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Page 1723 1 Q And what percentage -- did Dr. Selikoff, in 2 his studies, report on various asbestos-related 3 diseases? 4 A He did. He reported on many of them. 5 Dr. Selikoff and his group have followed a 6 group of insulation workers, 17,800 individuals since 7 about 1962, and they have published data on this group 8 of individuals, over the years, with respect to what 9 type of diseases these individuals have developed, and 10 what type of diseases they have died from. And there 11 is a tremendous amount of information on that at the 12 present time. 13 Q What have they found as it relates to the 14 disease of mesothelioma? 15 A What they found is, if you look at the 16 deaths in that group of people, approximately at that 17 time 11 percent, which would be about -- 10 to 11 18 percent of the insulators have died from the disease 19 mesothelioma, which means that those people who have 20 died in that group, one out of 10, have died from 21 mesothelioma.