FIGURE 3.
Years of potential life lost (YPLL) before the age of 65 years and mean YPLL per decedent for decedents 25 years or older with coal workers’ pneumoconiosis as the underlying cause of death—United States, 1968–2010. Based on annual underlying cause of death from multiple cause-of-death files, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (updated from figure in Amandus et al29).