Table 1.
Characteristics of persons with malignant mesothelioma by gender, Lombardy Region Mesothelioma Registry, 2000–2012
| Men | Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Per cent | N | Per cent | |
| Total | 2850 | 100 | 1592 | 100 |
| Age at diagnosis (years) | ||||
| 20–49 | 113 | 4.0 | 49 | 3.1 |
| 50–54 | 118 | 4.1 | 45 | 2.8 |
| 55–59 | 212 | 7.4 | 91 | 5.7 |
| 60–64 | 396 | 13.9 | 150 | 9.4 |
| 65–69 | 523 | 18.4 | 238 | 15.0 |
| 70–74 | 608 | 21.3 | 295 | 18.5 |
| 75–79 | 461 | 16.2 | 311 | 19.5 |
| 80–84 | 257 | 9.0 | 247 | 15.5 |
| 85+ | 162 | 5.7 | 166 | 10.4 |
| Site | ||||
| Pleura | 2693 | 94.5 | 1462 | 91.8 |
| Peritoneum | 134 | 4.7 | 125 | 7.9 |
| Pericardium | 6 | 0.2 | 5 | 0.3 |
| Tunica vaginalis testis | 17 | 0.6 | – | – |
| Diagnosis | ||||
| Certain | 2340 | 82.1 | 1203 | 75.6 |
| Probable | 245 | 8.6 | 157 | 9.9 |
| Possible | 265 | 9.3 | 232 | 14.6 |
| Morphology (ICD-O code) | ||||
| MM not otherwise specified (90503) | 169 | 5.9 | 107 | 6.7 |
| Fibrous/sarcomatoid/desmoplastic MM (90513) | 241 | 8.5 | 76 | 4.8 |
| Epithelioid MM (90523) | 1707 | 59.9 | 967 | 60.7 |
| Biphasic MM (90533) | 391 | 13.7 | 152 | 9.6 |
| Unknown | 342 | 12.0 | 290 | 18.2 |
| Presence of pleural plaques | 394 | 13.8 | 127 | 8.0 |
| Interview | ||||
| Patient | 1658 | 58.2 | 706 | 44.4 |
| Relative | 1061 | 37.2 | 771 | 48.4 |
| Not performed | 131 | 4.6 | 115 | 7.2 |
| Asbestos exposure source | ||||
| Occupational | 2099 | 73.6 | 608 | 38.2 |
| Para-occupational | 16 | 0.6 | 63 | 4.0 |
| Home-related | 24 | 0.8 | 75 | 4.7 |
| Environmental | 62 | 2.2 | 78 | 4.9 |
| Unknown* | 493 | 17.3 | 624 | 39.2 |
| No information/not classified† | 156 | 5.5 | 144 | 9.0 |
| Occupational asbestos exposure: industry‡ | 2099 | 100 | 608 | 100 |
| Metalmechanic and metallurgy | 731 | 34.8 | 51 | 8.4 |
| Building construction | 705 | 33.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Textile and clothing production | 188 | 9.0 | 398 | 65.5 |
| Chemical | 122 | 5.8 | 18 | 3.0 |
| Motor vehicle production | 136 | 6.5 | 7 | 1.1 |
| Food and beverage | 98 | 4.7 | 21 | 3.5 |
| Rubber | 71 | 3.4 | 23 | 3.8 |
| Military | 87 | 4.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Asbestos-cement | 65 | 3.1 | 12 | 2.0 |
| Health and social services | 39 | 1.9 | 38 | 6.3 |
| Transport | 76 | 3.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Railroad production and maintenance | 51 | 2.4 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Energy production | 51 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
*Individuals without any identified asbestos exposure.
†Not interviewed or with insufficient information at interview.
‡Only industries with at least 50 cases are listed; a person may have been exposed to asbestos in more than one industrial sector in his/her occupational history.
ICD-O, International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, Third Edition; MM, malignant mesothelioma.