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Table 17.13

Mesothelioma

United States Cancer Prevalence Estimates

Estimated United States Cancer Prevalence Counts a on January 1, 2015
By Race/Ethnicity, Sex and Years Since Diagnosis

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 <23e 0 to <40e >=40g
All Races b Both Sexes 4,068 811 278 328 178 144 5,663 5,982 + +
Males 2,837 463 148 94 43 39 3,585 3,671 + +
Females 1,231 348 130 234 135 105 2,078 2,311 + +
White b Both Sexes 3,792 781 199 280 153 140 5,208 5,499 + +
Males 2,635 446 115 82 43 35 3,322 3,392 + +
Females 1,157 335 84 198 110 105 1,886 2,107 + +
Black b Both Sexes 131 25 47 36 12 0 251 275 + +
Males 83 12 24 12 0 0 131 143 + +
Females 48 13 23 24 12 0 120 132 + +
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 71 3 17 + + + 96 + + +
Males 46 3 7 + + + 58 + + +
Females 25 0 10 + + + 38 + + +
Hispanic d Both Sexes 341 77 6 + + + 476 + + +
Males 218 28 1 + + + 283 + + +
Females 123 49 5 + + + 193 + + +

Estimated prevalence percent a on January 1, 2015, of the SEERc population diagnosed in the previous 23 years
By Age at Prevalence, Race/Ethnicity and Sex

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% 0.0015% 0.0037% 0.0086% 0.0086% 0.0014%
Males 0.0019% - - - 0.0002% 0.0006% 0.0014% 0.0051% 0.0132% 0.0160% 0.0020%
Females 0.0011% - - - 0.0004% 0.0010% 0.0016% 0.0026% 0.0047% 0.0041% 0.0010%
White c Both Sexes 0.0018% - - - 0.0004% 0.0009% 0.0018% 0.0044% 0.0099% 0.0094% 0.0017%
Males 0.0023% - - - 0.0003% 0.0006% 0.0017% 0.0058% 0.0154% 0.0170% 0.0023%
Females 0.0014% - - - 0.0005% 0.0012% 0.0019% 0.0031% 0.0053% 0.0047% 0.0012%
Black c Both Sexes 0.0006% - - - - - - 0.0019% 0.0030% 0.0074% 0.0007%
Males 0.0006% - - - - - - 0.0032% - 0.0138% 0.0009%
Females 0.0005% - - - - - - - 0.0043% - 0.0006%
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 0.0006% - - - - - - 0.0010% 0.0038% 0.0039% 0.0006%
Males 0.0007% - - - - - - 0.0019% 0.0058% 0.0089% 0.0008%
Females 0.0004% - - - - - - - - - 0.0004%
Hispanic d Both Sexes 0.0009% - - - - 0.0008% 0.0015% 0.0042% 0.0075% 0.0070% 0.0013%
Males 0.0010% - - - - - 0.0011% 0.0073% 0.0136% 0.0101% 0.0019%
Females 0.0007% - - - - 0.0012% 0.0019% 0.0016% - 0.0051% 0.0009%

Footnotes:

a US 2015 cancer prevalence counts are based on 2015 cancer prevalence proportions from the SEER registries and 1/1/2015 US population estimates based on the average of 2014 and 2015 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 40/23 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: 40 years for 1975-2015 SEER 9 data; 23 years for 1992-2015 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 40 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 <40 and >=40.

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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