6
Vermont	−1.88	5	−2.05	9	−0.16	27	278	3
Virginia	−1.69	6	−1.95	10	−0.27	21	330	23
Washington	−1.49	13	−1.71	16	−0.22	23	302	13
West Virginia	−0.90	38	0.17	49	1.07	49	464	49
Wisconsin	−1.09	29	−1.85	13	−0.76	5	296	10
Wyoming	−0.70	44	−0.47	43	0.23	37	347	28
United States	−1.49	—	−1.59	—	−0.10	—	346	—

Abbreviations: APC, annual percentage change.

^a Change in APC from the 1990s to the 2000s.

^b Age-adjusted premature (<75 y) death rate (per 100,000).