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ASBESTOS: THINK AGAIN: DEATHS DUE TO ASBESTOS RELATED DISEASES BY STATE

When the government began tracking mesothelioma as a cause of death, mortality nationwide more than doubled, from 935 in 1998, to 2,343 in 1999.

The low number in the range represents 20 years of mortality data when mesothelioma incidence was reported based on total deaths from cancers that were thought to be mesothelioma. The high number in the range is the number of mesothelioma cases from 1979 through 2001, assuming that the incidence was twice that reflected by government statistics.

Rank	State	Asbestosis	Mesothelioma*	Total Deaths
	U.S. Total	19,758	23,965 to 40,411	43,073 to 59,519
1	California	2,088	2,276 to 3,795	4,273 to 5,792
2	Florida	1,095	1,976 to 3,432	3,025 to 4,481
3	New York	750	1,912 to 3,374	2,626 to 4,088
4	Pennsylvania	1,728	1,348 to 2,215	3,046 to 3,913
5	Texas	1,343	1,349 to 2,325	2,651 to 3,627
6	New Jersey	1,783	1,045 to 1,775	2,775 to 3,505
7	Illinois	422	1,291 to 2,201	1,697 to 2,607
8	Washington	970	806 to 1,387	1,730 to 2,311
9	Ohio	578	1,046 to 1,745	1,609 to 2,308
10	Virginia	790	599 to 972	1,362 to 1,735
11	Massachusetts	759	613 to 973	1,355 to 1,715
12	Michigan	329	823 to 1,377	1,140 to 1,694
13	North Carolina	503	534 to 917	1,027 to 1,410
14	Maryland	633	453 to 747	1,074 to 1,368
15	Oregon	430	431 to 721	838 to 1,128
16	Wisconsin	177	548 to 914	716 to 1,082
17	Tennessee	229	447 to 786	671 to 1,010
18	Minnesota	238	439 to 713	668 to 942
19	Alabama	507	248 to 410	741 to 903
20	Louisiana	357	340 to 540	680 to 880
21	Missouri	236	388 to 640	618 to 870
22	South Carolina	308	326 to 556	628 to 858
23	Indiana	124	428 to 698	550 to 820
24	Mississippi	408	204 to 363	606 to 765
25	Iowa	91	369 to 670	457 to 758
26	Georgia	239	319 to 527	549 to 757
27	West Virginia	410	184 to 296	585 to 697
28	Arizona	210	293 to 473	492 to 672
29	Connecticut	249	249 to 411	495 to 657
30	Kentucky	118	316 to 538	429 to 651
31	Colorado	133	267 to 456	395 to 584
32	Kansas	95	265 to 450	354 to 539
33	Oklahoma	104	232 to 397	334 to 499
34	Maine	219	168 to 263	376 to 471
35	Arkansas	121	155 to 274	273 to 392
36	New Hampshire	107	127 to 210	231 to 314
37	Rhode Island	101	115 to 197	212 to 294
38	Delaware	169	80 to 126	244 to 290
39	Nebraska	65	129 to 210	194 to 275
40	Idaho	84	96 to 156	179 to 239
41	New Mexico	62	107 to 170	168 to 231
42	Montana	70	92 to 148	160 to 216
43	Utah	59	98 to 154	155 to 211
44	Nevada	69	88 to 129	153 to 194
45	Hawaii	59	79 to 135	137 to 193
46	North Dakota	32	66 to 115	94 to 143
47	Vermont	29	46 to 77	75 to 106
48	South Dakota	7	56 to 95	61 to 100
49	District Of Columbia	14	41 to 73	54 to 86
50	Wyoming	32	35 to 54	65 to 84
51	Alaska	25	23 to 31	46 to 54