SOTA03 Full Report

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

GRADING THE RISK

Table 1:
Estimated Populations at Risk by Grading Level
Table 2:
People at Risk in America’s 25 Most Ozone- Polluted Cities
Table 3:
People at Risk in America’s 25 Most Ozone- Polluted Counties
Table 4:
Counties with the Worst Ozone Air Pollution in Each State
Table 5:
Metropolitan Areas with the Least Ozone Air Pollution
Table 6:
Counties with No Monitored Ozone Air Pollution in Unhealthy Ranges in Each State

NATIONWIDE AND REGIONAL ANALYSIS

THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF OZONE

PROTECTING THE NATION FROM OZONE

ENDNOTES

APPENDIX A: DESCRIPTION OF METHODOLOGY

APPENDIX B: REGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN OZONE

Region 1:
Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut

Region 2:
New York, New Jersey, and Puerto Rico

Region 3:
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Washington, D.C., West Virginia, and Virginia

Region 4:
Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida

Region 5:
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota

Region 6:
Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and New Mexico

Region 7:
Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, and Missouri

Region 8:
Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado

Region 9:
California, Nevada, Arizona, and Hawaii

Region 10:
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska

APPENDIX C: ADDITIONAL COMPARISON TABLES

Table C-1:
Comparison of Number of Counties and High Ozone Days, State of the Air Reports 2002-2003

Table C-2:
Cities Deleted from the List of the 25 Most Ozone-Polluted Cities Between the 2002 and 2003 State of the Air Reports

Table C-3:
Counties Deleted from the Lists of the 25 Most Ozone-Polluted Counties Between the 2002 and 2003 State of the Air Reports

APPENDIX D: STATE DATA TABLES

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