Tussen 1999 en 2002 werd de ziekte mesothelioom in de Verenigde Staten bij gemiddeld 1,11 personen op 100.000 inwoners vastgesteld. Totaal betrof dit 10.926 mensen. Het gaat vooral om oudere, blanke mannen: 75% was boven de 65 en 98% boven de 40. Het aantal mannen was vijf keer zo groot als het aantal vrouwen (79% vs. 21%) De ziekte komt in de VS ongeveer even vaak voor als leukemie en baarmoederhalskanker bij vrouwen. Internationaal vergeleken is de mesothelioomincidentie in de VS drie keer zo laag als in Australi&euml., het land met de hoogste incidentie. Bron: Larson, T., et al. (2007). Incidence and descriptive epidemiology of mesothelioma in the United States, 1999-2002. Int J Occup Environ Health. 2007 Oct-Dec.13(4):398-403.

Larson, T., et al. (2007). Incidence and descriptive epidemiology of mesothelioma in the United States, 1999-2002. Int J Occup Environ Health. 2007 Oct-Dec.13(4):398-403.
Incidence and descriptive epidemiology of mesothelioma in the United States, 1999-2002.Larson T, Melnikova N, Davis SI, Jamison P. To estimate the recent incidence of mesothelioma in the United States and characterize its descriptive epidemiology, incidence data were obtained from the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) and the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program. Age-adjusted incidence rates and 95% confidence intervals were calculated. The U.S. incidence was 1.11 cases per 100,000 persons. Most cases occurred among older, white males. However, 173 cases (&lt. 2%) occurred in persons younger than 40. The proportion of women with peritoneal mesothelioma was triple that of men (14.8% vs 5.4%). Of 40 reporting states, 11 had incidence rates significantly higher than the national rate.