Worst death rates

Nationally, 2.7 people died for every 100 million miles motorists combined to drive on rural roads in 2003, according to a new study. Florida's rural-road death rate was the nation's second-worst.

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|| State || Death rate for rural roads || Death rate for other roads ||

|| 1. Arizona || 4.6 || 1.5 ||

|| 2. Florida || 3.7 || 1.2 ||

|| 3. S. Carolina || 3.6 || 0.7 ||

|| 4. Montana || 3.5 || 1.2 ||

|| 5. Kentucky || 3.3 || 1 ||

|| 6. S. Dakota || 3.2 || 1.5 ||

|| 7. Pennsylvania || 3.2 || 0.8 ||

|| 8. Missouri || 3.2 || 1 ||

|| 9. New Jersey || 3.1 || 0.9 ||

|| 10. California || 3.1 || 1 ||

SOURCE: The Road Information Program
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