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| The 20 worst counties for asbestos deaths in England | |
| Tyne and Wear | 768 |
| Cheshire | 384 |
| Devon | 612 |
| Avon | 384 |
| Isle of Wight | 72 |
| Northumbria | 24 |
| Dorset | 384 |
| Gloucestershire | 21 |
| Hampshire | 792 |
| Norfolk | 288 |
| Cleveland | 264 |
| Nottinghamshire | 372 |
| Essex | 708 |
| Cornwall | 168 |
| West Yorkshire | 924 |
| Kent | 540 |
| Suffolk | 288 |
| West Sussex | 240 |
| Cumbria | 204 |
| Lincolnshire | 24 |
| Highest death rate by population. | |
| Deaths in each region of Great Britain since 1997 | |
| Scotland | 1,800 |
| Wales | 564 |
| South West England | 2,040 |
| Greater London | 1,800 |
| South East England | 4,596 |
| East Anglia | 1,488 |
| Midlands | 2,352 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 1,632 |
| North West | 1,872 |
| Northern England | 1,344 |