| | 1996-98 | Rate/100,000 | |
| Name | Deaths | Population | Crude | Age Adjusted | |
| BEAVER, OK -HSA# 535 | 1 | 17,898 | 5.6 | 3.9 | UNSTABLE |
| OKMULGEE, OK-OKFUSKEE, OK -HSA# 529 | 8 | 148,967 | 5.3 | 3.5 | UNSTABLE |
| GARFIELD (ENID), OK-KINGFISHER, OK -HSA# 429 | 13 | 325,519 | 4.0 | 3.4 | UNSTABLE |
| PAYNE, OK-PAWNEE, OK -HSA# 472 | 9 | 276,708 | 3.3 | 3.1 | UNSTABLE |
| STEPHENS, OK-JEFFERSON, OK -HSA# 497 | 6 | 149,964 | 4.0 | 3.0 | UNSTABLE |
| LAMAR, TX-RED RIVER, TX -HSA# 438 | 9 | 238,538 | 3.8 | 2.9 | UNSTABLE |
| SEBASTIAN (FORT SMITH), AR-CRAWFORD, AR -HSA# 421 | 26 | 895,117 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| KAY (PONCA CITY), OK-OSAGE, OK -HSA# 515 | 8 | 268,149 | 3.0 | 2.7 | UNSTABLE |
| CARTER, OK-MARSHALL, OK -HSA# 474 | 6 | 225,439 | 2.7 | 2.7 | UNSTABLE |
| BOWIE (TEXARKANA), TX-MILLER, AR -HSA# 404 | 18 | 721,066 | 2.5 | 2.3 | UNSTABLE |
| PONTOTOC, OK-SEMINOLE, OK -HSA# 478 | 6 | 238,896 | 2.5 | 2.3 | UNSTABLE |
| OKLAHOMA (OKLAHOMA CITY), OK-POTTAWATOMIE, OK -HSA# 417 | 56 | 2,511,880 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| COMANCHE (LAWTON), OK-KIOWA, OK -HSA# 493 | 8 | 407,986 | 2.0 | 2.2 | UNSTABLE |
| CLEVELAND (NORMAN), OK-GARVIN, OK -HSA# 430 | 15 | 787,628 | 1.9 | 2.2 | UNSTABLE |
| GRADY, OK-CADDO, OK -HSA# 476 | 5 | 228,485 | 2.2 | 2.2 | UNSTABLE |
| WASHINGTON, OK-MONTGOMERY, KS -HSA# 451 | 10 | 306,835 | 3.3 | 2.2 | UNSTABLE |
| WASHINGTON (FAYETTEVILLE), AR-BENTON, AR -HSA# 446 | 20 | 959,828 | 2.1 | 2.1 | UNSTABLE |
| TULSA (TULSA), OK-CREEK, OK -HSA# 414 | 47 | 2,251,754 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| GRAYSON (SHERMAN), TX-BRYAN, OK -HSA# 436 | 10 | 529,055 | 1.9 | 1.7 | UNSTABLE |
| BECKHAM, OK-ROGER MILLS, OK -HSA# 440 | 1 | 69,534 | 1.4 | 1.7 | UNSTABLE |
| SEWARD, KS-TEXAS, OK -HSA# 587 | 2 | 133,183 | 1.5 | 1.7 | UNSTABLE |
| PITTSBURG, OK-PUSHMATAHA, OK -HSA# 466 | 3 | 194,570 | 1.5 | 1.7 | UNSTABLE |
| MUSKOGEE, OK-CHEROKEE, OK -HSA# 445 | 10 | 604,166 | 1.7 | 1.6 | UNSTABLE |
| CUSTER, OK-WASHITA, OK -HSA# 475 | 2 | 112,047 | 1.8 | 1.5 | UNSTABLE |
| WOODWARD, OK-ELLIS, OK -HSA# 469 | 1 | 103,480 | 1.0 | 0.7 | UNSTABLE |
| JACKSON, OK-GREER, OK -HSA# 483 | 0 | 116,749 | 0.0 | 0.0 | UNSTABLE |
