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It's extremely interesting that states right next to each other can have such wildly disparate rates, even though the culture and geography are similar.

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TABLE 1. Prevalence rate * of mental retardation, by state --
United States, 1993 +
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Children Adults
Region/State aged 6-17 yrs aged 18-64 yrs Total
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New England
Connecticut 7.1 5.1 5.5
Maine 6.2 7.1 6.9
Massachusetts 13.8 5.1 6.7
New Hampshire 4.0 3.7 3.8
Rhode Island 5.9 5.9 5.9
Vermont 11.8 6.6 7.7
Total 9.8 5.3 6.1

Mid Atlantic
New Jersey 3.2 4.6 4.3
New York 5.7 6.2 6.1
Pennsylvania 14.0 6.4 7.9
Total 7.9 5.9 6.3

East North Central
Illinois 10.4 6.6 7.5
Indiana 17.8 7.6 9.9
Michigan 10.3 7.7 8.2
Ohio 22.5 8.7 11.7
Wisconsin 4.6 6.9 6.4
Total 13.8 7.6 8.9

West North Central
Iowa 21.2 7.3 10.5
Kansas 10.9 6.8 7.7
Minnesota 11.1 5.1 6.5
Missouri 12.5 8.8 9.6
Nebraska 15.3 4.7 7.2
North Dakota 8.9 6.9 7.4
South Dakota 9.3 5.9 6.7
Total 13.3 6.8 8.3

South Atlantic
District
of Columbia 13.5 6.0 7.1
Delaware 14.4 7.4 8.8
Florida 14.8 4.8 6.8
Georgia 20.0 8.4 10.9
Maryland 6.5 4.8 5.2
North Carolina 19.5 8.9 11.0
South Carolina 21.9 8.3 11.3
Virginia 11.8 6.1 7.2
West Virginia 21.1 15.7 16.9
Total 10.4 6.9 7.6

East South Central
Alabama 31.4 11.2 15.7
Kentucky 25.5 13.5 16.2
Mississippi 12.9 13.9 13.7
Tennessee 14.3 11.9 12.4
Total 21.3 12.4 14.4

West South Central
Arkansas 23.1 10.4 13.4
Louisiana 12.9 12.5 12.6
Oklahoma 19.7 6.4 9.5
Texas 6.4 5.0 5.3
Total 10.4 6.8 7.6

Mountain
Arizona 7.7 4.3 5.1
Colorado 4.2 4.7 4.6
Idaho 12.1 5.0 6.9
Montana 7.1 6.2 6.4
Nevada 6.6 3.4 4.0
New Mexico 5.6 5.8 5.7
Utah 6.9 4.3 5.1
Wyoming 5.7 5.0 5.2
Total 6.8 4.7 5.2

Pacific
Alaska 5.0 2.5 3.0
California 4.5 4.5 4.5
Hawaii 8.0 3.2 4.2
Oregon 7.6 5.5 6.0
Washington 8.3 5.1 5.8
Total 5.3 4.6 4.7

Total 11.4 6.6 7.6
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* Per 1000 population.

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It's extremely interesting that states right next to each other can have such wildly disparate rates, even though the culture and geography are similar.

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