Malignant mesothelioma surveillance: A comparison of ICD 10 mortality data with SEER incidence data in nine areas of the United States

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 251-255

  Pinheiro, Germania A ^a,b   Antao, Vinicius C S ^a,b   Bang, Ki Moon ^a   Attfield, Michael D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Death certificates; Epidemiology; ICD 10; Incidence; Mesothelioma; Mortality; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4444289872     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2004.10.3.251     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Van Gelder T, Hoogsteden HC, Versnel MA, De Beer PH, Vandenbroucke JP, Planteydt HT. Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: a series of 19 cases. Digestion. 1989;43:222-7.
2. Hillerdal G. Mesothelioma: cases associated with non-occupational and low dose exposures. Occup Environ Med. 1999;56:505-13.
3. Rizzo P, Carbone M, Fisher SG, et al. Simian virus 40 is present in most United States human mesothelioma, but it is rarely present in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Chest. 1999;116:470s-473s.
4. Gardner MJ, Saracci R. Effects on health of non-occupational exposure to airborne mineral fibres. IARC Sci Publ. 1989;90:375.
5. Virta RL. Worldwide asbestos supply and consumption trends from 1900 to 2000. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-083. Version 1.0 〈http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-083/ of03-083-tagged.pdf〉 (accessed 11/24/03).
6. EPA. Environmental Protection Agency Web site. The asbestos informer. 〈http://www.epa.gov/region04/air/asbestos/ inform.htm〉 (accessed 10/01/03).
7. Connelly RR, Spirtas R, Myers MH, Percy CL, Fraumeni Jr JF. Demographic patterns for mesothelioma in the United States. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1987;78:1053-60.
8. Peto J, Hodgson JT, Mathews FE, et al. Continuing increase in mesothelioma mortality in Britain. Lancet. 1995;345:535-9.
9. Järvholm B, Englund A, Albin M. Pleural mesothelioma in Sweden: an analysis of the incidence according to the use of asbestos. Occup Environ Med. 1999;56:110-3.
10. Davis LK, Martin TR, Kligler B. Use of death certificates for mesothelioma surveillance. Public Health Rep. 1992;107:481-3.
11. SEER Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program 〈www.seer.cancer.gov〉. SEER*Stat Database: Incidence - SEER 9 Regs, Nov 2002 Sub (1973-2000), National Cancer Institute, DCCPS, Surveillance Research Program, Cancer Statistics Branch, released April 2003, based on the November 2002 submission.
12. SEER*Stat Surveillance Research Program, National Cancer Institute SEER Stat Software, 〈http://www.seer.cancer.gov/ seerstat〉, version 5.0.20.
13. World Health Organization. International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. Tenth Revision, vol 1. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO, 1992.
14. Ries LAG, Miller BA, Hankey BF, et al (eds). SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1973-1991: Tables and Graphs (NIH Publication no. 94-2789). Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute, 1994.
15. Walker AM, Loughlin JE, Friedlander ER, Rothman KJ, Dreyer NA. Projections of asbestos-related disease 1980-2009. J Occup Med. 1983;25:409-25.
16. Nicholson WJ, Perkel G, Selikoff IJ. Occupational exposure to asbestos: population at risk and projected mortality - 1980-2030. Am J Ind Med. 1982;3:259-311.
17. Hinds MW. Mesothelioma in the United States. Incidence in the 1970's. J Occup Med. 1978;20:469-71.
18. Enterline PE, Henderson VL. Geographic patterns for pleural mesothelioma deaths in the United States, 1968-81. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1987;79:31-7.
19. Selikoff IJ, Lilis R, Nicholson WJ. Asbestos disease in United States shipyards. Ann NY Acad Sci. 1979;330:295-311.
20. Spirtas R, Beebe GVV, Connelly RR, et al. Recent trends in mesothelioma incidence in the United States. Am J Ind Med. 1986;9:397-407.
21. Price B Analysis of current trends in United States mesothelioma incidence. Am J Epidemiol. 1997;145:211-8.
22. Lilienfield DE, Gunderson PH. The "missing cases" of pleural malignant mesothelioma in Minnesota, 1979-81: preliminary report. Public Health Rep. 1986;101:395-9.
23. Pinheiro GA, Antao VC, Monteiro MM, Capelozzi VL, Terra-Filho M. Mortality from pleural mesothelioma in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1979-2000: estimation from death certificates, hospital records, and histopathologic assessments. Int J Occup Environ Health. 2003;9:147-52.
24. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). 2003. Work-Related Lung Disease Surveillance Report 2002. DHHS (NIOSH) Number 2003-111.