The following are the number of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by state and local medical officials during the five-year period from Jan. 1, 2000, to Dec. 31, 2004. The second column of numbers represents the number of SIDS cases per 100,000 population in each state.

	
	State ........  SIDS Cases.. Cases Per 100,000 
	Alabama ............ 160 ....... 3.60
	Alaska .............. 49 ....... 7.82
	Arkansas ........... 143 ....... 5.35
	Arizona ............ 174 ....... 3.39
	California ......... 772 ....... 2.28
	Colorado ........... 235 ....... 5.46
	Connecticut ........ 104 ....... 3.05
	Delaware ............ 50 ....... 6.38
	D.C. ................ 36 ....... 6.29
	Florida ............ 463 ....... 2.90
	Georgia ............ 616 ....... 7.52
	Hawaii .............. 41 ....... 3.38
	Idaho ............... 78 ....... 6.03
	Illinois ........... 468 ....... 3.77
	Indiana ............ 233 ....... 3.83
	Iowa ............... 141 ....... 4.82
	Kansas ............. 192 ....... 7.14
	Kentucky ........... 227 ....... 5.62
	Louisiana .......... 323 ....... 7.23
	Maine ............... 30 ....... 2.35
	Massachusetts ...... 124 ....... 1.95
	Maryland ........... 279 ....... 5.27
	Michigan ........... 380 ....... 3.82
	Minnesota .......... 147 ....... 2.99
	Mississippi ........ 340 ...... 11.95
	Missouri ........... 284 ....... 5.08
	Montana ............. 47 ....... 5.21
	North Carolina ..... 474 ....... 5.89
	North Dakota ........ 37 ....... 5.76
	Nebraska ........... 115 ....... 6.72
	Nevada .............. 73 ....... 3.65
	New Hampshire ....... 31 ....... 2.51
	New Jersey ......... 219 ....... 2.60
	New Mexico .......... 74 ....... 4.07
	New York ........... 219 ....... 1.15
	Ohio ............... 481 ....... 4.24
	Oklahoma ........... 209 ....... 6.06
	Oregon ............. 155 ....... 4.53
	Pennsylvania ....... 415 ....... 3.38
	Rhode Island ........ 19 ....... 1.81
	South Carolina ..... 165 ....... 4.11
	South Dakota ........ 57 ....... 7.55
	Tennessee .......... 390 ....... 6.85
	Texas ............ 1,022 ....... 4.90
	Utah ................ 68 ....... 3.05
	Virginia ........... 368 ....... 5.20
	Vermont ............. 14 ....... 2.30
	Washington ......... 313 ....... 5.31
	West Virginia ...... 121 ....... 6.69
	Wisconsin .......... 263 ....... 4.90
	Wyoming ............. 24 ....... 4.86
	USA ............. 11,462 ....... 4.07