Table 2

Ratio of deaths to population and per capita income by state during the Vietnam and Iraq wars

State
# deaths/100,000
(Vietnam)
# deaths/100,000
(Iraq)
Per capita income
(1969)
Per capita income
(1999)

Alabama
35.05
1.51
9,026
18,189
Alaska
18.81
2.71
14,511
22,660
Arizona
35.10
1.87
11,442
20,275
Arkansas
30.58
2.21
8,345
16,904
California
27.91
1.31
14,079
22,711
Colorado
28.05
1.40
12,100
24,049
Connecticut
20.15
0.82
15,135
28,766
Delaware
31.97
0.87
12,719
23,305
District of Columbia
22.26
1.79
14,967
28,659
Florida
28.74
1.09
11,913
21,557
Georgia
34.48
1.55
10,285
21,154
Hawaii
35.84
1.73
13,140
21,525
Idaho
30.43
2.32
10,300
17,841
Illinois
26.41
1.17
13,615
23,104
Indiana
29.49
1.48
11,960
20,397
Iowa
30.19
1.64
11,235
19,674
Kansas
27.88
1.60
11,410
20,506
Kentucky
32.75
1.51
9,447
18,093
Louisiana
24.20
1.79
9,077
16,912
Maine
34.51
1.96
9,926
19,533
Maryland
25.84
1.27
13,682
25,614
Massachusetts
23.26
1.06
13,276
25,952
Michigan
29.88
1.49
13,078
22,168
Minnesota
28.17
1.22
11,835
23,198
Mississippi
28.73
1.79
7,499
15,853
Missouri
30.21
1.43
11,500
19,936
Montana
38.62
2.66
10,503
17,151
Nebraska
26.60
2.51
10,896
19,613
Nevada
30.88
1.75
13,845
21,989
New Hampshire
30.76
1.78
11,629
23,844
New Jersey
20.69
0.83
14,313
27,006
New Mexico
39.23
1.98
9,494
17,261
New York
22.59
0.94
14,056
23,389
North Carolina
31.65
1.22
9,638
20,307
North Dakota
32.04
2.18
9,618
17,769
Ohio
29.05
1.51
12,462
21,003
Oklahoma
38.61
1.88
10,495
17,646
Oregon
33.89
2.02
12,264
20,940
Pennsylvania
26.64
1.52
11,944
20,880
Rhode Island
21.79
0.95
12,158
21,688
South Carolina
34.58
1.20
8,972
18,795
South Dakota
28.98
2.38
9,299
17,562
Tennessee
32.88
1.46
9,599
19,393
Texas
30.49
1.87
10,877
19,617
Utah
34.56
0.99
10,507
18,185
Vermont
22.47
3.45
10,799
20,625
Virginia
28.04
1.68
11,671
23,975
Washington
30.76
1.41
13,078
22,973
West Virginia
41.97
1.22
9,089
16,477
Wisconsin
26.28
1.66
11,812
21,271
Wyoming
36.14
2.43
11,278
19,134

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