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Unspecified and other pneumoconioses: Death rates (per million population) by race and sex, U.S. residents age 15 and over, 2001–2010

Crude Death Rate
YearWhiteBlackOtherOverall
MaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemale
2001 2.66 0.09 1.19 0.14     – – 1.19
2002 2.44 0.15 1.48     – 0.17 – 1.13
2003 2.38 0.06 0.15 0.13 0.49 – 1.02
2004 2.11 0.04 0.83     –     – – 0.91
2005 2.00 0.12 1.11     –     – – 0.92
2006 1.96 0.12 0.80 0.06 0.3 – 0.90
2007 1.55 0.04 0.50     –     – – 0.67
2008 2.07 0.08 0.42     – 0.43 – 0.90
2009 1.51 0.02 0.27 0.06 0.70 – 0.65
2010 1.35 0.03 0.40     – 0.55 – 0.59
2001–2010 1.98 0.07 0.69 0.04 0.27 – 0.88
Age-Adjusted Death Rate
YearWhiteBlackOtherOverall
MaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemale
2001 3.31 0.08 2.41 0.15     – – 1.21
2002 2.94 0.12 2.96     – 0.38 – 1.14
2003 2.82 0.05 0.28 0.14 0.71 – 1.01
2004 2.47 0.04 1.74     –     – – 0.91
2005 2.26 0.10 2.24     –     – – 0.90
2006 2.22 0.10 1.38 0.07 0.66 – 0.86
2007 1.72 0.03 1.04     –     – – 0.65
2008 2.26 0.06 0.80     – 0.71 – 0.86
2009 1.65 0.01 0.45 0.05 1.30 – 0.63
2010 1.40 0.03 0.63     – 0.93 – 0.56
2001–2010 2.24 0.06 1.33 0.04 0.51 – 0.86

– indicates no deaths.

Note:

The 2001–2007 crude and age-adjusted rates may be different than those previously reported.

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. National population estimates from Bureau of the Census and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Citation:

NIOSH 2014. Work-Related Lung Disease Surveillance System (eWoRLD). 2014-781 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/781> April 25, 2024.

Reference Number: 2014-781

Date Posted: September 2014

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Page last reviewed: September 11, 2014
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)