Men | Women | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
N | Per cent | N | Per cent | |
Exposure modalities | ||||
Familial | 77 | 20.6 | 453 | 52.8 |
Environmental | 217 | 58.0 | 297 | 34.6 |
Leisure activities | 80 | 21.4 | 108 | 12.6 |
Pleural | 348 | 93.0 | 801 | 93.4 |
Anatomical sites | ||||
Peritoneum | 23 | 6.1 | 56 | 6.5 |
Pericardium | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 |
Tunica vaginalis of the testis | 3 | 0.8 | – | – |
Age classes | ||||
0–44 | 24 | 6.4 | 36 | 4.2 |
45–64 | 147 | 39.3 | 276 | 32.2 |
65–74 | 93 | 24.9 | 274 | 31.9 |
+75 | 110 | 29.4 | 272 | 31.7 |
1993–1996 | 42 | 11.2 | 62 | 7.2 |
1997–2000 | 86 | 23.0 | 172 | 20.0 |
Period of diagnosis | ||||
2001–2004 | 125 | 33.4 | 327 | 38.1 |
2005–2008 | 121 | 32.4 | 297 | 34.6 |
Diagnostic certainty | ||||
MM certain | 318 | 85.0 | 700 | 81.6 |
MM probable or possible | 56 | 15.0 | 158 | 18.4 |
Morphology | ||||
Epithelioid | 226 | 60.4 | 523 | 61.0 |
Fibrous | 40 | 10.7 | 50 | 5.8 |
Biphasic | 46 | 12.3 | 93 | 10.8 |
MM NOS | 36 | 9.6 | 107 | 12.5 |
Not available | 26 | 7.0 | 85 | 9.9 |
Exposure detection | ||||
Direct interview | 200 | 53.5 | 392 | 45.7 |
Indirect interview | 173 | 46.3 | 464 | 54.1 |
No interview, other information source | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.2 |
Overall | 374 | 100.0 | 858 | 100.0 |
MM, malignant mesothelioma; NOS, not otherwise specified.