TABLE 3. Black-white ratios of heart disease death rates among adults aged ≥35 years, by state — United States, 1968 and 2015.
| State/Area | Black-white ratio (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 2015 | |
| Alabama |
0.94* (0.90–0.98) |
1.03 (0.99–1.07) |
| Alaska |
—† |
— |
| Arizona |
1.12 (0.95–1.32) |
1.21* (1.10–1.32) |
| Arkansas |
0.96 (0.90–1.02) |
1.22* (1.14–1.30) |
| California |
0.95* (0.92–0.99) |
1.30* (1.27–1.34) |
| Colorado |
1.14 (0.98–1.32) |
1.30* (1.17–1.44) |
| Connecticut |
1.11* (1.02–1.21) |
1.03 (0.94–1.12) |
| Delaware |
1.34* (1.21–1.50) |
1.03 (0.91–1.15) |
| District of Columbia |
1.07 (1.00–1.15) |
2.42* (2.11–2.78) |
| Florida |
1.11* (1.07–1.15) |
1.09* (1.06–1.13) |
| Georgia |
1.01 (0.97–1.04) |
1.12* (1.09–1.16) |
| Hawaii |
— |
— |
| Idaho |
— |
— |
| Illinois |
1.11* (1.08–1.14) |
1.34* (1.29–1.38) |
| Indiana |
1.08* (1.02–1.15) |
1.15* (1.08–1.22) |
| Iowa |
1.08 (0.89–1.32) |
1.14 (0.97–1.34) |
| Kansas |
1.05 (0.94–1.17) |
1.12 (0.99–1.26) |
| Kentucky |
1.25* (1.18–1.33) |
0.98 (0.91–1.06) |
| Louisiana |
1.11* (1.07–1.15) |
1.28* (1.23–1.34) |
| Maine |
— |
— |
| Maryland |
1.11* (1.07–1.16) |
1.18* (1.13–1.23) |
| Massachusetts |
0.98 (0.89–1.06) |
0.77* (0.71–0.84) |
| Michigan |
1.01 (0.97–1.04) |
1.37* (1.32–1.42) |
| Minnesota |
0.64* (0.50–0.84) |
0.92 (0.82–1.04) |
| Mississippi |
1.03 (0.98–1.08) |
1.14* (1.08–1.19) |
| Missouri |
1.01 (0.97–1.07) |
1.14* (1.08–1.21) |
| Montana |
— |
— |
| Nebraska |
1.21* (1.01–1.44) |
1.01 (0.84–1.21) |
| Nevada |
0.99 (0.71–1.39) |
1.21* (1.12–1.32) |
| New Hampshire |
— |
— |
| New Jersey |
1.06* (1.03–1.11) |
1.07* (1.03–1.12) |
| New Mexico |
0.75 (0.53–1.07) |
1.29* (1.05–1.59) |
| New York |
0.94* (0.92–0.96) |
1.05* (1.02–1.08) |
| North Carolina |
1.12* (1.08–1.16) |
1.16* (1.12–1.20) |
| North Dakota |
— |
— |
| Ohio |
0.98 (0.95–1.01) |
1.15* (1.10–1.19) |
| Oklahoma |
0.96 (0.88–1.05) |
1.12* (1.04–1.21) |
| Oregon |
0.94 (0.74–1.20) |
0.75* (0.60–0.93) |
| Pennsylvania |
0.89* (0.86–0.91) |
1.17* (1.12–1.22) |
| Rhode Island |
1.38* (1.15–1.66) |
0.69* (0.56–0.86) |
| South Carolina |
1.01 (0.97–1.06) |
1.22* (1.17–1.28) |
| South Dakota |
— |
— |
| Tennessee |
1.11* (1.06–1.15) |
1.17* (1.12–1.22) |
| Texas |
1.04* (1.01–1.07) |
1.26* (1.23–1.29) |
| Utah |
— |
— |
| Vermont |
— |
— |
| Virginia |
1.15* (1.11–1.20) |
1.21* (1.16–1.26) |
| Washington |
1.04 (0.91–1.19) |
0.96 (0.86–1.06) |
| West Virginia |
1.13* (1.02–1.25) |
1.04 (0.88–1.24) |
| Wisconsin |
1.0 (0.89–1.12) |
1.30* (1.20–1.41) |
| Wyoming |
— |
— |
| Total | 1.04* (1.03–1.05) | 1.21* (1.21–1.22) |
* Statistically significant. (95% confidence intervals do not include null value of 1.0.)
† State-level heart disease death rates were not calculated in cases with <20 deaths in the state within a group (blacks or whites) because those rates are considered statistically unreliable.