Table 3

Age specific mortality rates (per 100 000 person-years) and relative birth cohort risks in an age-cohort model on observed mortality from pleural mesothelioma, 1969–98

	Men		Women
Age group	Age specific rate per 100000 person-years	95% CI	Age specific rate per 100000 person-years	95% CI
25–29	0.030	0.012 to 0.072	0.012	0.003 to 0.052
30–34	0.082	0.047 to 0.143	0.025	0.009 to 0.074
35–39	0.156	0.101 to 0.242	0.027	0.009 to 0.081
40–44	0.562	0.424 to 0.746	0.138	0.071 to 0.267
45–49	1.855	1.509 to 2.280	0.195	0.105 to 0.360
50–54	3.814	3.191 to 4.559	0.285	0.160 to 0.507
55–59	8.247	6.983 to 9.739	0.459	0.260 to 0.811
60–64	13.858	11.453 to 16.768	0.967	0.531 to 1.762
65–69	25.372	21.009 to 30.641	1.126	0.617 to 2.055
70–74	37.895	31.191 to 46.040	1.708	0.930 to 3.135
75–79	53.746	43.867 to 65.849	2.147	1.156 to 3.989
80–84	78.650	63.322 to 97.688	2.771	1.468 to 5.230

Cohort	Risk	95% CI	Risk	95% CI
1888–1892	0.01		0.28	0.02 to 4.71
1893–1897	0.09	0.05 to 0.16	0.72	0.24 to 2.12
1898–1902	0.13	0.09 to 0.19	0.68	0.30 to 1.52
1903–1907	0.15	0.11 to 0.20	0.70	0.34 to 1.43
1908–1912	0.26	0.21 to 0.33	1.05	0.54 to 2.03
1913–1917	0.31	0.25 to 0.39	0.82	0.43 to 1.58
1918–1922	0.41	0.33 to 0.50	1.11	0.59 to 2.07
1923–1927	0.49	0.40 to 0.59	1.08	0.58 to 2.02
1928–1932	0.67	0.55 to 0.82	1.43	0.77 to 2.66
1933–1937	0.78	0.64 to 0.95	1.19	0.64 to 2.20
1938–1942	1.03	0.82 to 1.29	1.43	0.69 to 2.94
1943–1947	1.00		1.00
1948–1952	0.99	0.74 to 1.32	1.50	0.65 to 3.46
1953–1957	0.67	0.45 to 0.99	0.37	0.12 to 1.18