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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 3.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ind Med. 2013 Sep 20;57(1):38–48. doi: 10.1002/ajim.22261

TABLE III.

Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL) to Life Expectancy Attributable to Asbestos-Associated Diseases, by State, United States, 1999–2010

State Deaths
YPLL
No. % No. % Median Age-adjusted rate (per million per year)
Alabama 557 1.6 6,563 1.5 10.2 172
Alaska 57 0.2 679 0.2 9.6 206
Arizona 594 1.7 6,995 1.6 10.3 148
Arkansas 246 0.7 3,137 0.7 10.8 132
California 3,407 9.5 41,384 9.7 10.0 163
Colorado 377 1.0 4,784 1.1 10.7 148
Connecticut 477 1.3 5,636 1.3 9.9 192
Delaware 178 0.5 1,865 0.4 9.5 264
District of Columbia 27 0.1 390 0.1 14.0 86
Florida 2,411 6.7 27,023 6.3 9.6 155
Georgia 539 1.5 7,099 1.7 11.1 115
Hawaii 98 0.3 1,209 0.3 9.9 113
Idaho 187 0.5 2,217 0.5 10.0 205
Illinois 1,573 4.4 19,367 4.5 10.3 199
Indiana 709 2.0 8,844 2.1 10.2 178
Iowa 324 0.9 3,938 0.9 10.2 152
Kansas 267 0.7 3,109 0.7 9.6 139
Kentucky 391 1.1 5,252 1.2 11.6 154
Louisiana 677 1.9 9,008 2.1 10.9 257
Maine 350 1.0 4,005 0.9 10.0 331
Maryland 729 2.0 8,486 2.0 10.0 201
Massachusetts 1,093 3.0 12,309 2.9 9.4 228
Michigan 1,257 3.5 15,455 3.6 10.3 191
Minnesota 762 2.1 8,731 2.0 9.8 222
Mississippi 333 0.9 4,004 0.9 10.6 177
Missouri 574 1.6 6,968 1.6 10.5 145
Montana 212 0.6 2,307 0.5 9.5 279
Nebraska 224 0.6 2,679 0.6 10.0 189
Nevada 224 0.6 2,987 0.7 11.2 166
New Hampshire 195 0.5 2,160 0.5 9.9 209
New Jersey 1,625 4.5 17,455 4.1 9.0 244
New Mexico 171 0.5 2,313 0.5 11.1 150
New York 1,930 5.4 23,060 5.4 9.9 146
North Carolina 880 2.4 10,900 2.6 10.6 159
North Dakota 101 0.3 1,096 0.3 8.1 194
Ohio 1,584 4.4 18,726 4.4 10.2 193
Oklahoma 328 0.9 4,394 1.0 11.6 151
Oregon 630 1.8 6,946 1.6 9.1 232
Pennsylvania 2,374 6.6 25,965 6.1 9.3 226
Rhode Island 173 0.5 1,818 0.4 8.9 199
South Carolina 464 1.3 5,680 1.3 10.8 164
South Dakota 73 0.2 867 0.2 9.8 132
Tennessee 611 1.7 7,897 1.8 11.1 161
Texas 1,946 5.4 24,086 5.6 10.7 158
Utah 216 0.6 2,825 0.7 11.3 187
Vermont 73 0.2 980 0.2 11.4 181
Virginia 1,075 3.0 13,113 3.1 10.2 226
Washington 1,243 3.5 13,576 3.2 9.1 285
West Virginia 433 1.2 5,073 1.2 10.0 297
Wisconsin 860 2.4 10,513 2.5 10.6 234
Wyoming 90 0.3 1,132 0.3 11.2 272
Total 35,929 100.0 427,005 100.0 10.0