| New
Jersey Ranks 37th in the Nation in Infant Mortality Rate, 2003
Source: Statistical Abstract of the United States 2007, US Census Bureau
| Rank |
State |
Rate |
|
Rank |
State |
Rate |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
Mississippi |
10.7 |
|
26 |
Rhode Island |
6.7 |
| 2 |
Delaware |
9.4 |
|
26 |
South Dakota |
6.7 |
| 3 |
Louisiana |
9.3 |
|
28 |
Kansas |
6.6 |
| 4 |
Tennessee |
9.3 |
|
28 |
Texas |
6.6 |
| 5 |
Alabama |
8.7 |
|
30 |
Arizona |
6.5 |
| 5 |
Arkansas |
8.7 |
|
30 |
Wisconsin |
6.5 |
| 7 |
Georgia |
8.5 |
|
32 |
Idaho |
6.3 |
| 7 |
Michigan |
8.5 |
|
33 |
Colorado |
6.1 |
| 9 |
South Carolina |
8.3 |
|
34 |
New York |
6.0 |
| 10 |
Maryland |
8.2 |
|
35 |
New Mexico |
5.8 |
| 10 |
North Carolina |
8.2 |
|
35 |
Wyoming |
5.8 |
| 12 |
Missouri |
7.9 |
|
37 |
NEW JERSEY |
5.7 |
| 13 |
Oklahoma |
7.8 |
|
37 |
Nevada |
5.7 |
| 14 |
Illinois |
7.7 |
|
39 |
Iowa |
5.6 |
| 14 |
Indiana |
7.7 |
|
39 |
Oregon |
5.6 |
| 14 |
Ohio |
7.7 |
|
39 |
Washington |
5.6 |
| 14 |
Virginia |
7.7 |
|
40 |
Connecticut |
5.4 |
| 18 |
Florida |
7.5 |
|
40 |
Nebraska |
5.4 |
| 18 |
Hawaii |
7.5 |
|
44 |
California |
5.2 |
| 20 |
North Dakota |
7.3 |
|
45 |
Vermont |
5.0 |
| 20 |
Pennsylvania |
7.3 |
|
45 |
Utah |
5.0 |
| 20 |
West Virginia |
7.3 |
|
47 |
Maine |
4.9 |
| 23 |
Alaska |
7.0 |
|
48 |
Massachusetts |
4.8 |
24
|
Kentucky |
6.9 |
|
49 |
Minnesota |
4.6 |
| 25 |
Montana |
6.8 |
|
50 |
New Hampshire |
4.0 |
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|
50
State Average
|
6.88 |
| |
|
|
|
|
N.J.
% Below Average |
17.15% |
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