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. 2021 Aug 11;4(8):e2120360. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.20360

Table. Incident Cases, Age-Standardized Incidence Rates, and Temporal Trends for Mesothelioma From 1990 to 2017 .

Variable No. (95% UI) No. (95% CI)
1990 2017 1990-2017
Incident cases, ×102 ASIR per 100 000 people Incident cases, ×102 ASIR per 100 000 people EAPC
SDI
High 129.98 (108.66 to 146.28) 1.00 (0.83 to 1.12) 189.60 (182.05 to 198.31) 0.85 (0.82 to 0.89) –0.52 (–0.56 to –0.48)
Middle to high 31.94 (27.04 to 39.46) 0.32 (0.27 to 0.40) 53.81 (50.38 to 56.53) 0.30 (0.28 to 0.31) –0.29 (–0.47 to –0.10)
Middle 23.89 (20.60 to 29.23) 0.22 (0.19 to 0.27) 51.43 (48.88 to 53.95) 0.23 (0.22 to 0.24) –0.12 (–0.27 to 0.03)
Low to middle 16.66 (11.11 to 26.27) 0.26 (0.18 to 0.39) 33.22 (28.85 to 39.29) 0.26 (0.23 to 0.31) 0.05 (0.01 to 0.08)
Low 9.40 (5.39 to 16.75) 0.25 (0.15 to 0.43) 17.36 (13.06 to 25.17) 0.22 (0.17 to 0.32) –0.45 (–0.65 to –0.25)
Global 212.24 (175.03 to 254.50) 0.52 (0.43 to 0.62) 346.15 (335.30 to 356.97) 0.44 (0.42 to 0.45) –0.61 (–0.67 to –0.54)
Regional
Andean Latin America 1.73 (1.41 to 2.16) 0.77 (0.63 to 0.96) 1.48 (1.32 to 1.66) 0.27 (0.24 to 0.30) –5.97 (–6.94 to –4.99)
Australasia 5.51 (4.11 to 6.48) 2.26 (1.69 to 2.65) 0.65 (9.14 to 12.43) 2.13 (1.84 to 2.47) 0 (–0.17 to 0.17)
Caribbean 0.75 (0.56 to 1.02) 0.27 (0.20 to 0.36) 1.12 (0.96 to 1.34) 0.22 (0.19 to 0.26) –0.91 (–1.04 to –0.79)
Central Asia 1.25 (1.12 to 1.45) 0.24 (0.21 to 0.28) 2.06 (1.93 to 2.21) 0.26 (0.25 to 0.28) –0.03 (–0.45 to 0.39)
Central Europe 4.27 (3.82 to 4.90) 0.28 (0.25 to 0.33) 8.27 (7.66 to 8.98) 0.42 (0.38 to 0.45) 1.87 (1.72 to 2.02)
Central Latin America 2.73 (2.38 to 3.13) 0.28 (0.25 to 0.32) 7.23 (6.86 to 7.61) 0.30 (0.29 to 0.32) 0.41 (0.24 to 0.57)
Central sub-Saharan Africa 0.65 (0.39 to 1.12) 0.24 (0.15 to 0.40) 1.16 (0.86 to 1.70) 0.20 (0.15 to 0.28) –0.99 (–1.14 to –0.84)
East Asia 13.81 (10.57 to 18.27) 0.14 (0.11 to 0.18) 30.55 (28.30 to 32.33) 0.15 (0.14 to 0.16) 0.87 (0.44 to 1.31)
Eastern Europe 9.51 (8.04 to 11.69) 0.33 (0.28 to 0.41) 12.33 (11.48 to 13.40) 0.38 (0.35 to 0.41) 0 (–0.43 to 0.43)
Eastern sub-Saharan Africa 2.25 (1.21 to 4.17) 0.25 (0.13 to 0.45) 2.87 (1.91 to 3.93) 0.16 (0.11 to 0.21) –2.18 (–2.43 to –1.92)
High-income Asia Pacific 7.04 (6.13 to 7.73) 0.34 (0.30 to 0.38) 16.98 (15.94 to 18.44) 0.39 (0.37 to 0.43) 1.02 (0.78 to 1.26)
High-income North America 28.51 (25.23 to 30.94) 0.78 (0.69 to 0.84) 38.15 (36.64 to 39.66) 0.62 (0.59 to 0.64) –1.09 (–1.21 to –0.98)
North Africa and Middle East 10.61 (6.16 to 16.42) 0.54 (0.32 to 0.83) 20.94 (18.09 to 23.90) 0.47 (0.41 to 0.52) –0.38 (–0.69 to –0.07)
Oceania 0.13 (0.08 to 0.21) 0.34 (0.23 to 0.55) 0.32 (0.23 to 0.51) 0.40 (0.30 to 0.60) 0.94 (0.80 to 1.09)
South Asia 13.76 (8.66 to 23.84) 0.21 (0.13 to 0.35) 34.74 (29.26 to 44.52) 0.25 (0.21 to 0.31) 0.62 (0.45 to 0.78)
Southeast Asia 11.89 (8.37 to 17.85) 0.37 (0.27 to 0.53) 17.85 (16.23 to 19.67) 0.28 (0.26 to 0.31) –1.36 (–1.57 to –1.15)
Southern Latin America 1.50 (1.34 to 1.70) 0.32 (0.28 to 0.36) 3.46 (3.10 to 3.90) 0.43 (0.39 to 0.49) 1.78 (1.49 to 2.08)
Southern sub-Saharan Africa 1.98 (1.67 to 2.33) 0.67 (0.56 to 0.80) 4.00 (3.61 to 4.51) 0.71 (0.65 to 0.80) 0.06 (–0.67 to 0.79)
Tropical Latin America 5.52 (4.89 to 6.86) 0.55 (0.49 to 0.69) 10.91 (10.15 to 11.60) 0.46 (0.43 to 0.49) –0.31 (–0.56 to –0.07)
Western Europe 86.20 (70.15 to 98.33) 1.46 (1.19 to 1.66) 117.29 (111.38 to 123.69) 1.31 (1.24 to 1.38) –0.34 (–0.42 to –0.26)
Western sub-Saharan Africa 2.65 (1.79 to 3.46) 0.26 (0.18 to 0.33) 3.78 (3.10 to 4.57) 0.18 (0.15 to 0.21) –1.99 (–2.23 to –1.76)

Abbreviations: ASIR, age-standardized incidence rate; EAPC, estimated annual percentage change; SDI, sociodemographic index; UI, uncertainty interval.