| | 1995-97 | Rate/100,000 |
| Name | Deaths | Population | Crude | Age Adjusted |
| BIG STONE, MN - ROBERTS, SD | 4 | 62,384 | 6.4 | 4.7 |
| ROSEAU, MN - LAKE OF THE WOODS, MN | 3 | 64,707 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| KANDIYOHI, MN - YELLOW MEDICINE, MN | 15 | 263,534 | 5.7 | 4.2 |
| OTTER TAIL, MN - GRANT, MN | 13 | 185,130 | 7.0 | 4.1 |
| PENNINGTON, MN - KITTSON, MN | 5 | 105,158 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| BROWN, MN - REDWOOD, MN | 10 | 189,631 | 5.3 | 3.9 |
| ST. CROIX, WI - GOODHUE, MN | 12 | 414,315 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| CROW WING, MN - WADENA, MN | 15 | 368,455 | 4.1 | 2.8 |
| MARTIN, MN - EMMET, IA | 3 | 103,341 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| ST. LOUIS (DULUTH), MN - DOUGLAS, WI | 35 | 1,132,354 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
| LA CROSSE (LA CROSSE), WI - MONROE, WI | 22 | 707,968 | 3.1 | 2.1 |
| OLMSTED (ROCHESTER), MN - WINONA, MN | 24 | 929,838 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| RAMSEY (ST. PAUL), MN - POLK, WI | 61 | 3,364,901 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
| DOUGLAS, MN - STEVENS, MN | 5 | 159,270 | 3.1 | 1.9 |
| MINNEHAHA (SIOUX FALLS), SD - LAKE, SD | 15 | 740,879 | 2.0 | 1.9 |
| HENNEPIN (MINNEAPOLIS), MN - ANOKA, MN | 82 | 5,261,311 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| FREEBORN, MN - FARIBAULT, MN | 4 | 148,925 | 2.7 | 1.6 |
| GRAND FORKS (GRAND FORKS), ND - POLK, MN | 9 | 419,746 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| CASS (FARGO), ND - WILKIN, MN | 14 | 838,525 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| LYON, MN - LINCOLN, MN | 2 | 97,974 | 2.0 | 1.4 |
| STEARNS (ST. CLOUD), MN - MORRISON, MN | 11 | 734,451 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| BELTRAMI, MN - CLEARWATER, MN | 2 | 145,307 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| RICE, MN | 3 | 164,425 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| BLUE EARTH, MN - WATONWAN, MN | 5 | 353,241 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| MILLE LACS, MN - ISANTI (CAMBRIDGE), MN | 3 | 195,903 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| NOBLES, MN - JACKSON, MN | 2 | 167,062 | 1.2 | 0.6 |
