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Government Statistics on deaths due to Asbestos related diseases

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.

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