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Table 12: How the States Measure Up: Women's Health and Well-Being, by Race and Ethnicity | Unnamed: 1 | Unnamed: 2 | Unnamed: 3 | Unnamed: 4 | Unnamed: 5 | Unnamed: 6 | Unnamed: 7 | Unnamed: 8 | Unnamed: 9 | Unnamed: 10 | Unnamed: 11 | Unnamed: 12 | Unnamed: 13 | Unnamed: 14 | Unnamed: 15 | Unnamed: 16 | Unnamed: 17 | Unnamed: 18 | Unnamed: 19 | Unnamed: 20 | Unnamed: 21 | Unnamed: 22 | Unnamed: 23 | Unnamed: 24
 | Average Annual Mortality Rate from Heart Disease, per 100,000, 1999-2001a |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Average Annual Mortality Rate from [NAME], per 100,000, 1999-2001a
State | All Women |  | White Women |  | African American Women |  | Asian American Women |  | Native American Women |  | Hispanic Women |  | All Women |  | White Women |  | African American Women |  | Asian American Women |  | Native American Women |  | Hispanic Women
 | Rate | Rank  (of 51) | Rate | Rank   (of 51) | Rate | Rank   (of 41) | Rate | Rank    (of 33) | Rate | Rank (of 32) | Rate | Rank (of 40) | Rate | Rank  (of 51) | Rate | Rank (of 51) | Rate | Rank (of 38) | Rate | Rank (of 18) | Rate | Rank (of 11) | Rate | Rank (of 17)
Alabama | 243.5 | 45 | 236.6 | 46 | 275.9 | 23 |  |  |  |  | 59 | 4 | 39.1 | 17 | 41.6 | 18 | 30.2 | 3
Alaska | 162.2 | 7 | 156.1 | 4 | 270.5 | 21 | 117.7 | 26 | 185.7 | 21 |  |  | 46.7 | 45 | 51.3 | 48 |  |  |  |  | 47.3 | 4
Arizona | 170.5 | 12 | 168.9 | 11 | 263.3 | 18 | 97.1 | 13 | 152.9 | 16 | 172.9 | 32 | 38.3 | 12 | 41.8 | 19 | 40.3 | 16 | 22.9 | 13 |  |  | 16.7 | 12
Arkansas | 231.5 | 40 | 224.4 | 42 | 303.7 | 36 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 44 | 37 | 45.3 | 33 | 38.1 | 11
California | 202.5 | 27 | 209.6 | 32 | 302.3 | 35 | 126.9 | 28 | 142.3 | 12 | 162.2 | 30 | 38.3 | 12 | 45.9 | 37 | 45.8 | 25 | 21.4 | 10 | 26.1 | 1 | 15.1 | 8
Colorado | 154.6 | 3 | 155.2 | 3 | 207.9 | 4 | 86.8 | 5 | 135.4 | 11 | 134.7 | 21 | 33.5 | 6 | 35 | 6 | 45.5 | 23 |  |  |  |  | 18.8 | 15
Connecticut | 186.7 | 20 | 182.9 | 19 | 211.8 | 5 | 104.6 | 21 |  |  | 140.6 | 23 | 40.1 | 21 | 41.4 | 17 | 36.7 | 9 |  |  |  |  | 13.9 | 3
Delaware | 219.5 | 35 | 210.3 | 33 | 265.7 | 20 |  |  |  |  | 189.6 | 36 | 49.6 | 48 | 49.8 | 47 | 49.3 | 28
District of Columbia | 257.4 | 50 | 182.2 | 18 | 299.5 | 34 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 40.2 | 22 | 35.9 | 7 | 45 | 21
Florida | 196.3 | 24 | 190 | 25 | 279.5 | 27 | 89.6 | 8 | 97.7 | 4 | 182.7 | 35 | 42.3 | 28 | 48.1 | 44 | 29.3 | 2 | 15.6 | 4 |  |  | 14.6 | 4
Georgia | 227.8 | 38 | 216 | 35 | 275.9 | 23 | 92 | 10 | 149.1 | 15 | 84 | 9 | 40.3 | 24 | 43.7 | 28 | 31.3 | 4
Hawaii | 146.1 | 2 | 149.2 | 2 |  |  | 141.1 | 32 |  |  | 288.3 | 40 | 25.4 | 2 | 32.6 | 4 |  |  | 22.7 | 12
