Worker Health Chartbook 2004

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1		Figure 1-26 Incidence rates for occupational illness in private industry by State, 2001. Occupational illness rates varied widely among the States, from 8.8 per 10,000 full-time workers in New Mexico to 142.6 in Maine. (The U.S. rate was 36.7 per 10,000 full-time workers.) Higher rates were reported in the Midwest. Lower rates were reported for States in the South and in the southern coastal and western mountain States. (Source: BLS [2003d].)
2		Figure 2-59 Incidence rates for disorders associated with repeated trauma in private industry by State, 2001. Incidence rates for disorders associated with repeated trauma varied by State in 2001, from a low of 2.9 per 10,000 full-time workers in New Mexico to a high of 120.1 in Maine. The U.S. rate was 23.8 per 10,000 full-time workers. Lower rates were reported for States in the West, the Southwest, and the South. (Source: BLS [2002].)
3		Figure 2-154 Incidence rates for occupational poisoning in private industry by State, 2001. Occupational poisoning rates varied from a low of less than 0.1 per 10,000 full-time workers in many States to a high of 1.2 per 10,000 full-time workers in Maine. The U.S. rate was 0.3 per 10,000 full-time workers. (Source: BLS [2002].)
4		Figure 2-169 Age-adjusted mortality rates for malignant mesothelioma in U.S. residents aged 15 or older by State, 1999. The highest malignant mesothelioma mortality rates occurred in Alaska and Maine in 1999. The rates for each of these States were more than twice the national rate of 11.7 per million. States in the next highest rate group were widely dispersed, with a concentration on the eastern seaboard and in the West. The rates in these States were nearly 1.5 to 2 times the U.S. rate. (Source: NIOSH [2002e].)
5		Figure 2-202 Incidence rates for respiratory conditions due to toxic agents in private industry by State, 2001. In 2001, incidence rates of occupational respiratory conditions due to toxic agents varied by State from a low of 0.7 per 10,000 full-time workers in Louisiana to a high of 5.0 in Maine. The U.S. rate was 1.6 per 10,000 full-time workers. Lower rates were reported for Southern, Southwestern, and Western States. (Source: BLS [2002].)

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