Table 1

Most distinctive^*injury death for each state

State	Distinctive injury death (without indefinite injuries)	Rate ratio†	Distinctive injury death (with indefinite injuries)	Rate ratio†
Alaska	Other transportation, unintentional	7.61	Other transportation, unintentional	7.61
Hawaii	Fall, suicide	4.38	Non-drug poisoning	11.86
Mississippi	Struck, homicide	4.26	Struck, homicide	4.26
District of Columbia	Firearm, homicide	4.45	Firearm, homicide	4.06
Louisiana	Firearm, unintentional	4.06	Firearm, unintentional	3.93
Missouri	Drug, homicide	3.65	Drug, homicide	3.65
New Mexico	Firearm, legal intervention	3.49	Firearm, legal intervention	3.49
Montana	MVC, occupant injured, unintentional	3.42	MVC, occupant injured, unintentional	3.42
Iowa	Machinery, unintentional	3.29	Machinery, unintentional	3.29
Alabama	Firearm, unintentional	3.10	Firearm, unintentional	3.10
South Dakota	MVC, occupant injured, unintentional	3.02	MVC, occupant injured, unintentional	3.02
Wyoming	Nature, unintentional	3.01	Nature, unintentional	3.01
West Virginia	Firearm, unintentional	2.98	Fire, undetermined intent	15.03
Kansas	MVC, all, suicide	2.87	MVC, all, suicide	2.87
Delaware	Drowning, suicide	2.84	Drowning, suicide	2.84
Ohio	Non-drug poisoning, homicide	2.79	Non-drug poisoning, homicide	2.79
North Dakota	Machinery, unintentional	2.76	Machinery, unintentional	2.76
Wisconsin	MVC, all, suicide	2.65	MVC, all, suicide	2.65
Indiana	Struck, homicide	2.62	Struck, homicide	2.62
Arizona	Natural/environmental	2.59	Firearm, undetermined intent	2.86
Illinois	Drug, homicide	2.57	Drug, homicide	2.57
Arkansas	Firearm, unintentional	2.51	Non-drug poisoning	3.19
Idaho	Other transportation, unintentional	2.49	Other transportation, unintentional	2.49
Colorado	Non-drug poisoning, suicide	2.30	Non-drug poisoning, suicide	2.30
New York	Fall, suicide	2.26	Fall, undetermined intent	2.31
Nevada	Firearm, legal intervention	2.25	Firearm, legal intervention	2.25
Rhode Island	Drowning, suicide	2.21	Drug poisoning, undetermined intent	2.44
Oklahoma	Nature, unintentional	2.19	Unspecified person in a MVC	2.77
Tennessee	Firearm, unintentional	2.18	Firearm, undetermined intent	2.91
Maine	Drowning, suicide	2.18	Drowning, suicide	2.18
Kentucky	Firearm, unintentional	2.17	Unspecified person in a MVC	2.22
Maryland	Struck, homicide	2.15	Drug poisoning, undetermined intent	9.72
South Carolina	Firearm, unintentional	2.14	Unspecified person in a MVC	2.44
Vermont	Fall, unintentional	2.11	Fall, unintentional	2.11
Oregon	Firearm, legal intervention	2.06	Fall, undetermined intent	2.46
Nebraska	MVC, occupant injured, unintentional	2.01	MVC, occupant injured, unintentional	2.01
Pennsylvania	Drug, homicide	2.01	Drug, homicide	2.01
Utah	Firearm, legal intervention	1.97	Drug poisoning, undetermined intent	8.55
Florida	Bicycle/pedal vehicle, unintentional	1.96	Bicycle/pedal vehicle, unintentional	1.96
Michigan	Fire/hot object, homicide	1.88	Fire, undetermined intent	2.14
Washington	Fall, suicide	1.85	Fall, undetermined intent	2.76
North Carolina	Cut/pierce, unintentional	1.82	Cut/pierce, unintentional	1.82
Georgia	Cut/pierce, unintentional	1.79	Unspecified person in a MVC	1.79
California	Firearm, legal intervention	1.76	Firearm, legal intervention	1.76
Minnesota	Non-drug poisoning, suicide	1.66	Non-drug poisoning, suicide	1.66
New Hampshire	Non-drug poisoning, suicide	1.64	Non-drug poisoning, suicide	1.64
Texas	MVC, all, homicide	1.53	MVC, all, homicide	1.53
New Jersey	Drowning, suicide	1.42	Drowning, suicide	1.42
Massachusetts	Struck, homicide	1.41	Drowning, undetermined intent	2.37
Connecticut	Suffocation, unintentional	1.30	Suffocation, unintentional	1.30
Virginia	Cut/pierce, unintentional	1.30	Unspecified injury	1.41

*Defined as the injury death for which the state death rate is the largest multiple of the national death rate.
†State injury rate/national injury rate for given injury.
MVC, motor vehicle crash.