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Education in States and Nations: 1991

(ESN) Table 7b: Violent deaths per 1,000,000 youths aged 5 to 24, by type of death and state: 1988

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State                Total  Accidents  Suicides  Homicides     Other
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Alabama                560        411        56         85        8
Alaska                 750        535       128         47       41
Arizona                589        378       132         70        8
Arkansas               548        403        66         75        4
California             495        305        67        121        3
Colorado               448        279       115         44        9
Connecticut            420        267        77         72        3
Delaware               472        342        88         41        0
District of Columbia 1,064       224         38        776       26
Florida                610        380        77        147        6
Georgia                577        386        75        109        7
Hawaii                 347        270        55         12        9
Idaho                  584        450       101         24        9
Illinois               460        284        64        104        9
Indiana                451        329        70         48        4
Iowa                   416        324        77         13        1
Kansas                 461        338        81         37        4
Kentucky               493        388        64         37        3
Louisiana              574        363        76        129        6
Maine                  456        323       108         17        8
Maryland               503        263        80        131       29
Massachusetts          360        232        60         49       18
Michigan               484        284        76        117        7
Minnesota              413        287        94         26        6
Mississippi            519        392        56         66        6
Missouri               498        342        74         73        9
Montana                500        354        96         46        4
Nebraska               408        296        76         30        6
Nevada                 577        361       124         86        7
New Hampshire          375        259        88         19        9
New Jersey             352        243        45         59        4
New Mexico             701        426       163         96       17
New York               439        234        36        155       13
North Carolina         488        381        51         54        2
North Dakota           441        309        93         25       15
Ohio                   367        263        61         40        3
Oklahoma               457        327        76         50        5
Oregon                 525        392        91         38        4
Pennsylvania           423        279        73         60       10
Rhode Island           304        174        65         58        7
South Carolina         595        469        54         70        2
South Dakota           512        340       102         65        5
Tennessee              571        410        69         79       12
Texas                  525        327        85        107        6
Utah                   345        229        83         19       14
Vermont                398        295        78         24        0
Virginia               425        284        67         72        3
Washington             445        298        97         42        8
West Virginia          507        403        51         46        7
Wisconsin              438        296       104         31        7
Wyoming                569        444        98         20        7
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics of the United States, 1988, Volume 2 Mortality, Part B, Table 8-6.



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