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Table 17.13

Mesothelioma

United States Cancer Prevalence Estimates

Estimated United States Cancer Prevalence Counts a on January 1, 2014
By Race/Ethnicity, Sex and Years Since Diagnosis

WARNING: The Prevalence Estimates presented on this page utilize a different tumor selection criteria from previous CSR releases and are NOT directly comparable to estimates from previous CSR releases.
Please see the Prevalence Comparison Chapter of this CSR for more information.

Race/Ethnicity Sex Years Since Diagnosis Completeh
0 to <5 5 to <10 10 to <15 15 to <20 20 to <25 25 to <30 0 to <22e 0 to <39e >=39g
All Races b Both Sexes 4,083 717 346 281 162 153 5,564 5,903 + +
Males 2,873 377 153 81 48 37 3,518 3,628 + +
Females 1,210 340 193 200 114 116 2,046 2,275 + +
White b Both Sexes 3,858 700 267 246 147 153 5,193 5,492 + +
Males 2,723 377 125 70 45 37 3,328 3,410 + +
Females 1,135 323 142 176 102 116 1,865 2,082 + +
Black b Both Sexes 134 12 47 24 12 0 229 265 + +
Males 73 1 24 12 0 0 109 133 + +
Females 61 11 23 12 12 0 120 132 + +
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 52 7 17 4 + + 81 + + +
Males 38 0 10 4 + + 53 + + +
Females 14 7 7 0 + + 28 + + +
Hispanic d Both Sexes 282 70 42 26 + + 419 + + +
Males 196 17 25 21 + + 259 + + +
Females 86 53 17 5 + + 160 + + +

Estimated prevalence percent a on January 1, 2014, of the SEERc population diagnosed in the previous 22 years
By Age at Prevalence, Race/Ethnicity and Sex

WARNING: The Prevalence Estimates presented on this page utilize a different tumor selection criteria from previous CSR releases and are NOT directly comparable to estimates from previous CSR releases.
Please see the Prevalence Comparison Chapter of this CSR for more information.

Race/Ethnicity Sex Age Specific (Crude) Age-Adjustedf
All Ages 0-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80+ All Ages
All Races c Both Sexes 0.0015% - - - 0.0003% 0.0008% 0.0016% 0.0037% 0.0079% 0.0094% 0.0014%
Males 0.0019% - - - - 0.0006% 0.0015% 0.0051% 0.0125% 0.0186% 0.0020%
Females 0.0011% - - - 0.0004% 0.0009% 0.0016% 0.0024% 0.0042% 0.0038% 0.0010%
White c Both Sexes 0.0018% - - - 0.0003% 0.0010% 0.0019% 0.0044% 0.0092% 0.0105% 0.0017%
Males 0.0023% - - - - 0.0008% 0.0019% 0.0059% 0.0146% 0.0202% 0.0024%
Females 0.0013% - - - 0.0004% 0.0012% 0.0019% 0.0030% 0.0046% 0.0046% 0.0011%
Black c Both Sexes 0.0005% - - - - - 0.0008% 0.0012% 0.0036% 0.0057% 0.0006%
Males 0.0005% - - - - - - - - - 0.0008%
Females 0.0005% - - - - - - - 0.0044% - 0.0006%
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 0.0005% - - - - - - 0.0011% 0.0026% 0.0050% 0.0005%
Males 0.0007% - - - - - - 0.0024% 0.0038% 0.0132% 0.0008%
Females 0.0003% - - - - - - - - - 0.0003%
Hispanic d Both Sexes 0.0008% - - - - 0.0007% 0.0021% 0.0033% 0.0055% 0.0080% 0.0012%
Males 0.0010% - - - - - 0.0022% 0.0052% 0.0090% 0.0178% 0.0019%
Females 0.0006% - - - - 0.0008% 0.0019% 0.0017% - - 0.0008%

Footnotes:

a US 2014 cancer prevalence counts are based on 2014 cancer prevalence proportions from the SEER registries and 1/1/2014 US population estimates based on the average of 2013 and 2014 population estimates from the US Bureau of the Census. Prevalence was calculated using the first invasive tumor for each cancer site diagnosed during the previous 39/22 years.

b Statistics based on SEER 9 Areas.

c Statistics based on SEER 13 Areas excluding the Alaska Native Registry

d Statistics based on NHIA for Hispanic for SEER 13 Areas excluding the Alaska Native Registry.

e Maximum limited-duration prevalence: 39 years for 1975-2014 SEER 9 data; 22 years for 1992-2014 SEER 13 data (excluding the Alaska Navtive Registry) used to calculate prevalence for Hispanics and Asian Pacific Islanders.

f Percentages are age-adjusted to the 2000 US Standard Population (19 age groups - Census P25-1130) by 5-year age groups.

g Cases diagnosed more than 39 years ago were estimated using the completeness index method (Capocaccia et. al. 1997, Merrill et. al. 2000).

h Complete prevalence is obtained by summing 0 to <39 and >=39.

i Age-specific completeness index was approximated using empirical data from historical Connecticut tumor registry.

- Statistic not shown. Statistic based on fewer than 5 cases estimated alive in SEER for the time interval.

+ Not available.

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