Mesothelioma | Asbestos and Mesothelioma Are Linked

Mesothelioma Statistics

Every year, more than 10,000 people worldwide (3,000 in the U.S. alone) are diagnosed with mesothelioma or other asbestos-related conditions.
More than 500,000 asbestos or mesothelioma lawsuits have been filed.
More than 110,000 schools in the U.S. still contain some form of asbestos.
8 million Americans have been exposed to dangerous levels of asbestos.
Asbestos insulation workers have a mesothelioma death rate 344 times higher than that of the general population.
More than 7,500 Americans died from mesothelioma between 1999 and 2001.
The industries with the highest mesothelioma mortality rates are ship building and ship repairing.
People working around industrial chemicals had the second-highest rate, and those in the construction industry were third.
85% of mesothelioma deaths are male; this has more to do with asbestos exposure than with gender.
There is also a high rate of mesothelioma deaths among schoolteachers, many of whom are female.
The average age of people diagnosed with mesothelioma is between 50 and 70, but the number of people diagnosed with mesothelioma between the ages of 30 and 40 is increasing.
Asbestos is used to make more than 5,000 products worldwide.
Even when mesothelioma treatment is possible, it is very expensive, sometimes costing between $400,000 and $800,000 for oxygen, drugs, pain medicine and other forms of treatment.