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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 VI.

Years of Potential Life Lost to Age 65 Years (YPLL65) Attributable to Asbestos-Associated Diseases, by State, United States, 1999–2010

Deaths
YPLL65
No. % No. % Median Age-adjusted rate (per million per year)
Alabama 86 1.3 647 1.2 5.0 21
Alaska
Arizona 97 1.5 694 1.3 5.0 19
Arkansas 56 0.9 477 0.9 6.5 27
California 676 10.3 6,244 11.4 7.0 27
Colorado 81 1.2 737 1.3 6.0 23
Connecticut 89 1.4 713 1.3 6.0 29
Delaware 18 0.3 119 0.2 6.5 19
District of Columbia
Florida 362 5.5 2,817 5.1 6.0 24
Georgia 135 2.1 1,176 2.1 8.0 20
Hawaii 16 0.2 165 0.3 8.5 20
Idaho 38 0.6 278 0.5 7.0 29
Illinois 316 4.8 2,810 5.1 7.0 34
Indiana 149 2.3 1,317 2.4 7.0 33
Iowa 67 1.0 544 1.0 8.0 28
Kansas 50 0.8 429 0.8 8.0 24
Kentucky 96 1.5 869 1.6 6.0 31
Louisiana 173 2.6 1,579 2.9 8.0 53
Maine 58 0.9 394 0.7 5.0 40
Maryland 119 1.8 1,125 2.0 6.0 29
Massachusetts 188 2.9 1,528 2.8 6.5 35
Michigan 255 3.9 2,077 3.8 6.0 31
Minnesota 126 1.9 1,005 1.8 5.5 29
Mississippi 63 1.0 500 0.9 6.0 27
Missouri 100 1.5 891 1.6 8.0 23
Montana 33 0.5 234 0.4 5.0 33
Nebraska 43 0.7 377 0.7 7.0 34
Nevada 47 0.7 502 0.9 10.0 31
New Hampshire 26 0.4 219 0.4 7.5 23
New Jersey 218 3.3 1,711 3.1 6.0 28
New Mexico 47 0.7 391 0.7 8.0 31
New York 365 5.6 3,056 5.6 6.0 23
North Carolina 177 2.7 1,573 2.9 7.0 28
North Dakota 17 0.3 129 0.2 7.0 29
Ohio 297 4.5 2,133 3.9 5.0 27
Oklahoma 77 1.2 725 1.3 7.0 33
Oregon 95 1.4 827 1.5 6.0 33
Pennsylvania 339 5.2 2,513 4.6 6.0 29
Rhode Island 22 0.3 176 0.3 5.5 25
South Carolina 84 1.3 680 1.2 7.0 23
South Dakota
Tennessee 134 2.0 1,223 2.2 6.5 31
Texas 386 5.9 3,262 5.9 6.0 23
Utah 56 0.9 476 0.9 5.5 33
Vermont 21 0.3 192 0.3 7.0 44
Virginia 214 3.3 1,768 3.2 7.0 35
Washington 206 3.1 1,464 2.7 5.0 33
West Virginia 71 1.1 605 1.1 6.0 48
Wisconsin 154 2.3 1,366 2.5 7.0 36
Wyoming 21 0.3 125 0.2 5.0 32
Total 6,564 100.0 54,880 100.0 5.0

“—”indicates fewer than 15 deaths; Data suppressed due to the National Center for Health Statistics confidentiality policy. No report due to unreliable estimate (RSE >70%).