Table MESO01: Death certificates mentioning mesothelioma, 1968-2005^(a)(b)(c)(d)

                         

	Year of death
	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981
Mesothelioma
Of pleura (b)	111	114	138	131	154	162	181	208	231	258	282	342	368	326
Of peritoneum (b)	17	20	18	15	22	25	24	20	32	25	33	38	43	27
Of pleura and peritoneum (b)	4	6	4	7	3	10	5	6	7	11	23	13	8	7
Site not specified (b)	21	19	34	28	33	27	33	38	42	38	54	41	38	108
Males	114	123	145	141	169	182	185	219	256	272	329	341	355	395
Females	39	36	49	40	43	42	58	53	56	60	63	93	102	73
All Persons
England	130	135	170	157	187	193	214	234	267	293	347	376	387	400
Scotland	18	19	17	18	17	22	22	28	33	26	35	45	56	57
Wales	5	5	7	6	8	9	7	10	12	12	10	12	14	10
Great Britain(c)	153	159	194	181	212	224	243	272	312	332	392	434	457	468
Table MESO01 continued.
	Year of death
	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Mesothelioma
Of pleura (b)	347	469	484	455	533	610	645	645	658	751	758	586	572	606
Of peritoneum (b)	31	40	44	48	43	44	55	54	59	50	58	47	51	54
Of pleura and peritoneum (b)	20	9	13	16	14	19	20	15	17	18	19	15	15	17
Site not specified (b)	109	53	82	99	116	141	152	195	161	204	262	504	608	640
Males	415	476	538	533	605	708	759	774	777	872	962	1006	1093	1138
Females	92	95	85	85	101	106	113	135	118	151	135	146	153	179
All Persons
England	433	499	545	546	612	698	747	763	766	879	919	979	1067	1111
Scotland	55	58	64	54	65	93	107	119	106	110	133	122	128	150
Wales	19	14	13	18	29	23	14	26	23	34	43	51	51	53
Great Britain(c)	507	571	623	618	706	814	872	909	895	1023	1097	1152	1246	1317
Table MESO01 continued.
	Year of death
	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004(p)	2005(p)
Mesothelioma
Of pleura (b)	572	636	655	689	710	758	693	683	712	692
Of peritoneum (b)	49	60	61	61	62	76	70	77	60	74
Of pleura and peritoneum (b)	16	16	10	12	17	14	16	30	22	13
Site not specified (b)	685	655	815	853	844	1014	1089	1096	1184	1258
Males	1165	1189	1338	1386	1404	1591	1582	1601	1681	1749
Females	157	178	203	229	229	271	286	285	297	288
All Persons
England	1131	1181	1334	1406	1425	1630	1622	1642	1731	1787
Scotland	141	131	155	158	140	158	170	166	179	176
Wales	50	55	51	50	66	73	75	74	67	73
Great Britain(c)	1322	1367	1541	1615	1633	1862	1868	1886	1978	2037

Notes:

• Notes: (p) Provisional
• (a) Data for 2004-2005 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 2003.
• (b)The Office for National Statistics (ONS) discontinued medical enquiries in 1993. Therefore, for deaths registered from 1993 onwards, there is often less information available to accurately code the specific site of the mesothelioma.
• (c) Total for Great Britain may include a small number of persons with overseas addresses
• (d) A more detailed geographical breakdown can be found in the factsheet entitled: Mesothelioma mortality in Great Britain 1968-2004: Updated analyses of the British mesothelioma register, incorporating analysis by geographical area 1985-2004.