Alaska Death Rate By County in 2017

Updated on June 26, 2022.

According to the US Census Bureau estimates, in 2017, the death rate for Alaska was 5.97, and the top three counties that had the highest death rate were:

  1. Yukon-Koyukuk Borough: 12.02
  2. Lake and Peninsula Borough: 11.25
  3. Prince of Wales-Hyder Borough: 9.1

On the other hand, the top 3 counties that had the lowest death rate were:

  1. Skagway Borough: 2.6
  2. Aleutians East Borough: 3.24
  3. Aleutians West Borough: 3.31

Use the interactive visualization and the table below to explore the death rate for each Alaska county in 2017. You can also find links to the historical death rate for each county below.

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Alaska Death Rate By County in 2017
Alaska Death Rate By County in 2017
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County Death Rate
Aleutians East 3.24
Aleutians West 3.31
Anchorage 5.89
Bethel 7.31
Bristol Bay 5.63
Denali 4.32
Dillingham 6.46
Fairbanks North Star 4.92
Haines 4.35
Hoonah-Angoon 6.59
Juneau 5.61
Kenai Peninsula 7.45
Ketchikan Gateway 7.02
Kodiak Island 4.61
Kusilvak 8.4
Lake and Peninsula 11.25
Matanuska-Susitna 5.53
Nome 7.19
North Slope 6.85
Northwest Arctic 7.61
Petersburg 5.81
Prince of Wales-Hyder 9.1
Sitka 7.36
Skagway 2.6
Southeast Fairbanks 7.7
Wrangell 8.39
Yakutat 4.9
Yukon-Koyukuk 12.02