The Heinz Center's State of the Nation's Ecosystems
ecosystem: Freshwater
indicator Name: Animal Deaths and Deformaties: Animal Mortality, by region (waterfowl mortality only)
page # in printed report: 146
location on page: lower
data source: U.S. Geological Survey. Coverage: all 50 states; Alaska and Hawaii are included in the Pacific region, and Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands are included in the Southeast region.
notes: please see technical notes for further details on accessing these data from their original source; this data table comes from a specific graphic in The State of the Nation's Ecosystems report (www.heinzctr.org/ecosystems)

units: # of Mortality Events for 5-year period
  1985-1989 1990-1994 1995-1999
Northeast 76 97 56
Southeast 47 36 46
Midwest 165 152 119
Rocky Mtn 110 129 106
Southwest 34 65 24
Pacific 208 147 147