Feb 03
In a report released in January the U.S. Centers for Disease and Prevention found West Virginia’s death rate from smoking was second in the nation following Kentucky.
In West Virginia, the rate was 344 deaths per 100,000. Kentucky lead the nation at 371 deaths per 100,000. The national average was pegged at 263 per 100,000.
The lowest death rates were in Utah and Hawaii.
The CDC calculated these rates using death certificate death certificate data from the years 2000 through 2004, focusing on lung cancer, cardiovascular disease and 17 other disease caused by cigarette smoking.
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