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Counties with the highest premature death rates in Nebraska
Among 79 Nebraska counties with published values, the counties with the highest premature death rates are Thurston County, NE (27,025.9, 2.75 times the U.S. county median of 9,824.9), Franklin County, NE (13,659.3, 1.39 times the U.S. county median of 9,824.9) and Burt County, NE (12,043.8, 1.23 times the U.S. county median of 9,824.9). Values are years of life lost before 75 per 100,000.
Source: County Health Rankings, built from CDC National Vital Statistics System death records. These are county-level figures, compared with the U.S. county median. A high rate does not prove an environmental cause: age, smoking, income, access to care, screening and chance all move county rates, and small counties swing widely.
All Nebraska counties, highest first
Premature death, years of life lost before 75 per 100,000.
| Rank | County | State | Value | U.S. county median | Times reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thurston County | NE | 27,025.9 | 9,824.9 | 2.75x |
| 2 | Franklin County | NE | 13,659.3 | 9,824.9 | 1.39x |
| 3 | Burt County | NE | 12,043.8 | 9,824.9 | 1.23x |
| 4 | Nance County | NE | 11,246.8 | 9,824.9 | 1.14x |
| 5 | Morrill County | NE | 11,072.4 | 9,824.9 | 1.13x |
| 6 | Cheyenne County | NE | 10,904.8 | 9,824.9 | 1.11x |
| 7 | Brown County | NE | 10,800.9 | 9,824.9 | 1.1x |
| 8 | Pawnee County | NE | 10,502.2 | 9,824.9 | 1.07x |
| 9 | Scotts Bluff County | NE | 10,216.5 | 9,824.9 | 1.04x |
| 10 | Boyd County | NE | 9,953.2 | 9,824.9 | 1.01x |
| 11 | Kimball County | NE | 9,793.2 | 9,824.9 | 1x |
| 12 | Gosper County | NE | 9,782 | 9,824.9 | 1x |
| 13 | Keith County | NE | 9,725.7 | 9,824.9 | 0.99x |
| 14 | Dawes County | NE | 9,705.7 | 9,824.9 | 0.99x |
| 15 | Lincoln County | NE | 9,593.9 | 9,824.9 | 0.98x |
| 16 | Cherry County | NE | 9,393.2 | 9,824.9 | 0.96x |
| 17 | Nemaha County | NE | 9,243.9 | 9,824.9 | 0.94x |
| 18 | Box Butte County | NE | 9,209.6 | 9,824.9 | 0.94x |
| 19 | Red Willow County | NE | 9,044.5 | 9,824.9 | 0.92x |
| 20 | Furnas County | NE | 8,966.3 | 9,824.9 | 0.91x |
| 21 | Frontier County | NE | 8,825.1 | 9,824.9 | 0.9x |
| 22 | Dodge County | NE | 8,617.2 | 9,824.9 | 0.88x |
| 23 | Garden County | NE | 8,538.6 | 9,824.9 | 0.87x |
| 24 | Sheridan County | NE | 8,483.2 | 9,824.9 | 0.86x |
| 25 | Nuckolls County | NE | 8,330.6 | 9,824.9 | 0.85x |
| 26 | Custer County | NE | 8,243 | 9,824.9 | 0.84x |
| 27 | Merrick County | NE | 8,240.4 | 9,824.9 | 0.84x |
| 28 | Garfield County | NE | 8,125.1 | 9,824.9 | 0.83x |
| 29 | Harlan County | NE | 8,061.6 | 9,824.9 | 0.82x |
| 30 | Knox County | NE | 8,014.1 | 9,824.9 | 0.82x |
