Table 2 Identified clusters of malignant mesothelioma cases by territorial area, number of municipalities included, number of cases (total, female) and modality ofasbestos exposure (defined, environmental and unknown)
ID | Cluster | Area | Municipalities | MM cases | Asbestos exposure | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Women | Defined | Environmental | Unknown | |||||||
No. | No. | No. | % | No. | No. | % | No. | % | |||
1 | Casale Monferrato | Northwest | 89 | 703 | 293 | 41.7 | 508 | 109 | 21.5 | 10 | 2.0 |
2 | Cavagnolo | Northwest | 10 | 40 | 11 | 27.5 | 21 | 1 | 4.8 | 1 | 4.8 |
3 | Ciriè | Northwest | 25 | 95 | 37 | 38.9 | 67 | 8 | 11.9 | 0 | - |
4 | Collegno | Northwest | 10 | 219 | 94 | 42.9 | 136 | 11 | 8.1 | 1 | 0.7 |
5 | Dalmine | Northwest | 70 | 246 | 84 | 34.1 | 246 | 2 | 0.8 | 54 | 21.9 |
6 | Genoa | Northwest | 65 | 1,246 | 243 | 19.5 | 1,092 | 6 | 0.5 | 180 | 16.5 |
7 | Legnano | Northwest | 62 | 350 | 114 | 32.6 | 344 | 5 | 1.4 | 61 | 17.7 |
8 | Sarnico | Northwest | 12 | 44 | 23 | 52.3 | 44 | 0 | - | 4 | 9.1 |
9 | Savona | Northwest | 35 | 170 | 34 | 20.0 | 148 | 3 | 2.0 | 28 | 18.9 |
10 | Broni | Northwest/ Northeast | 78 | 256 | 107 | 41.8 | 253 | 43 | 17.0 | 46 | 18.2 |
11 | La Spezia | Northwest/Centre/ Northeast | 69 | 456 | 59 | 12.9 | 440 | 6 | 1.4 | 39 | 8.9 |
12 | Fiorenzuola d’Arda | Northeast | 41 | 158 | 59 | 37.3 | 145 | 5 | 3.4 | 20 | 13.8 |
13 | Padua | Northeast | 14 | 159 | 58 | 36.5 | 151 | 13 | 8.6 | 15 | 9.9 |
14 | Ravenna | Northeast | 20 | 247 | 64 | 25.9 | 236 | 5 | 2.1 | 23 | 9.7 |
15 | Reggio nell’Emilia | Northeast | 20 | 162 | 46 | 28.4 | 150 | 3 | 2.0 | 14 | 9.3 |
16 | Trieste | Northeast | 55 | 625 | 91 | 14.6 | 618 | 1 | 0.2 | 71 | 11.5 |
17 | Venice | Northeast | 19 | 331 | 73 | 22.1 | 318 | 12 | 3.8 | 25 | 7.9 |
18 | Carrara | Centre/ Northwest | 7 | 107 | 14 | 13.1 | 106 | 0 | - | 15 | 14.1 |
19 | Ancona | Centre | 37 | 152 | 30 | 19.7 | 124 | 0 | - | 15 | 12.1 |
20 | Civitavecchia | Centre | 2 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | 0 | - | |
21 | Leghorn | Centre | 23 | 244 | 40 | 16.4 | 244 | 1 | 0.4 | 26 | 10.7 |
22 | Pesaro | Centre | 21 | 66 | 19 | 28.8 | 59 | 1 | 1.7 | 11 | 18.6 |
23 | Piombino | Centre | 14 | 42 | 9 | 21.4 | 42 | 0 | - | 4 | 9.5 |
24 | Prato | Centre | 7 | 115 | 28 | 24.3 | 115 | 2 | 1.7 | 14 | 12.2 |
25 | Bari | South & Islands | 13 | 258 | 67 | 26.1 | 245 | 46 | 18.8 | 8 | 3.3 |
26 | Biancavilla | South & Islands | 4 | 29 | 11 | 37.9 | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 3 | 17.6 |
27 | Castellammare di Stabia | South & Islands | 55 | 135 | 36 | 26.7 | 60 | 3 | 5.0 | 6 | 10.0 |
28 | Gela | South & Islands | 6 | 37 | 4 | 10.8 | 29 | 1 | 3.4 | 9 | 31.0 |
29 | Naples | South & Islands | 40 | 312 | 72 | 23.1 | 108 | 1 | 0.9 | 13 | 12.0 |
30 | Palermo | South & Islands | 13 | 217 | 44 | 20.3 | 76 | 1 | 1.3 | 22 | 28.9 |
31 | Syracuse | South & Islands | 28 | 166 | 33 | 19.9 | 70 | 4 | 5.7 | 21 | 30 |
32 | Taranto | South & Islands | 19 | 212 | 38 | 17.9 | 190 | 13 | 6.8 | 2 | 1.0 |