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. 2013 May 4;121(7):791–796. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1206127

Table 3.

YLDs, YLLs, and DALYs by chemical.

Chemical No. of sites Estimated population at risk YLDs YLLs DALYs
Aldrin 5 133,000 212 812 1,024
Asbestos 3 25,000 974 4,218 5,192
Cadmium 53 976,600 15 (S=1, W=14) 0 15
Chromium VI 128 3,231,750 63,174 (S=3,582, W=59,592) 235,483 (S=14,467, W=221,016) 298,657
DDT 4 180,000 4 18 22
Lead 79 1,829,900 523,630 0 523,630
Lindane 9 131,300 20 (S=2, W=18) 79 (S=6, W=73) 99
Mercury, inorganic 92 2,122,200 83 (S=32, W=51) 0 83
Total 373 8,629,750 588,112 240,610 828,722
Abbreviations: DDT, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane; S, soil; W, water.