Table 2.

Number of mesothelioma deaths for selected countries (with more than 2 million tonnes of asbestos consumption in the period 1920–2012) by period and percentage of variation.

FIVE-YEAR PERIOD	AUSTRALIA	BELGIUM	BRAZIL	CANADA	FRANCE	GERMANY	ITALY	JAPAN	MEXICO	POLAND	REPUBLIC OF KOREA	SPAIN	UNITED KINGDOM	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1998–2002	2,237	821	558	1,482	3,792	5,037	5,095	3,509	620	308	113	1,251	8,434	11,923
2003–2007	2,621	961	366	1,852	4,292	5,757	6,025	4,860	893	513	232	1,440	9,665	12,417
Variation [%]	17	17	–34	25	13	14	18	39	44	67	105	15	15	4
2008–2012	3,093	1,104	412	2,176	4,920	6,729	6,968	6,193	1,134	924	384	1,904	11,481	13,056
Variation [%]	18	15	13	17	15	17	16	27	27	80	66	32	19	5
2013–2017	3,393	1,225	508	2,489	5,025	7,186	7,950	7,395	1,332	1,512	508	2,148	12,715	12,659
Variation [%]	10	11	23	14	2	7	14	19	17	64	32	13	11	–3
Total	11,344	4,111	1,844	7,999	18,029	24,709	26,038	21,957	3,979	3,257	1,237	6,743	42,294	50,055