Idaho | 167.5 | 11 | 168 | 9 |  |  |  |  | 146.4 | 13 | 130.7 | 19 | 33.8 | 7 | 34.5 | 5
Illinois | 216.2 | 31 | 207.3 | 30 | 291.7 | 31 | 104.2 | 20 | 90.6 | 3 | 130.9 | 20 | 41.2 | 27 | 42.5 | 21 | 47 | 26 | 9.2 | 1 |  |  | 14.6 | 4
Indiana | 220.7 | 36 | 217.6 | 37 | 277.7 | 25 | 94.6 | 11 |  |  | 162.3 | 31 | 46.5 | 43 | 46.7 | 41 | 54 | 32
Iowa | 186.4 | 19 | 185.7 | 22 | 289.4 | 30 | 163.5 | 33 |  |  | 140.4 | 22 | 36.2 | 8 | 36.3 | 9 | 65.6 | 38
Kansas | 189.2 | 22 | 185.4 | 21 | 249.5 | 12 | 103.6 | 19 | 288.8 | 27 | 96 | 10 | 38.9 | 16 | 38.8 | 13 | 39.6 | 14 |  |  |  |  | 24.5 | 17
Kentucky | 249 | 46 | 246.5 | 48 | 298.6 | 33 |  |  |  |  | 180.5 | 33 | 52.7 | 49 | 52.5 | 49 | 59.3 | 36
Louisiana | 238 | 44 | 224.7 | 43 | 281.9 | 28 | 135.9 | 31 | 109.2 | 8 | 104.5 | 11 | 44.7 | 39 | 46.5 | 40 | 42 | 18 |  |  |  |  | 18.2 | 13
Maine | 188.8 | 21 | 187.5 | 23 |  |  |  |  | 661.4 | 32 |  |  | 46.5 | 43 | 46.3 | 39
Maryland | 216.8 | 32 | 208.5 | 31 | 262.6 | 17 | 101.3 | 16 | 181.6 | 20 | 42 | 1 | 44.7 | 39 | 47.1 | 43 | 42.6 | 19 | 17.1 | 5
Massachusetts | 176.9 | 15 | 177.9 | 16 | 196.7 | 3 | 68.6 | 3 |  |  | 111.9 | 15 | 43.6 | 34 | 45.2 | 32 | 34.2 | 7 | 22.9 | 13 |  |  | 15.3 | 9
Michigan | 236.2 | 42 | 223.8 | 40 | 321.8 | 38 | 104.6 | 21 | 317.8 | 29 | 157.4 | 27 | 43.3 | 32 | 42.6 | 22 | 49.7 | 29 | 25.2 | 16 | 94.9 | 10 | 16.3 | 11
Minnesota | 137.9 | 1 | 137 | 1 | 147.7 | 1 | 56.5 | 1 | 158.4 | 18 | 129.9 | 18 | 36.3 | 9 | 36 | 8 | 62.6 | 37 |  |  | 72.8 | 9
Mississippi | 287 | 51 | 265 | 51 | 347.4 | 41 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 42.8 | 30 | 45.9 | 37 | 35.5 | 8
Missouri | 234.5 | 41 | 229.2 | 45 | 297.5 | 32 | 74.8 | 4 | 101.2 | 6 | 200.2 | 39 | 45.5 | 41 | 45.4 | 34 | 51 | 30
Montana | 159 | 6 | 157.2 | 6 |  |  |  |  | 186 | 22 |  |  | 43 | 31 | 41.9 | 20 |  |  |  |  | 97.5 | 11
Nebraska | 179.1 | 16 | 176.7 | 15 | 230.4 | 6 |  |  | 408.6 | 31 | 121.2 | 17 | 36.6 | 11 | 36.3 | 9 | 40.2 | 15
Nevada | 210.7 | 30 | 216.8 | 36 | 271.3 | 22 | 132.4 | 30 | 146.5 | 14 | 116.3 | 16 | 54.4 | 51 | 60.3 | 51 | 56 | 35 | 25 | 15
New Hampshire | 191.5 | 23 | 188 | 24 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 44 | 37 | 44 | 29
New Jersey | 219 | 34 | 218.9 | 38 | 258.2 | 15 | 101.9 | 17 |  |  | 144.3 | 25 | 40.8 | 26 | 44.2 | 30 | 41.5 | 17 | 11.6 | 3 |  |  | 10.9 | 1
New Mexico | 167.3 | 10 | 174.3 | 14 | 241.6 | 8 |  |  | 112.3 | 9 | 156.3 | 26 | 29 | 3 | 36.3 | 9 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 18.2 | 13
New York | 249 | 46 | 245.3 | 47 | 287 | 29 | 131.2 | 29 | 107.7 | 7 | 194 | 38 | 38.3 | 12 | 42.8 | 23 | 32.9 | 6 | 17.3 | 6 |  |  | 13.4 | 2
