| Asbestos statistics | | Asbestosis deaths have increased from fewer than 100 in 1968 to more than 1,467 in 2002, with no apparent leveling off of this trend. | | There have been more than 15,000 asbestosis deaths since 1990. | | Alabama had 318 asbestosis deaths from 1990-1999, and Alabamians lost 4,047 years of potential life to asbestosis in that time. | | Asbestosis hospitalizations have increased from 300 in 1970 to 20,000 in 2000. | | Mesothelioma deaths have increased from 699 in 1980 to 2,573 in 2002. | | Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Work-Related Lung Disease Surveillance Report for 2002 |
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