Table 44 Deaths Ranked by County 2009 (Rate per 1,000 Population)
Rank	County	Number	Rate			Rank	County	Number	Rate
1	Polk	2,971	6.9			51	Buchanan	173	8.3
2	Linn	1,584	7.6			52	Hamilton	167	11.0
3	Scott	1,312	7.9			53	Jefferson	166	10.7
4	Black Hawk	1,151	8.9			53	Wright	166	13.1
5	Woodbury	922	9.0			55	Clay	164	9.9
6	Pottawattamie	904	10.0			56	Cherokee	161	14.1
7	Dubuque	839	9.0			56	Monona	161	18.1
8	Johnson	618	4.7			58	Crawford	159	9.7
9	Clinton	504	10.3			58	Dickinson	159	9.6
10	Marshall	476	12.1			60	Kossuth	153	10.1
11	Cerro Gordo	474	10.9			61	Madison	150	13.9
12	Story	471	5.4			61	Montgomery	150	9.7
13	Webster	449	11.7			63	Calhoun	142	14.7
14	Des Moines	420	10.2			64	Mills	141	9.4
15	Lee	418	11.8			65	Sac	131	13.0
16	Wapello	394	11.2			66	Greene	130	14.1
17	Warren	373	8.2			66	Union	130	10.6
18	Jasper	351	9.7			68	Howard	127	13.5
19	Dallas	339	5.5			69	Grundy	126	10.3
20	Muscatine	320	7.5			69	Hancock	126	11.4
21	Marion	318	9.7			69	Shelby	126	10.5
22	Boone	297	11.4			69	Winnebago	126	11.9
23	Carroll	248	12.0			73	Mitchell	125	11.6
24	Sioux	245	7.6			74	Emmet	122	11.9
25	Benton	233	8.7			75	Guthrie	118	10.9
26	Washington	226	10.6			76	Lyon	116	10.4
27	Fayette	225	11.2			77	Franklin	115	12.1
28	Mahaska	223	10.1			77	Humboldt	115	10.9
29	Hardin	222	12.9			79	Chickasaw	114	9.5
29	Jackson	222	11.3			79	Palo Alto	114	12.3
31	Bremer	217	14.2			81	Ida	109	16.1
31	Page	217	9.2			82	Keokuk	106	10.0
33	Poweshiek	215	11.7			83	Louisa	105	9.3
34	Plymouth	212	8.8			84	Van Buren	104	13.5
35	Jones	204	10.0			85	Wayne	98	15.6
36	Floyd	203	12.8			86	Decatur	95	12.6
36	Tama	203	11.7			86	Monroe	95	11.5
38	O'Brien	194	13.9			88	Clarke	94	10.3
39	Henry	189	9.5			89	Lucas	90	9.8
40	Butler	188	11.9			90	Adair	88	12.0
40	Iowa	188	13.1			90	Pocahontas	88	12.0
42	Harrison	187	12.2			92	Fremont	87	11.8
43	Allamakee	186	13.5			93	Audubon	85	14.1
43	Cass	186	12.9			94	Osceola	82	12.9
45	Clayton	181	10.4			95	Davis	81	9.5
46	Appanoose	180	14.2			96	Taylor	79	12.5
47	Buena Vista	179	9.1			97	Worth	71	9.4
47	Delaware	179	10.4			98	Adams	56	14.2
49	Winneshiek	178	8.6			99	Ringgold	55	11.1
50	Cedar	174	9.7