North Carolina | 207.7 | 28 | 197.8 | 28 | 257.8 | 14 | 62.8 | 2 | 236.1 | 25 | 53.1 | 2 | 40.6 | 25 | 43.1 | 24 | 31.8 | 5 | 30.6 | 17 | 28.5 | 2
North Dakota | 164.3 | 8 | 156.6 | 5 |  |  |  |  | 321.8 | 30 |  |  | 31.6 | 4 | 30 | 2
Ohio | 229.3 | 39 | 223.9 | 41 | 278.6 | 26 | 97.6 | 14 | 85.5 | 2 | 141.6 | 24 | 43.9 | 35 | 43.5 | 25 | 51.1 | 31 | 33.8 | 18
Oklahoma | 254.7 | 48 | 256 | 49 | 327.7 | 40 | 102.5 | 18 | 169.6 | 19 | 192.8 | 37 | 45.5 | 41 | 47 | 42 | 45 | 21 |  |  | 32.5 | 3
Oregon | 157.5 | 4 | 159.1 | 7 | 187.4 | 2 | 89.3 | 7 | 157.9 | 17 | 77.2 | 7 | 46.9 | 47 | 48.2 | 45 | 37.8 | 10 | 21.5 | 11 | 63.7 | 8
Pennsylvania | 222.1 | 37 | 219.3 | 39 | 261.7 | 16 | 96.3 | 12 | 99.7 | 5 | 158.6 | 29 | 40.2 | 22 | 39.5 | 15 | 54.2 | 33 | 9.3 | 2 |  |  | 20.5 | 16
Rhode Island | 199.1 | 25 | 199.3 | 29 | 248 | 11 |  |  |  |  | 80.5 | 8 | 43.9 | 35 | 45.5 | 35
South Carolina | 209.3 | 29 | 197.3 | 27 | 250.3 | 13 | 113.3 | 24 |  |  | 54.9 | 3 | 39.5 | 19 | 43.5 | 25 | 27.8 | 1
South Dakota | 174.7 | 14 | 170.5 | 12 |  |  |  |  | 262.9 | 26 |  |  | 31.7 | 5 | 30.9 | 3 |  |  |  |  | 55 | 7
Tennessee | 237.7 | 43 | 226.9 | 44 | 324.6 | 39 | 121.6 | 27 |  |  | 70.5 | 5 | 43.4 | 33 | 43.6 | 27 | 45.5 | 23
Texas | 217.5 | 33 | 214.9 | 34 | 306 | 37 | 115.7 | 25 | 48.7 | 1 | 182.3 | 34 | 39.1 | 17 | 45.6 | 36 | 43.3 | 20 | 19.2 | 9 |  |  | 15 | 6
Utah | 157.6 | 5 | 159.7 | 8 |  |  | 90.5 | 9 |  |  | 109.9 | 14 | 16.6 | 1 | 16.9 | 1
Vermont | 180.4 | 17 | 181.5 | 17 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 38.5 | 15 | 38.9 | 14
Virginia | 199.9 | 26 | 192.2 | 26 | 247.2 | 10 | 89 | 6 | 129.1 | 10 | 105.7 | 12 | 42.4 | 29 | 44.2 | 30 | 38.9 | 13 | 17.9 | 7 |  |  | 16.2 | 10
Washington | 167.1 | 9 | 168.7 | 10 | 233.1 | 7 | 98.2 | 15 | 206.4 | 23 | 109.3 | 13 | 46.8 | 46 | 49.3 | 46 | 38.1 | 11 | 17.9 | 7 | 47.4 | 5 | 15 | 6
West Virginia | 255.9 | 49 | 257.3 | 50 | 263.5 | 19 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 53.6 | 50 | 53.9 | 50 | 54.6 | 34
Wisconsin | 185.4 | 18 | 183.6 | 20 | 241.9 | 9 | 109.4 | 23 | 211.7 | 24 | 73.1 | 6 | 36.5 | 10 | 36.4 | 12 | 48.7 | 27 |  |  | 50.3 | 6
Wyoming | 173 | 13 | 172.2 | 13 |  |  |  |  | 293.9 | 28 | 157.4 | 27 | 39.8 | 20 | 40.2 | 16
United States | 211.5 |  | 207.3 |  | 281.1 |  | 119.1 |  | 158.1 |  | 166.9 |  | 41 |  | 43.6 |  | 40.3 |  | 19.5 |  | 30.3 |  | 14.7
Notes: Hispanics may be of any race or two or more races. Racial categories (whites, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Native Americans) do not include Hispanics. See [NAME] for methodology.
Blank cells indicate insufficient sample sizes to reliably estimate these figures.
Source: National Center for Health Statistics 2003.
Compiled by the Institute for Women's Policy Research.