Updated at 8:27 a.m., Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Hawai'i low on list for per capita deaths in Iraq
Advertiser Staff
Hawai'i is far down the list in terms of the rate of residents from here who have been killed in the fighting in Iraq, according to a study released by the Associated Press.Hawai'i was 35th on the list — tied with Washington, Maryland and South Carolina — each of which had 5.0 residents killed in Iraq per 500,000 residents.
At the top of the list was Vermont, with 14 fatalities per 500,000 residents.
At the bottom of the list was New Jersey, with a fatality rate of 3.0 per 500,000 residents.
