Premature Death
Premature Death
measures the loss of years of productive life due to death before age 75
as defined by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Years of
Potential Life Lost (YPLL-75). Thus, the death of a 25-year-old would
account for 50 years of lost life, while the death of a 60-year-old
would account for 15 years.
Table 40 displays the 2007 ranks, based on 2004 data (Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention). The age-adjusted data vary from
less than 6,000 years lost per 100,000 population in
Minnesota,
Vermont,
New Hampshire,
North Dakota,
Iowa, Massachusetts and
Connecticut to more than 10,000
years lost per 100,000 population in Louisiana,
Mississippi and
Alabama. The national average is 7,411 years lost
per 100,000 population, which is 151 years less than the 2006
Edition and 1,305 years less per 100,000 population than the 1990
Edition.
Since the 1990 Edition, the years of potential life lost have decreased
in 43 of the 50 states. New York has shown the greatest decline, with a
decrease of 3,404 years from 9,754 to 6,350 years of potential life lost
before age 75 per 100,000 population.
Oklahoma has experienced the
greatest increase of 756 years from 8,551 to 9,307 years of potential
life lost before age 75 per 100,000 population.
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