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North‐south gradient of mesothelioma and asbestos consumption‐production in the United States‐Progresses since the 1st asbestos partial ban in 1973
Author(s) -
Sun Hongbing
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/ajim.22955
Subject(s) - asbestos , mesothelioma , incidence (geometry) , medicine , consumption (sociology) , mortality rate , asbestosis , environmental health , demography , pathology , surgery , social science , materials science , physics , sociology , optics , metallurgy
Background Temporal trends and broad geographical distributions of asbestos use and the incidence of malignant mesothelioma (MM) in the US still need to be studied. Methods Data on asbestos consumption and production between 1900 and 2015 and MM mortality and incidence rates between 1975 and 2015 in the US were examined. Spatial distributions of MM mortality and incidence rates and their association with climate zone were analyzed. Results Decline of MM incidence and mortality rates in the US occurred about 20 years after the peak of asbestos consumption‐production in 1973. There are apparent north‐south (N‐S) gradients in MM mortality and incidence rates in the US. Conclusion Recent decline of MM incidence and mortality rates in the US may be associated with reduced US asbestos consumption. N‐S MM gradients between 1999 and 2015 were likely related to larger asbestos requirements in building materials in the northern states.