All pneumoconioses: Top 50 counties with highest age-adjusted death rates (per million population), U.S. residents age 15 and over, 2000–2009
County | State | Death Rate | Number of Deaths | Percent Female | |
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Age-Adjusted | Crude | ||||
Buchanan County | Virginia | 1,158.5 | 1,058.5 | 219 | † |
McDowell County | West Virginia | 752.3 | 933.6 | 184 | † |
Wyoming County | West Virginia | 641.8 | 674.0 | 135 | † |
Logan County | West Virginia | 556.7 | 587.6 | 173 | † |
Tazewell County | Virginia | 555.0 | 658.6 | 241 | † |
Lincoln County | Montana | 494.9 | 622.6 | 97 | 24.7 |
Mingo County | West Virginia | 477.3 | 470.3 | 102 | † |
Raleigh County | West Virginia | 470.0 | 566.5 | 369 | † |
Dickenson County | Virginia | 444.5 | 507.9 | 69 | † |
Wise County | Virginia | 411.1 | 417.1 | 144 | † |
Floyd County | Kentucky | 402.9 | 376.3 | 129 | † |
Leslie County | Kentucky | 401.6 | 411.0 | 40 | † |
Boone County | West Virginia | 396.7 | 413.8 | 85 | † |
Harlan County | Kentucky | 386.7 | 424.7 | 107 | † |
Schuylkill County | Pennsylvania | 370.6 | 579.8 | 713 | † |
Fayette County | West Virginia | 361.8 | 460.4 | 176 | † |
Russell County | Virginia | 359.0 | 386.0 | 92 | † |
George County | Mississippi | 323.9 | 278.3 | 44 | † |
Hancock County | Mississippi | 322.0 | 324.2 | 120 | 26.7 |
Webster County | West Virginia | 312.2 | 362.5 | 29 | † |
Lee County | Virginia | 304.4 | 342.6 | 66 | † |
Pike County | Kentucky | 270.5 | 268.9 | 145 | † |
Mercer County | West Virginia | 243.8 | 333.2 | 168 | † |
Carbon County | Utah | 242.0 | 284.5 | 43 | † |
Perry County | Kentucky | 241.7 | 208.9 | 49 | † |
Knott County | Kentucky | 237.1 | 229.9 | 33 | † |
Letcher County | Kentucky | 236.2 | 231.4 | 46 | † |
Nicholas County | West Virginia | 206.6 | 244.4 | 53 | † |
Cambria County | Pennsylvania | 172.3 | 274.1 | 338 | † |
Muhlenberg County | Kentucky | 169.2 | 209.2 | 54 | † |
Martin County | Kentucky | 158.7 | 138.5 | 13 | † |
Johnson County | Kentucky | 147.8 | 140.1 | 27 | † |
Northumberland County | Pennsylvania | 144.2 | 220.5 | 169 | † |
Greenbrier County | West Virginia | 139.2 | 192.4 | 55 | † |
McCreary County | Kentucky | 135.8 | 110.2 | 15 | † |
Luzerne County | Pennsylvania | 135.5 | 220.0 | 574 | † |
Somerset County | Pennsylvania | 134.6 | 205.2 | 135 | † |
Orange County | Texas | 133.5 | 138.5 | 92 | † |
Clay County | West Virginia | 119.2 | 134.3 | 11 | † |
Colfax County | New Mexico | 114.4 | 180.1 | 20 | † |
Clay County | Kentucky | 108.5 | 92.3 | 18 | † |
Preston County | West Virginia | 99.1 | 113.5 | 28 | † |
Carbon County | Pennsylvania | 93.1 | 132.8 | 68 | † |
Franklin County | Illinois | 91.3 | 139.6 | 45 | † |
Kanawha County | West Virginia | 89.1 | 114.1 | 181 | † |
Fayette County | Pennsylvania | 88.7 | 132.7 | 160 | † |
Greene County | Pennsylvania | 87.7 | 107.6 | 36 | † |
Jackson County | Mississippi | 86.0 | 77.1 | 81 | † |
Jasper County | Texas | 84.2 | 100.6 | 28 | † |
Newport News City | Virginia | 76.0 | 64.0 | 89 | † |
Overall United States | 10.4 | 10.5 | 24,595 | 3.4 |
Note:
Data are not shown ("†") for counties with less than 10 female deaths with the disease of interest reported during the time interval. Counties with less than 10 reportable deaths, and split/merged counties incorporated for less than the entire time interval are not presented (see Appendix: Split, Merged, or Renamed Counties and County Equivalents).
See Appendix for information about data sources, methods, ICD codes, and limitations.
Source:
Mortality multiple cause-of-death data from National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System.
Citation:
NIOSH 2014. Work-Related Lung Disease Surveillance System (eWoRLD). 2014-797 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Respiratory Health Division, Morgantown, WV. Available at: <https://wwwn.cdc.gov/eWorld/Data/797> April 25, 2024.
Reference Number: 2014-797
Date Posted: September 2014
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