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Per Capita Deaths From Power Plant Emissions


Capital News Service
Oct. 17, 2000


STATE   TOTAL DEATHS  DEATHS PER 100,000 ADULTS 
1. Kentucky  997  

44.1 

2. West Virginia  459 

43.3 

3. Alabama   1,110 

  42.8  

4. Tennessee  1,440 

42.3 

5. Washington, D.C. 

118  

41.3 

15. Maryland 

927  

28.8 

Source: Clear the Air study


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