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Table 2 Ratio of deaths to population and per capita income by state during the Vietnam and Iraq wars

From: The association of state per capita income and military service deaths in 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