Direct Links Between Coal Mining and Life Expectancy in Appalacia (From ilovemountains.org HB032713):

Life Expectancy Change by County, 1997-2007
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"Life Expectancy Change by County (in Appalacia), 1997-2007:

 Life Expectancy Change by County, 1997 - 2007

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 Birth Defect Rates for KY, TN, VA, and WV: 1996 - 2003

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Data Sources: The Gallup-Healthways Well Being Index, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (Life Expectancy and Population), National Center for Health Statistics natality data (birth defects), Extent of Mountaintop Mining in Appalachia – 2009 combined with most recent active surface mine mine permits approved since the study was completed (acreage impacted), Center for Disease Control (death rates for all cancer, chronic cardiovascular disease, lung cancer, and all causes), The 2010 US Census (poverty rate and population)

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Data Sources: The Gallup-Healthways Well Being Index, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (Life Expectancy and Population), National Center for Health Statistics natality data (birth defects), Extent of Mountaintop Mining in Appalachia – 2009 combined with most recent active surface mine mine permits approved since the study was completed (acreage impacted), Center for Disease Control (death rates for all cancer, chronic cardiovascular disease, lung cancer, and all causes), The 2010 US Census (poverty rate and population)

Notice on this map and others that coal mining is very closely correlated with lowered life expectancies, life expectancy impossible to count in human cash.