Figure 2-176. Age-adjusted mortality rates for asbestosis in U.S. residents aged 15 or older by State, 1990-1999.Delaware and West Virginia had the highest asbestosis mortality rates during 1990-1999. States in the second highest mortality rate category were predominantly coastal States. All States in these two groupings had asbestosis mortality rates above the U.S. rate of 5.4 per million.
(Source: NIOSH [2002f].)
