Table 1.

Results of Cox proportional hazards model

Number of countries in sample			49
Number of countries that have transitioned away from asbestos			38
Variable	Coefficient	Std. Error	p-Value	95% CI
Peak year	0.041	0.018	0.025	0.005–0.076

Notes and Sources: Asbestos consumption data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Excludes countries that consumed less than or equal to 250,000 metric tons in total between 1920 and 2013.