Table 2.
Malignant mesothelioma deaths according to anatomical sites and sociodemographic characteristics in men 30 years of age or more. Brazil, 1996–2017
| Variables | Malignant mesothelioma (ICD-10) |
Total n (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleura n (%) | Peritoneum n (%) | Pericardium n (%) | Others n (%) | Unspecified n (%) | ||
| Total | 626 (44.6) | 186 (13.2) | 29 (2.1) | 87 (6.2) | 476 (33.9) | 1,404 (100.0) |
| Age range (years) | ||||||
| 30–50 | 106 (16.9) | 43 (23.1) | 7 (24.1) | 16 (18.4) | 93 (19.5) | 265 (18.9) |
| 51–64 | 220 (35.1) | 64 (34.4) | 12 (41.4) | 28 (32.2) | 165 (34.7) | 489 (34.8) |
| >64 | 300 (47.9) | 79 (42.5) | 10 (34.5) | 43 (49.4) | 218 (45.8) | 650 (46.3) |
| Skin color/ethnicity ∗ | 553 (100.0) | 155 (100.0) | 14 (100.0) | 73 (100.0) | 397 (100.0) | 1,192 (100.0) |
| White | 392 (70.9) | 101 (65.2) | 7 (50.0) | 55 (75.3) | 284 (71.5) | 839 (70.5) |
| Black | 28 (5.1) | 5 (3.2) | 1 (7.1) | 4 (5.5) | 28 (7.1) | 66 (5.5) |
| Brown | 73 (13.2) | 29 (18.7) | 3 (21.4) | 6 (8.2) | 75 (18.9) | 186 (15.6) |
| Asian | 19 (3.4) | 6 (3.9) | 2 (14.3) | 5 (6.8) | 9 (2.3) | 41 (3.4) |
| Indigenous | 41 (7.4) | 14 (9.0) | 1 (7.1) | 3 (4.1) | 1 (0.2) | 60 (5.0) |
| Schooling∗∗ | 316 (100.0) | 89 (100.0) | 7 (100.0) | 42 (100.0) | 246 (100.0) | 700 (100.0) |
| Primary incomplete | 9 (2.8) | 7 (7.9) | 0 (---) | 2 (4.8) | 5 (2.0) | 23 (3.3) |
| Primary complete | 46 (14.6) | 7 (7.9) | 1 (14.2) | 4 (9.5) | 25 (10.2) | 83 (11.9) |
| Secondary | 78 (24.7) | 24 (27.0) | 2 (28.6) | 11 (26.2) | 79 (32.1) | 194 (27.7) |
| Higher incomplete | 99 (31.3) | 32 (35.9) | 2 (28.6) | 12 (28.5) | 58 (23.6) | 203 (29.0) |
| Higher complete | 84 (26.6) | 19 (21.3) | 2 (28.6) | 13 (31.0) | 79 (32.1) | 197 (28.1) |
Sources: SIM, SIH-SUS, SINAN, CIHA, INCA, specialized outpatient clinics in respiratory worker health.
∗
Skin color/Ethnicity- 212 missing data.
∗∗
Schooling - 704 missing data.