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. 2017 Sep 6;125(9):097003. doi: 10.1289/EHP507

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Graphical representation showing reduction in PM sub 2.5-attributable deaths in 48 US states stratified as follows: Industrial Midwest, Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest, Upper Midwest, and West. — Estimated reduction in ${PM}_{2.5} - attributable$ Deaths in 48 U.S. states among adults Aged 30 and older between 1980 and 2010. Note: AL = Alabama; AR = Arkansas; AZ = Arizona; CA = California; CO = Colorado; CT = Connecticut; DE = Delaware; FL = Florida; GA = Georgia; IA = IOWA; ID = Idaho; IL = Illinois; IN = Indiana; KS = Kansas; KY = Kentucky; LA = Louisiana; MA = Massachusetts; MD = Maryland; ME = Maine; MI = Michigan; MN = Minnesota; MO = Missouri; MS = Mississippi; MT = Montana; NC = North Carolina; ND = North Dakota; NE = Nebraska; NH = New Hampshire; NJ = New Jersey; NM = New Mexico; NY = New York; OH = Ohio; OK = Oklahoma; OR = Oregon; PA = Pennsylvania; RH = Rhode Island; SC = South Carolina; SD = South Dakota; TN = Tennessee; TX = Texas; UT = Utah; VA = Virginia; VT = Vermont; WA = Washington; WI = Wisconsin; WV = West Virginia; WY = Wyoming. The region of the United States corresponds to seven clusters of states that are proximate to one another. The right-hand end of each arrow denotes the fraction of deaths due to ${PM}_{2.5}$ in 1980, while the left-hand side of each arrow shows the fraction of deaths due to ${PM}_{2.5}$ in 2010.