Nos EUA, a taxa de incidência anual ajustada à idade do mesotelioma foi de 0.7 por 100,000 habitantes em 2021.[4]National Cancer Institute. Mesothelioma: recent trends in SEER age-adjusted incidence rates, 2000-2022. Apr 2025 [internet publicaton].
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A doença é mais comum em homens (razão de homens/mulheres de aproximadamente 3:1), particularmente em homens brancos não hispânicos.[4]National Cancer Institute. Mesothelioma: recent trends in SEER age-adjusted incidence rates, 2000-2022. Apr 2025 [internet publicaton].
https://seer.cancer.gov/statistics-network/explorer/application.html?site=111&data_type=1&graph_type=2&compareBy=sex&chk_sex_1=1&chk_sex_3=3&chk_sex_2=2&rate_type=2&race=1&age_range=1&stage=101&advopt_precision=1&advopt_show_ci=on&hdn_view=1&advopt_show_apc=on&advopt_display=1#resultsRegion1
O mesotelioma geralmente ocorre em adultos mais velhos (sexta à nona década de vida).[4]National Cancer Institute. Mesothelioma: recent trends in SEER age-adjusted incidence rates, 2000-2022. Apr 2025 [internet publicaton].
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Nos EUA, a taxa de incidência de mesotelioma parece ter diminuído modestamente desde 2013.[4]National Cancer Institute. Mesothelioma: recent trends in SEER age-adjusted incidence rates, 2000-2022. Apr 2025 [internet publicaton].
https://seer.cancer.gov/statistics-network/explorer/application.html?site=111&data_type=1&graph_type=2&compareBy=sex&chk_sex_1=1&chk_sex_3=3&chk_sex_2=2&rate_type=2&race=1&age_range=1&stage=101&advopt_precision=1&advopt_show_ci=on&hdn_view=1&advopt_show_apc=on&advopt_display=1#resultsRegion1
Durante o período de 1999 a 2015, 45,221 mortes por mesotelioma maligno foram relatadas nos EUA, 2597 das quais ocorreram em 2015. Na Inglaterra, Escócia e País de Gales, houve um total de 2257 mortes atribuíveis ao mesotelioma em 2022.[5]Health and Safety Executive. Mesothelioma statistics for Great Britain, 2024. Nov 2024 [internet publication].
https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/assets/docs/mesothelioma.pdf
As taxas de mortalidade global variam muito, abrangendo desde 0.5 morte por milhão no Brasil e no Equador até 31 mortes por milhão no Reino Unido.[6]Nishikawa K, Takahashi K, Karjalainen A, et al. Recent mortality from pleural mesothelioma, historical patterns of asbestos use, and adoption of bans: a global assessment. Environ Health Perspect. 2008 Dec;116(12):1675-80.
https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/full/10.1289/ehp.11272
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19079719?tool=bestpractice.com
Essa variação provavelmente reflete as disparidades entre países no uso e na regulamentação do asbesto.[6]Nishikawa K, Takahashi K, Karjalainen A, et al. Recent mortality from pleural mesothelioma, historical patterns of asbestos use, and adoption of bans: a global assessment. Environ Health Perspect. 2008 Dec;116(12):1675-80.
https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/full/10.1289/ehp.11272
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19079719?tool=bestpractice.com
[7]Zhu W, Liu J, Li Y, et al. Global, regional, and national trends in mesothelioma burden from 1990 to 2019 and the predictions for the next two decades. SSM Popul Health. 2023 Sep;23:101441.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827323001064
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37334331?tool=bestpractice.com