| | |
Men
|
Women
|
|---|
| | |
Number of cases
|
%
|
Number of cases
|
%
|
|---|
|
Age class
|
0-54
|
1,046
|
9.6
|
450
|
10.3
|
| |
55-64
|
2,646
|
24.1
|
856
|
19.7
|
| |
65-74
|
4,015
|
36.6
|
1,404
|
32.2
|
| |
75+
|
3,257
|
29.7
|
1,648
|
37.8
|
|
Period of diagnosis
|
1993-1996
|
1,042
|
9.5
|
382
|
8.8
|
| |
1997-2000
|
2,271
|
20.7
|
884
|
20.3
|
| |
2001-2004
|
3,706
|
33.8
|
1,503
|
34.5
|
| |
2005-2008
|
3,945
|
36.0
|
1,589
|
36.4
|
|
Area
|
Northwest
|
5,158
|
47.1
|
2,423
|
55.6
|
| |
Northeast
|
2,586
|
23.6
|
901
|
20.7
|
| |
Centre
|
1,450
|
13.2
|
454
|
10.4
|
| |
South & Islands
|
1,770
|
16.1
|
580
|
13.3
|
|
Diagnostic certainty
|
Definite
|
8,708
|
79.4
|
3,234
|
74.2
|
| |
Probable
|
1,142
|
10.4
|
574
|
13.2
|
| |
Possible
|
1,114
|
10.2
|
550
|
12.6
|
|
Site of lesion
|
Pleura
|
10,312
|
94.0
|
3,941
|
90.4
|
| |
Peritoneum
|
579
|
5.3
|
403
|
9.3
|
| |
Pericardium
|
26
|
0.2
|
14
|
0.3
|
| |
Testis
|
47
|
0.4
|
-
|
-
|
|
Exposure ascertainment
|
Direct interview
|
4,585
|
41.8
|
1,401
|
32.2
|
| |
Indirect interview
|
4,139
|
37.8
|
1,727
|
39.6
|
| |
No interview
|
2,240
|
20.4
|
1,230
|
28.2
|
|
Type of exposure
|
Occupational, definite
|
4,987
|
45.5
|
526
|
12.1
|
| |
Occupational, probable
|
890
|
8.1
|
112
|
2.6
|
| |
Occupational, possible
|
1,291
|
11.8
|
402
|
9.2
|
| |
Familial
|
76
|
0.7
|
446
|
10.2
|
| |
Environmental
|
214
|
1.9
|
294
|
6.7
|
| |
Other non-occupational
|
80
|
0.7
|
108
|
2.5
|
| |
Unlikely
|
193
|
1.8
|
223
|
5.1
|
| |
Unknown
|
993
|
9.1
|
1,017
|
23.3
|
| |
Undefined
|
2,240
|
20.4
|
1,230
|
28.2
|
|
Total
| |
10,964
| |
4,358
| |
- Italy, 1993–2008 (N = 15,322).
