Most states are seeing a decline in heart disease mortality rates, with Alaska experiencing the highest drop at 12.6% between 2023 and 2024, according to CDC data.
The CDC calculated the number of heart disease deaths and the age-adjusted death rates per 100,000 total population in 2024, the most recent data. Becker’s also collected the 2023 CDC data to show the change in rates and deaths from 2024.
Here are the heart disease death rates and total deaths in 2024, along with the percent change compared to 2023 by state and the District of Columbia:
| State | 2024 death rate | Percent change in death rate from 2023-24 | 2024 deaths | Percent change in deaths from 2023-24 |
| Alabama | 223.9 | -1.5% | 14,727 | 1% |
| Alaska | 116.3 | -12.6% | 831 | -9.5% |
| Arizona | 141.9 | -2.3% | 14,918 | 1.9% |
| Arkansas | 217.1 | -0.8% | 8,532 | 1.1% |
| California | 130.4 | -5.6% | 62,439 | -2.7% |
| Colorado | 118.8 | -6.2% | 7,882 | -2.8% |
| Connecticut | 128.9 | -0.6% | 6,697 | 1.5% |
| Delaware | 151.5 | -4.5% | 2,259 | 0.7% |
| District of Columbia | 154.6 | 0.7% | 1,085 | 3.2% |
| Florida | 134.5 | -2.8% | 50,008 | 1% |
| Georgia | 175.2 | -1.8% | 21,725 | 2.1% |
| Hawaii | 130.6 | 5.2% | 3,006 | 8.8% |
| Idaho | 146.6 | 0.4% | 3,449 | 4.8% |
| Illinois | 153.2 | -4.7% | 25,150 | -1.9% |
| Indiana | 179.6 | -1.9% | 15,310 | 1% |
| Iowa | 169.9 | -3.6% | 7,575 | -0.9% |
| Kansas | 160.9 | -4.7% | 6,074 | -2% |
| Kentucky | 196.9 | -0.1% | 11,292 | 2.8% |
| Louisiana | 220 | 1.1% | 12,327 | 3.6% |
| Maine | 156.4 | -3.2% | 3,438 | -1.1% |
| Maryland | 143.7 | -4% | 11,450 | -0.7% |
| Massachusetts | 121.5 | -5.8% | 11,631 | -2.7% |
| Michigan | 194.7 | -2.4% | 26,240 | 0.1% |
| Minnesota | 121.9 | 1.3% | 9,228 | 4.4% |
| Mississippi | 236.5 | 0.4% | 8,586 | 1.7% |
| Missouri | 187.5 | -0.6% | 15,406 | 1.8% |
| Montana | 164.8 | 1.6% | 2,617 | 5% |
| Nebraska | 152.7 | -3.8% | 3,767 | -2.2% |
| Nevada | 179.8 | -2.2% | 7,130 | 2% |
| New Hampshire | 140.2 | -6.7% | 2,899 | -3% |
| New Jersey | 141.8 | -3% | 17,718 | -0.2% |
| New Mexico | 155.5 | -4.6% | 4,563 | -1.1% |
| New York | 145.7 | -4.6% | 40,542 | -1.5% |
| North Carolina | 155.5 | -3.5% | 21,126 | -0.3% |
| North Dakota | 161.1 | 1.3% | 1,638 | 3.9% |
| Ohio | 183.7 | 0% | 28,929 | 2.6% |
| Oklahoma | 254.3 | 1.4% | 12,432 | 4.4% |
| Oregon | 132.7 | -6.7% | 7,611 | -2.8% |
| Pennsylvania | 162.4 | -2.5% | 30,768 | -0.6% |
| Rhode Island | 146.5 | -3.5% | 2,317 | -1.2% |
| South Carolina | 175 | -2% | 12,494 | 1.8% |
| South Dakota | 144.2 | -5.6% | 1,730 | -3.7% |
| Tennessee | 210 | -0.1% | 18,432 | 2.7% |
| Texas | 163.1 | -2.7% | 50,723 | 1.2% |
| Utah | 160.5 | -1.2% | 4,622 | 2.5% |
| Vermont | 157.6 | 3% | 1,533 | 6.8% |
| Virginia | 151.7 | -2.7% | 16,631 | 0.9% |
| Washington | 133.2 | -2.4% | 12,646 | 1.3% |
| West Virginia | 205.3 | 0.2% | 5,364 | 2.3% |
| Wisconsin | 160.1 | -4.3% | 12,793 | -1.6% |
| Wyoming | 156.2 | 3% | 1,201 | 6.7% |
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