New Mexico had the highest alcohol-induced death rate per 100,000 residents in 2024, while New Jersey had the lowest, according to KFF.
Age-adjusted death rates were determined by applying age-specific mortality rates to the 2000 U.S. standard population distribution. Rates represent the number of deaths per 100,000 residents.
The data comes from KFF’s analysis of 2024 data from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, which compiles mortality data from the multiple cause-of-death files through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program. The dataset includes information reported by 57 vital statistics jurisdictions nationwide.
Here is how the states and the District of Columbia compare:
- 1. New Jersey — 6.1
- 2. Hawaii — 6.2
- 3. Maryland — 7.6
- 4. New York — 7.7
- 4. Pennsylvania — 7.7
- 6. Virginia — 8.4
- 7. Louisiana — 8.5
- 8. Alabama — 8.6
- 9. Georgia — 9.6
- 10. Massachusetts — 9.7
- 11. Texas — 9.8
- 12. District of Columbia — 10.1
- 13. Illinois — 10.5
- 14. Arkansas — 10.6
- 14. Florida — 10.6
- 14. Ohio — 10.6
- 17. North Carolina — 10.8
- 18. Utah — 10.9
- 19. West Virginia — 10.9
- 20. Delaware — 11.0
- 21. Connecticut — 11.1
- 22. Kentucky — 11.9
- 23. Missouri — 12.0
- United States — 12.1
- 24. Mississippi — 12.6
- 25. South Carolina — 12.7
- 26. Michigan — 12.8
- 27. Indiana — 12.9
- 28. New Hampshire — 13.5
- 29. Kansas — 13.7
- 30. California — 13.9
- 31. Tennessee — 14.7
- 32. Wisconsin — 14.9
- 33. Oklahoma — 15.3
- 34. Nebraska — 15.4
- 35. Maine — 15.5
- 36. Rhode Island — 15.6
- 37. Iowa — 15.8
- 38. Washington — 16.0
- 39. Minnesota — 16.1
- 39. Vermont — 16.2
- 41. Idaho — 17.3
- 42. Nevada — 17.5
- 43. Arizona — 19.7
- 44. Colorado — 22.0
- 45. Oregon — 22.1
- 46. North Dakota — 23.3
- 47. Montana — 23.4
- 48. Alaska — 26.6
- 49. Wyoming — 29.7
- 50. South Dakota — 34.6
- 51. New Mexico — 35.9
