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Number of mesothelioma deaths and average annual rates per million

Age group		Time period
		1969-71	1972-74	1975-77	1978-80	1981-83	1984-86	1987-89	1990-92	1993-95	1996-98	1999-2001	2002-04 (p)
Males
0-44	Deaths	20	24	40	42	58	56	73	67	42	31	26	16
	Rate per million	0.39	0.46	0.77	0.80	1.11	1.07	1.39	1.27	0.81	0.60	0.50	0.31
45-54	Deaths	56	101	146	168	166	204	274	326	355	344	285	199
	Rate per million	5.70	10.09	15.05	18.05	18.22	22.52	29.94	33.58	33.55	30.97	25.34	18.03
55-64	Deaths	174	187	243	304	425	552	685	715	812	843	1063	1094
	Rate per million	18.91	21.36	27.89	34.92	48.38	62.54	80.89	85.99	97.35	100.48	120.05	112.97
65-74	Deaths	120	175	233	354	420	535	752	932	1235	1378	1525	1747
	Rate per million	21.05	28.43	36.03	53.37	64.48	84.29	114.66	139.90	179.87	204.43	226.74	253.80
75+	Deaths	39	49	85	157	217	329	457	571	793	1096	1482	1793
	Rate per million	15.97	19.57	31.93	53.70	67.54	93.64	120.69	143.68	197.95	250.60	318.43	362.82
Total males	Deaths	409	536	747	1025	1286	1676	2241	2611	3237	3692	4381	4849
	Rate per million	5.19	6.73	9.36	12.84	16.10	20.91	27.78	32.09	39.50	44.66	52.38	57.15
Females
0-44	Deaths	13	7	13	17	16	18	10	16	12	5	13	10
	Rate per million	0.26	0.14	0.26	0.34	0.32	0.35	0.19	0.31	0.23	0.10	0.25	0.19
45-54	Deaths	21	20	17	22	26	18	29	44	52	43	50	47
	Rate per million	2.06	1.94	1.72	2.34	2.84	1.99	3.17	4.52	4.88	3.83	4.38	4.18
55-64	Deaths	41	43	52	78	81	65	91	66	97	95	156	184
	Rate per million	4.01	4.42	5.38	8.14	8.49	6.85	10.14	7.59	11.21	10.97	17.09	18.40
65-74	Deaths	33	52	58	96	89	109	136	177	172	180	209	247
	Rate per million	4.14	6.24	6.80	11.11	10.57	13.40	16.47	21.60	20.71	22.64	27.00	31.89
75+	Deaths	17	21	29	45	48	61	88	101	145	215	301	377
	Rate per million	3.29	3.83	4.99	7.24	7.21	8.58	11.79	13.10	18.90	26.82	36.83	45.59
Total females	Deaths	125	143	169	258	260	271	354	404	478	538	729	865
	Rate per million	1.49	1.70	2.01	3.06	3.08	3.20	4.15	4.69	5.51	6.16	8.28	9.75
Grand total	Deaths	534	679	916	1283	1546	1947	2595	3015	3715	4230	5110	5714
	Rate per million	3.29	4.14	5.58	7.82	9.41	11.80	15.63	18.01	22.02	24.89	29.77	32.91

Notes:

• p Provisional
• (a) Data for 2003-2004 remains provisional for mesothelioma until the completeness of the register has been checked against details recorded by national cancer registries. The latest year for which cancer registrations are complete is 2002.