The annual global burden of mesothelioma deaths
| Extrapolation method Countries (n) | Country (n) | Population* | CMR† (Summary index) | Mesothelioma deaths‡ | |||||
| Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | ||||
| Asbestos adjusted | |||||||||
| No use | Referenced§ (5;4)¶ | 125 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 14.0 | 1.19 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Estimated** (120;121)¶ | 470.3 | 473.1 | 943.4 | 269 | 198 | 467 | |||
| Low | Referenced (7) | 23 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 29.6 | 2.17 | 43 | 14 | 57 |
| Estimated (16) | 202.8 | 206.1 | 408.9 | 200 | 95 | 295 | |||
| Middle | Referenced (12) | 33 | 73.9 | 76.4 | 150.3 | 3.22 | 352 | 124 | 476 |
| Estimated (21) | 443.0 | 436.1 | 879.1 | 1400 | 439 | 1839 | |||
| High | Referenced (35) | 49 | 651.6 | 671.8 | 1323.4 | 10.94 | 11 295 | 3171 | 14 466 |
| Estimated (14) | 1753.7 | 1668.8 | 3422.5 | 16 469 | 4307 | 20 776 | |||
| Subtotal | Referenced | (59; 58) | 747.2 | 770.1 | 1517.3 | 9.90 | 11 697 | 3314 | 15 011 |
| Estimated | (171; 172) | 2869.8 | 2784.1 | 5653.9 | NA | 18 338 | 5039 | 23 377 | |
| Total | 230 | 3617.0 | 3554.2 | 7171.2 | 9.90 | 30 035 | 8353 | 38 388 | |
| Continent adjusted | |||||||||
| Africa | Referenced (1) | 60 | 25.9 | 26.9 | 52.8 | 3.92 | 158 | 47 | 205 |
| Estimated (59) | 542.5 | 541.3 | 1083.8 | 2797 | 557 | 3354 | |||
| Asia | Referenced (10;9)¶ | 46 | 138.3 | 142.8 | 281.1 | 6.75 | 1433 | 460 | 1893 |
| Estimated (36;37)¶ | 2046.3 | 1943.1 | 3989.4 | 10 767 | 3116 | 13 883 | |||
| Americas | Referenced (14) | 52 | 316.0 | 321.9 | 637.9 | 5.64 | 2757 | 829 | 3586 |
| Estimated (38) | 161.9 | 166.2 | 328.1 | 873 | 274 | 1147 | |||
| Europe | Referenced (32) | 53 | 253.8 | 265.2 | 519.0 | 16.65 | 6773 | 1857 | 8630 |
| Estimated (21) | 113.6 | 128.2 | 241.8 | 2026 | 768 | 2794 | |||
| Oceania | Referenced (2) | 19 | 13.2 | 13.3 | 26.5 | 26.30 | 576 | 121 | 697 |
| Estimated (17) | 5.5 | 5.3 | 10.8 | 60 | 9 | 69 | |||
| Subtotal | Referenced | (59; 58) | 747.2 | 770.1 | 1517.3 | 9.90 | 11 697 | 3314 | 15 011 |
| Estimated | (171; 172) | 2869.8 | 2784.1 | 5653.9 | NA | 16 523 | 4724 | 21 247 | |
| Total | 230 | 3617.0 | 3554.2 | 7171.2 | 9.90 | 28 220 | 8038 | 36 258 | |
| Employment adjusted | |||||||||
| No data‡‡ | Referenced (0) | 49 | NA | NA | NA | 1.00‡‡ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Estimated (49) | 105.8 | 105.2 | 211.0 | 106 | 105 | 211 | |||
| Low | Referenced (3) | 61 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 10.5 | 1.18 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Estimated (58) | 759.0 | 757.1 | 1516.1 | 526 | 330 | 856 | |||
| Middle | Referenced (13) | 43 | 256.0 | 261.0 | 517.0 | 8.91 | 3691 | 908 | 4599 |
| Estimated (30) | 1623.1 | 1530.5 | 3153.6 | 13 801 | 3163 | 16 964 | |||
| High | Referenced (43;42)¶ | 77 | 486.0 | 503.8 | 989.8 | 10.53 | 8002 | 2401 | 10 403 |
| Estimated (34;35)¶ | 381.9 | 391.3 | 773.2 | 3323 | 1090 | 4413 | |||
| Subtotal | Referenced | (59; 58) | 747.2 | 770.1 | 1517.3 | 9.90 | 11 697 | 3314 | 15 011 |
| Estimated | (171; 172) | 2869.8 | 2784.1 | 5653.9 | NA | 17 756 | 4688 | 22 444 | |
| Total | 230 | 3617.0 | 3554.2 | 7171.2 | 9.90 | 29 453 | 8002 | 37 455 | |
*Unit in millions.
†CMR (Crude mortality rate) as shown in as a summary index but not used in analysis.
‡Average annual reported and estimated deaths.
§Countries with quality mesothelioma data used in reference rates.
¶Mesothelioma death is not reported for women in Bahrain but reported for men. First number in bracket represents the number of countries for male deaths and second number is for female deaths.
**All other countries (45 countries with poor quality data not used in reference rates and 126 countries with no reported data).
‡‡Background of mesothelioma deaths (one death per million) is used.