| | 1996-98 | Rate/100,000 | |
| Name | Deaths | Population | Crude | Age Adjusted | |
| MISSISSIPPI, AR-PEMISCOT, MO -HSA# 614 | 697 | 215,885 | 322.9 | 333.0 |
| POLK, AR -HSA# 534 | 252 | 58,401 | 431.5 | 325.5 |
| PHILLIPS, AR -HSA# 537 | 260 | 82,582 | 314.8 | 305.3 |
| CHICOT, AR-ASHLEY, AR -HSA# 480 | 370 | 118,524 | 312.2 | 276.0 |
| ARKANSAS, AR-MONROE, AR -HSA# 527 | 323 | 93,129 | 346.8 | 272.9 |
| SEBASTIAN (FORT SMITH), AR-CRAWFORD, AR -HSA# 421 | 2,595 | 895,117 | 289.9 | 269.2 |
| JEFFERSON (PINE BLUFF), AR-BRADLEY, AR -HSA# 473 | 1,254 | 447,196 | 280.4 | 268.1 |
| OUACHITA, AR-DALLAS, AR -HSA# 496 | 384 | 111,401 | 344.7 | 267.2 |
| CRITTENDEN (WEST MEMPHIS), AR-ST. FRANCIS, AR -HSA# 499 | 799 | 329,823 | 242.3 | 261.2 |
| CRAIGHEAD, AR-GREENE, AR -HSA# 571 | 1,956 | 664,539 | 294.3 | 257.8 |
| POPE, AR-YELL, AR -HSA# 442 | 529 | 211,148 | 250.5 | 254.9 |
| JACKSON, AR -HSA# 521 | 198 | 53,844 | 367.7 | 242.7 |
| BOWIE (TEXARKANA), TX-MILLER, AR -HSA# 404 | 1,939 | 721,066 | 268.9 | 239.5 |
| JOHNSON, AR -HSA# 522 | 170 | 63,507 | 267.7 | 223.9 |
| INDEPENDENCE, AR-HOWELL, MO -HSA# 574 | 1,212 | 413,779 | 292.9 | 217.6 |
| UNION, AR-COLUMBIA, AR -HSA# 486 | 602 | 228,885 | 263.0 | 209.8 |
| BOONE, AR-CARROLL, AR -HSA# 494 | 564 | 209,827 | 268.8 | 209.1 |
| WASHINGTON (FAYETTEVILLE), AR-BENTON, AR -HSA# 446 | 1,922 | 959,828 | 200.2 | 198.5 |
| GARLAND, AR-HOT SPRING, AR -HSA# 448 | 1,225 | 456,762 | 268.2 | 188.9 |
| WHITE, AR-CLEBURNE, AR -HSA# 457 | 628 | 284,403 | 220.8 | 187.4 |
| PULASKI (LITTLE ROCK), AR-SALINE, AR -HSA# 432 | 3,163 | 1,859,807 | 170.1 | 184.3 |
| BAXTER, AR-MARION, AR -HSA# 407 | 485 | 152,120 | 318.8 | 181.0 |
