Table MESO05

Mesothelioma age standardised^(a) death rates per million by region, time period and sex^{(b) (c) (d)}

	Region	1991-1993	1994-1996	1997-1999	2000-2002	2003-2005(p)
Males	ENGLAND	34.49	40.56	45.98	52.13	54.70
	North East	65.53	70.27	76.72	87.75	84.14
	North West	36.18	37.68	46.69	55.51	54.90
	Yorkshire and the Humber	31.23	42.63	45.69	50.26	51.64
	East Midlands	25.24	30.27	33.92	40.75	40.98
	West Midlands	21.56	27.88	33.55	38.68	41.76
	East of England	31.95	38.41	46.50	53.87	58.22
	London	34.74	40.29	45.91	48.51	49.00
	South East	39.38	50.77	49.04	58.18	66.44
	South West	35.14	35.92	47.04	47.96	51.97
	WALES	23.45	29.66	30.01	37.80	37.08
	SCOTLAND	45.43	50.09	51.42	53.24	57.34
	Great Britain(c)	34.80	40.75	45.53	51.41	53.94

Females	ENGLAND	4.93	5.54	7.10	9.15	10.24
	North East	5.94	9.45	10.92	12.05	12.77
	North West	4.31	4.13	6.99	9.29	9.65
	Yorkshire and the Humber	5.87	7.59	8.00	11.02	10.07
	East Midlands	5.55	4.01	6.83	7.85	8.16
	West Midlands	1.65	4.15	5.18	6.28	6.60
	East of England	6.00	5.93	7.35	9.37	12.66
	London	6.29	6.50	6.86	11.31	11.47
	South East	4.35	7.00	8.07	9.64	11.37
	South West	5.31	2.30	5.20	6.52	9.78
	WALES	4.61	3.76	2.96	5.50	4.17
	SCOTLAND	5.98	7.65	8.42	7.67	7.52
	Great Britain(c)	5.00	5.63	6.99	8.81	9.66

(p) Provisional
(a) 1991-93 was taken as the base for standardisation over time; GB for standardisation over region
(b) See footnotes to table MESO01
(c) Rates for GB exclude a small number of cases with an overseas address
(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.