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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.

Rank	County	Asbestosis	Mesothelioma*	Total Deaths
1	Los Angeles County, California	336	533 to 914	846 to 1,227
2	Cook County, Illinois	86	551 to 969	633 to 1,051
3	Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania	352	188 to 315	532 to 659
4	King County, Washington	260	204 to 345	454 to 595
5	Harris County, Texas	196	204 to 351	397 to 544
6	Camden County, New Jersey	366	100 to 174	458 to 532
7	Somerset County, New Jersey	378	98 to 163	465 to 530
8	San Diego County, California	168	230 to 371	385 to 526
9	Queens County, New York	62	228 to 429	289 to 490
10	Broward County, Florida	98	199 to 355	292 to 448
11	Pinellas County, Florida	95	197 to 345	288 to 436
12	Orange County, California	130	187 to 307	312 to 432
13	Delaware County, Pennsylvania	271	101 to 156	370 to 425
14	Middlesex County, Massachusetts	177	152 to 240	323 to 411
15	Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	113	167 to 280	278 to 391
16	Wayne County, Michigan	69	181 to 324	248 to 391
17	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	214	108 to 176	317 to 385
18	Nassau County, New York	76	180 to 311	248 to 379
19	Baltimore County, Maryland	196	111 to 186	303 to 378
20	Maricopa County, Arizona	111	168 to 270	274 to 376
21	Suffolk County, New York	100	155 to 275	255 to 375
22	Palm Beach County, Florida	77	162 to 276	237 to 351
23	Dade County, Florida	49	163 to 301	210 to 348
24	Kitsap County, Washington	178	94 to 172	262 to 340
25	Erie County, New York	70	152 to 272	216 to 336
26	Contra Costa County, California	174	101 to 161	271 to 331
27	Cuyahoga County, Ohio	51	168 to 278	219 to 329
28	Pierce County, Washington	113	125 to 218	232 to 325
29	Alameda County, California	151	100 to 171	245 to 316
30	Baltimore City County, Maryland	174	78 to 133	250 to 305
31	Multnomah County, Oregon	135	102 to 175	230 to 303
32	Kings County, New York	36	146 to 260	181 to 295
33	Norfolk County, Massachusetts	149	91 to 142	237 to 288
34	Jefferson County, Texas	204	51 to 88	250 to 287
35	Mobile County, Alabama	198	38 to 64	234 to 260
36	Middlesex County, New Jersey	139	71 to 120	206 to 255
37	Bergen County, New Jersey	68	109 to 188	175 to 254
38	San Mateo County, California	95	90 to 158	182 to 250
39	Dallas County, Texas	52	114 to 199	164 to 249
40	San Francisco County, California	100	85 to 144	181 to 240
41	Lake County, Illinois	66	101 to 173	164 to 236
42	Milwaukee County, Wisconsin	36	108 to 194	143 to 229
43	Charleston County, South Carolina	125	57 to 97	180 to 220
44	Riverside County, California	81	88 to 142	162 to 216
45	Hillsborough County, Florida	53	98 to 161	148 to 211
46	Hennepin County, Minnesota	49	99 to 165	144 to 210
47	San Bernardino County, California	69	83 to 139	151 to 207
48	Pasco County, Florida	51	88 to 154	137 to 203
49	Snohomish County, Washington	73	75 to 130	143 to 198
50	Santa Clara County, California	43	93 to 157	134 to 198
51	Gloucester County, New Jersey	141	35 to 60	173 to 198
52	Ocean County, New Jersey	85	73 to 117	154 to 198
53	Jackson County, Mississippi	134	38 to 65	170 to 197
54	Lee County, Florida	39	92 to 158	126 to 192
55	Saint Louis County, Missouri	64	81 to 129	144 to 192
56	Westchester County, New York	40	91 to 152	129 to 190
57	Jefferson Parish, Louisiana	80	80 to 113	156 to 189
58	Burlington County, New Jersey	101	57 to 93	152 to 188
59	Duval County, Florida	80	64 to 111	141 to 188
60	Union County, New Jersey	83	61 to 105	142 to 186
61	Hamilton County, Ohio	55	72 to 126	125 to 179
62	Monroe County, New York	27	86 to 151	112 to 177
63	Solano County, California	129	32 to 50	157 to 175
64	Sacramento County, California	76	65 to 100	139 to 174
65	Suffolk County, Massachusetts	79	57 to 95	135 to 173
66	Kanawha County, West Virginia	132	28 to 42	158 to 172
67	New Castle County, Delaware	98	48 to 74	145 to 171
68	Jefferson County, Alabama	88	50 to 84	136 to 170
69	Jefferson County, Kentucky	26	85 to 144	110 to 169
70	Bexar County, Texas	31	76 to 140	104 to 168
71	Hartford County, Connecticut	57	65 to 111	121 to 167
72	Providence County, Rhode Island	58	65 to 111	121 to 167
73	Hudson County, New Jersey	40	71 to 128	110 to 167
74	Tarrant County, Texas	25	81 to 142	105 to 166
75	Bucks County, Pennsylvania	70	59 to 97	127 to 165
76	Plymouth County, Massachusetts	87	53 to 81	137 to 165
77	Monmouth County, New Jersey	56	61 to 105	116 to 160
78	Honolulu County, Hawaii	53	61 to 105	113 to 157
79	Orange County, Texas	124	21 to 34	143 to 156
80	Newport News City, Virginia	107	33 to 51	137 to 155
81	Oakland County, Michigan	13	83 to 140	94 to 151
82	New York County, New York	18	75 to 133	93 to 151
83	Lancaster County, Pennsylvania	76	47 to 75	123 to 151
84	Lucas County, Ohio	51	58 to 103	106 to 151
85	Volusia County, Florida	32	71 to 118	102 to 149
86	Pima County, Arizona	42	65 to 109	104 to 148
87	Summit County, Ohio	68	47 to 80	115 to 148
88	Essex County, Massachusetts	71	56 to 78	125 to 147
89	Sonoma County, California	61	51 to 86	110 to 145
90	Bronx County, New York	24	69 to 122	92 to 145
91	New London County, Connecticut	79	39 to 65	117 to 143
92	Orange County, Florida	33	61 to 110	93 to 142
93	Sarasota County, Florida	23	67 to 120	89 to 142
94	Worcester County, Massachusetts	54	53 to 87	107 to 141
95	Essex County, New Jersey	41	54 to 100	93 to 139
96	Passaic County, New Jersey	43	57 to 97	98 to 138
97	Niagara County, New York	32	65 to 110	93 to 138
98	Onondaga County, New York	19	66 to 118	84 to 136
99	Galveston County, Texas	59	45 to 79	102 to 136
100	Brevard County, Florida	25	62 to 111	85 to 134