TABLE 1.
Malignant mesothelioma highest age-adjusted death rates by county, from NIOSH 2008. NIOSH Table reproduced with permission from NIOSH Table 7–10 (NIOSH, 2008).
| Ref. No. 2007T07–10 | Malignant Mesothelioma: Mortality | ||||
| Table 7–10. Malignant mesothelioma: Counties with highest age-adjusted death rates (per million population), U.S. residents age 15 and over, 2000–2004 | |||||
| County | State | Age-Adjusted Rate | Crude Rate | Number of Deaths | % Female |
| Sagadahoc County | Maine | 97.1 | 102.6 | 15 | 26.7 |
| Koochiching County | Minnesota | 77.5 | 104.5 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Lincoln County | Montana | 56.1 | 65.1 | 5 | 40.0 |
| Mason County | West Virginia | 55.6 | 65.7 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Carlton County | Minnesota | 55.3 | 60.5 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Lincoln County | Maine | 55.0 | 76.0 | II | 9.1 |
| Bonncr County | Idaho | 50.7 | 58.2 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Washington County | Maine | 50.3 | 64.7 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Newport News City | Virginia | 49.2 | 42.4 | 29 | 6.9 |
| Kilsap County | Washington | 48.0 | 43.1 | 40 | 20.0 |
| Posey County | Indiana | 47.8 | 46.9 | 5 | 60.0 |
| York County | Virginia | 47.2 | 38.8 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Dickinson County | Michigan | 47.0 | 63.1 | 7 | 28.6 |
| Tooele County | Utah | 46.9 | 36.3 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Union County | Oregon | 45.5 | 50.4 | 5 | 40.0 |
| Tyler County | Texas | 44.7 | 59.3 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jasper County | Indiana | 43.3 | 41.5 | 5 | 40.0 |
| Isle of Wight County | Virginia | 42.8 | 40.1 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Jefferson Parish | Louisiana | 42.1 | 41.7 | 75 | 34.7 |
| Somerset County | New Jersey | 41.0 | 37.2 | 45 | 33.3 |
| Portsmouth City | Virginia | 40.5 | 43.6 | 17 | 29.4 |
| Mason County | Washington | 39.6 | 47.7 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Martin County | Minnesota | 38.6 | 57.5 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Orange County | Texas | 38.4 | 39.2 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Hancock County | West Virginia | 38.0 | 52.4 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Houghton County | Michigan | 37.7 | 40.3 | 6 | 50.0 |
| Gloucester County | Virginia | 37.5 | 35.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Franklin County | Washington | 37.4 | 26.2 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Alpena County | Michigan | 36.4 | 47.1 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Delaware County | Oklahoma | 35.7 | 45.8 | 7 | 28.6 |
| Anchorage Borough | Alaska | 35.6 | 13.7 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Yuba County | California | 34.8 | 30.2 | 7 | 28.6 |
| Polk County | Wisconsin | 34.8 | 40.7 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Gloucester County | New Jersey | 34.8 | 32.7 | 34 | 11.8 |
| Kenosha County | Wisconsin | 34.4 | 31.5 | 19 | 26.3 |
| Niagara County | New York | 34.3 | 40.9 | 36 | 16.7 |
| Mason County | Michigan | 34.2 | 42.8 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Augusta County | Virginia | 34.1 | 33.0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| James City County | Virginia | 33.8 | 42.6 | 9 | 22.2 |
| Preble County | Ohio | 33.6 | 35.3 | 6 | 50.0 |
| Greenup County | Kentucky | 33.4 | 39.5 | 6 | 33.3 |
| Nalrona County | Wyoming | 32.9 | 33.5 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Jackson County | Mississippi | 32.5 | 27.0 | 14 | 21.4 |
| Chesapeake City | Virginia | 32.3 | 23.9 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Clinton County | Illinois | 32.2 | 34.7 | 5 | 40.0 |
| Windham County | Connecticut | 31.9 | 31.6 | 14 | 35.7 |
| Mill County | Texas | 31.7 | 37.4 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Callaraugus County | New York | 31.5 | 35.9 | 12 | 25.0 |
| Siskiyou County | California | 31.3 | 44.2 | 8 | 12.5 |
| St. Louis County | Minnesota | 31.3 | 38.4 | 32 | 6.3 |
| Overall linked States | 11.5 | 11.3 | 12.895 | 18.9 | |
NOTE: Only counties with at least 5 deaths from the disease of interest arc included. See selected limitations for general cautions regarding inferences based on small numbers of deaths, and sec appendices for source description, methods, and ICD codes.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics multiple cause-of-death data. Population estimates from U.S. Census Bureau.