Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Mesothelioma Death Rate

* Mesothelioma Death Rate

    Approximately 2,000 to 3,000 people are diagnosed with mesothelioma each year. Since the cancer is rare, many patients and their loved ones are not sure what the cancer is and what exactly a mesothelioma diagnosis entails. Questions about prognosis and the mesothelioma death rate often surface. 

Number of U.S. Malignant Mesothelioma Deaths 1999 - 2005

Characteristic1999200020012002200320042005Total
Total248225302505257026212656270418068
 
Age
25-3446710711651
35-4433343940384234260
45-54138131144106148121118906
55-643883723613803864004382725
65-748188147487647156747355268
75-848889189429751028109710146862
85+2132552642952993113591996
 
Sex
Male199320432019212621222140214814591
Female4894874864444995165563477
 
Race
White235323982405244724812535256117180
Black104109759910997114707
Other25232524312429181

Mesothelioma Mortality Rate

    According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the malignant mesothelioma death rate in the United States from 1999 through 2005 totaled 18,068 people. The death rate increased from 2,482 deaths in 1999 to 2,704 in 2005, an increase of 222 deaths.
    Men are diagnosed with mesothelioma more often than women, and males comprised 80.8 percent of mesothelioma deaths during this timeframe (a total of 14,591). White people comprised 95.1 percent of mesothelioma deaths, totaling 17,180.
    Age influenced the mortality rate, as those 75 years old and older comprised the majority of the patients who passed away from mesothelioma (8,858 total deaths). Deaths in patients age 44 or younger totaled 311, or 1.7 percent.
    During the time period addressed in the CDC’s study, the state mesothelioma death rate was greater than the national death rate of 13.8 per one million people per year. In six states the mesothelioma death rate was greater than 20 per one million people per year.
    The mesothelioma death rate was highest in Maine at 27.5 percent (173 total), followed by Wyoming (22.2 percent, 50 deaths), West Virginia (21 percent, 182 deaths), Pennsylvania (20.8 percent, 1,210 deaths), New Jersey (20.2 percent, 814 deaths) and Washington (20.1 percent, 558 deaths).
    Research and extensive studies are conducted daily to improve treatments for mesothelioma patients and search for a cure for the cancer. Through medical advances and developments in clinical trials, more options will continue to be available to combat mesothelioma and improve the mesothelioma death rate in the United States.


1 comment:

  1. hi,

    this is really shocking news, what is the reason of increasing mesothelioma death rate

    ReplyDelete

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