Mesothelioma Statistics

This is a basic overview of general mesothelioma statistics. The statistics highlight the following aspects:

• Asbestos exposure
• Symptoms
• Cases
• Occurrence
• Treatment
• Mortality rate
• Death rate

Mesothelioma statistics: Asbestos exposure

• 2-10% of people with prolonged asbestos exposure will develop pleural mesothelioma; which is the commonest type of mesothelioma.
• An estimate of 11 million people were said to have been exposed to asbestos between the years 1940 and 1978.

There are four common types of asbestos exposures:

• The Military
• Asbestos products
• Asbestos related occupation
• Environmental exposure

Mesothelioma statistics: Symptoms

It takes 20-50 years for mesothelioma symptoms to develop. The time frame between a person’s first exposure and developing of symptoms is called the latency period.

• The average latency for men is 47.9 years
• The average latency for women is 53.3 years

Mesothelioma statistics: Cases

• Annually there are between 2000-3000 new mesothelioma cases reported.
• Men are 4.6 times more likely to be diagnosed with mesothelioma than women.
• 95% of all mesothelioma patients are white.
• People over the age of 60 years are 10 times more at risk of developing mesothelioma.

Mesothelioma statistics: Occurrence

Mesothelioma Statistics: Occurrence in the body

• 70-90% of all mesothelioma cases are pleural mesothelioma
• 10-30% of all mesothelioma cases are peritoneal mesothelioma
• 1% of all mesothelioma cases are pericardial mesothelioma

Mesothelioma statistics: Treatment

Starting from April 2015, there have been 250 clinical trials conducted by researchers. Of the 250 clinical trials, 166 were conducted in the U.S.

Mesothelioma statistics: Mortality Rate

• On average 40% of pleural mesothelioma patients survive the first year after treatment.
• Women diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma have 3 times more chances of survival than men
• Younger patients have significantly higher chances of survival than older patients.

Mesothelioma statistics: Death rate

• Between 1999 and 2013 there were more than 37,000 mesothelioma deaths in the U.S.
• In 2013 alone there were 2,497 people who died of mesothelioma

Please note the above statistics are not as a result of analysis carried out by Vinson Law. All statistics are drawn from web pages that give reference to actual statistical information and health care bodies as reference sources.