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
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I wonder if sparsely populated counties have lower death rates because older people tend to move away from them because of limited medical facilities and harsher climates.