| 31 | Johnson County | NE | 7,994.9 | 9,824.9 | 0.81x |
| 32 | Adams County | NE | 7,989.3 | 9,824.9 | 0.81x |
| 33 | Valley County | NE | 7,970.4 | 9,824.9 | 0.81x |
| 34 | Gage County | NE | 7,953.9 | 9,824.9 | 0.81x |
| 35 | Dundy County | NE | 7,919.2 | 9,824.9 | 0.81x |
| 36 | Dawson County | NE | 7,719.7 | 9,824.9 | 0.79x |
| 37 | Douglas County | NE | 7,599.3 | 9,824.9 | 0.77x |
| 38 | Jefferson County | NE | 7,589.9 | 9,824.9 | 0.77x |
| 39 | Perkins County | NE | 7,523.6 | 9,824.9 | 0.77x |
| 40 | York County | NE | 7,471.8 | 9,824.9 | 0.76x |
| 41 | Pierce County | NE | 7,469.2 | 9,824.9 | 0.76x |
| 42 | Hitchcock County | NE | 7,454.6 | 9,824.9 | 0.76x |
| 43 | Deuel County | NE | 7,402.4 | 9,824.9 | 0.75x |
| 44 | Hall County | NE | 7,360.5 | 9,824.9 | 0.75x |
| 45 | Dakota County | NE | 7,312 | 9,824.9 | 0.74x |
| 46 | Chase County | NE | 7,214.3 | 9,824.9 | 0.73x |
| 47 | Webster County | NE | 7,189.5 | 9,824.9 | 0.73x |
| 48 | Polk County | NE | 7,161.6 | 9,824.9 | 0.73x |
| 49 | Otoe County | NE | 7,090.8 | 9,824.9 | 0.72x |
| 50 | Cass County | NE | 7,015.2 | 9,824.9 | 0.71x |
| 51 | Thayer County | NE | 6,892.5 | 9,824.9 | 0.7x |
| 52 | Saunders County | NE | 6,666.7 | 9,824.9 | 0.68x |
| 53 | Cuming County | NE | 6,610.7 | 9,824.9 | 0.67x |
| 54 | Holt County | NE | 6,597.8 | 9,824.9 | 0.67x |
| 55 | Madison County | NE | 6,586 | 9,824.9 | 0.67x |
| 56 | Richardson County | NE | 6,372.1 | 9,824.9 | 0.65x |
| 57 | Boone County | NE | 6,358.8 | 9,824.9 | 0.65x |
| 58 | Phelps County | NE | 6,340.2 | 9,824.9 | 0.65x |
| 59 | Kearney County | NE | 6,258 | 9,824.9 | 0.64x |
| 60 | Lancaster County | NE | 6,251.7 | 9,824.9 | 0.64x |
| 61 | Stanton County | NE | 6,163.1 | 9,824.9 | 0.63x |
| 62 | Hamilton County | NE | 6,028.3 | 9,824.9 | 0.61x |
| 63 | Greeley County | NE | 6,009 | 9,824.9 | 0.61x |
| 64 | Fillmore County | NE | 5,978.3 | 9,824.9 | 0.61x |
| 65 | Saline County | NE | 5,921.9 | 9,824.9 | 0.6x |
| 66 | Antelope County | NE | 5,812.4 | 9,824.9 | 0.59x |
| 67 | Dixon County | NE | 5,812.2 | 9,824.9 | 0.59x |
| 68 | Platte County | NE | 5,668.5 | 9,824.9 | 0.58x |
| 69 | Sherman County | NE | 5,617.8 | 9,824.9 | 0.57x |
| 70 | Butler County | NE | 5,602 | 9,824.9 | 0.57x |
| 71 | Buffalo County | NE | 5,530.1 | 9,824.9 | 0.56x |
| 72 | Seward County | NE | 5,490 | 9,824.9 | 0.56x |
| 73 | Cedar County | NE | 5,345.3 | 9,824.9 | 0.54x |
| 74 | Clay County | NE | 5,142.1 | 9,824.9 | 0.52x |
| 75 | Sarpy County | NE | 5,139.5 | 9,824.9 | 0.52x |
| 76 | Howard County | NE | 5,022.4 | 9,824.9 | 0.51x |
| 77 | Wayne County | NE | 4,888.7 | 9,824.9 | 0.5x |
| 78 | Washington County | NE | 4,802.1 | 9,824.9 | 0.49x |
| 79 | Colfax County | NE | 4,195.2 | 9,824.9 | 0.43x |