All causes of death in every US county from 1980 to 2014

Ella Koeze

Counties with the highest mortality rates (2014)
1 Union (Florida)
2 Buffalo (South Dakota)
3 Oglala Lakota (South Dakota)
4 Sioux (North Dakota)
5 Breathitt (Kentucky)
6 Owsley (Kentucky)
7 Todd (South Dakota)
8 Perry (Kentucky)
9 Powell (Kentucky)
10 Mingo (West Virginia)
11 Wolfe (Kentucky)
12 McDowell (West Virginia)
13 Leslie (Kentucky)
14 Lee (Kentucky)
15 Walker (Alabama)
16 Harlan (Kentucky)
17 Tunica (Mississippi)
18 Madison (Louisiana)
19 Clay (Kentucky)
20 Logan (West Virginia)

Counties with the lowest mortality rates (2014)
1 Summit (Colorado)
2 Pitkin (Colorado)
3 Eagle (Colorado)
4 Billings (North Dakota)
5 Hinsdale (Colorado)
6 San Miguel (Colorado)
7 Presidio (Texas)
8 Aleutians (Alaska)
9 Collier (Florida)
10 San Juan (Washington)
11 Marin (California)
12 Fairfax (Virginia)
13 Mono (California)
14 Slope (North Dakota)
15 Los Alamos (New Mexico)
16 McPherson (Nebraska)
17 Ouray (Colorado)
18 Teton (Wyoming)
19 Blaine (Idaho)
20 San Mateo (California)

Source: fivethirtyeight.com