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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 20.
Published in final edited form as: Sci Total Environ. 2015 Sep 15;539:515–525. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.08.129

Table 2.

Top 10 ranked counties based on the number of BC-related deaths versus percent of deaths.

Rank State County Largest city Number of death State County Largest city % of deaths
1 CA Los Angeles Los Angeles 836 NJ Bergen NYC Metro 1.695%
2 IL Cook Chicago 354 NJ Passaic NYC Metro 1.689%
3 NY Queens Queens 247 NY Rockland NYC Metro 1.684%
4 NY Kings Brooklyn 232 NY Bronx Bronx 1.674%
5 CA Orange Los Angeles 220 NY Westchester Yonkers 1.634%
6 PA Philadelphia Philadelphia 157 NJ Somerset NYC Metro 1.615%
7 NJ Bergen NYC Metro 155 NJ Mercer Philadelphia Metro 1.612%
8 NY Nassau Long Island 145 NY New York Manhattan 1.612%
9 MI Wayne Detroit 142 NJ Morris NYC Metro 1.600%
10 NY Westchester Yonkers 132 NJ Essex Newark 1.587%