Ref. No. 2008T07-05
Malignant Mesothelioma: Mortality
Malignant mesothelioma: Number of deaths, death rates (per million population), and years of potential life lost (YPLL) by state, U.S. residents age 15 and over, 1999–2005
No. of Deaths Rank State Alabama 221 25 Alaska 34 49 Arizona 282 22 Arkansas 93 40 California 1,779 1 Colorado 189 28 Connecticut 261 24 Delaware 74 44 District of Columbia 19 51 Florida 1,213 2 Georgia 264 23 Hawaii 57 45 Idaho 81 43 Illinois 892 6 Indiana 402 14 Iowa 173 30 Kansas 159 33 Kentucky 197 27 Louisiana 315 18 Maine 173 30 Maryland 369 17 Massachusetts 567 10 Michigan 662 9 Minnesota 401 15 Mississippi 115 34 Missouri 309 19 Montana 83 41 Nebraska 115 34 Nevada 110 36 New Hampshire 96 39 New Jersey 814 8 New Mexico 98 38 New York 1,051 4 North Carolina 390 16 North Dakota 46 47 Ohio 834 7 Oklahoma 168 32 Oregon 303 20 Pennsylvania 1,211 3 Rhode Island 83 41 South Carolina 200 26 South Dakota 41 48 Tennessee 283 21 Texas 942 5 Utah 107 37 Vermont 34 49 Virginia 534 12 Washington 559 11 West Virginia 182 29 Wisconsin 448 13 Wyoming 50 46 Death Rate Crude 8.85 9.99 9.56 6.18 9.35 7.61 13.65 16.27 5.72 12.85 5.67 8.16 11.17 12.90 11.89 10.45 10.60 8.47 12.84 23.09 12.23 15.54 11.94 14.34 7.33 9.76 16.12 12.01 9.31 13.41 17.08 9.70 9.81 8.47 12.74 13.19 8.66 15.38 17.33 13.60 8.67 9.73 8.74 8.07 8.90 9.63 13.13 16.57 17.52 14.72 17.82 Rank 39 29 35 49 36 47 13 7 50 19 51 45 26 18 25 28 27 43 20 1 22 9 24 12 48 31 8 23 37 15 5 33 30 43 21 16 42 10 4 14 41 32 40 46 38 34 17 6 3 11 2 Age-Adjusted 8.64 20.33 9.31 5.77 10.65 9.36 12.43 16.16 6.07 10.06 7.05 7.67 11.79 13.39 11.97 9.35 10.22 8.68 13.48 21.04 13.28 14.82 12.05 14.77 7.58 9.37 15.15 11.42 10.34 14.10 16.33 9.90 9.65 8.83 11.41 12.53 8.39 15.08 14.63 12.39 8.92 8.70 8.83 9.70 11.78 9.38 14.46 17.95 15.19 14.42 18.45 Rank 45 2 39 51 28 37 20 6 50 31 49 47 24 17 23 38 30 44 16 1 18 10 22 11 48 36 8 26 29 15 5 32 34 41 27 19 46 9 12 21 40 43 41 33 25 35 13 4 7 14 3 Total 3,194 474 3,829 1,525 25,243 2,905 3,562 923 296 16,152 4,051 814 1,166 12,521 5,843 2,505 2,113 2,906 5,077 2,327 5,147 7,570 9,412 5,424 1,776 4,339 1,202 1,603 1,670 1,292 10,262 1,538 14,457 5,746 629 11,435 2,455 4,086 15,985 1,106 2,823 514 4,480 13,673 1,665 567 7,641 7,332 2,706 6,158 747 YPLL to Life Expectancy Rank 25 50 23 39 1 27 24 44 51 2 22 45 42 6 14 30 33 26 18 32 17 11 9 16 34 20 41 37 35 40 8 38 4 15 47 7 31 21 3 43 28 49 19 5 36 48 10 12 29 13 46 YPLL/death Rank 14.5 17 13.9 30 13.6 37 16.4 2 14.2 25 15.4 8 13.6 37 12.5 50 15.6 6 13.3 44 15.3 10 14.3 23 14.4 22 14.0 28 14.5 17 14.5 17 13.3 44 14.8 14 16.1 3 13.4 42 13.9 30 13.4 42 14.2 25 13.5 39 15.4 8 14.0 28 14.5 17 13.9 30 15.2 11 13.5 39 12.6 49 15.7 5 13.8 33 14.7 15 13.7 34 13.7 34 14.6 16 13.5 39 13.2 47 13.3 44 14.1 27 12.5 50 15.8 4 14.5 17 15.6 6 16.7 1 14.3 23 13.1 48 14.9 12 13.7 34 14.9 12
NOTE: See selected limitations for general cautions regarding inferences based on small numbers of deaths, and see appendices for source description, methods, and ICD codes. SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics multiple cause-of-death data. Population estimates from U.S. Census Bureau.