Malignant Mesothelioma Mortality – United States, 1999–2005

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• Personal Author:
  Attfield MD ; Bang KM ; Mazurek JM ; Schleiff, Patricia L. ; Storey, Eileen ; Wassell, James T. ; Wood JM
• Description:
  Malignant mesothelioma is a fatal cancer primarily associated with exposure to asbestos. The latency period between first exposure to asbestos and clinical disease usually is 20--40 years. Although asbestos is no longer mined in the United States, the mineral is still imported, and a substantial amount of asbestos remaining in buildings eventually will be removed, either during remediation or demolition. Currently, an estimated 1.3 million construction and general industry workers potentially are being exposed to asbestos. To characterize mortality attributed to mesothelioma, CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) analyzed annual multiple-cause-of-death records for 1999--2005, the most recent years for which complete data are available. For those years, a total of 18,068 deaths of persons with malignant mesothelioma were reported, increasing from 2,482 deaths in 1999 to 2,704 in 2005, but the annual death rate was stable (14.1 per million in 1999 and 14.0 in 2005). Maintenance, renovation, or demolition activities that might disturb asbestos should be performed with precautions that sufficiently prevent exposures for workers and the public. In addition, physicians should document the occupational history of all suspected and confirmed mesothelioma cases. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asbestos Demography Environmental Exposure Inorganic Chemicals Lung Lung Diseases Mortality Neoplasms Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety

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• Keywords:
  Asbestos-fibers Asbestos-products Asbestos-removal Asbestos-workers Cancer Cancer-rates Demographic-characteristics Industrial-exposures Lung-cancer Malignant-neoplasms Mesothelial-cells Mortality-data Mortality-rates Pulmonary-cancer Regulations Respiratory-system-disorders Surveillance

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• ISSN:
  0098-7484
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  25-26
• Volume:
  302
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035633
• Citation:
  JAMA 2009 Jul; 302(1):25-26
• Contact Point Address:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of the American Medical Association
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b07c4b9ecdff7f52359029e9b8ce0badf1081edc5c893c88b26bea7701a9f7edd32e3753eef8dded0b033a572dc59cd7862e1fb9cfbc3bb6efe937d8d948b062
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187429/cdc_187429_DS1.pdf
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