Malignant Mesothelioma Asbestos Rename The New Relationship
How many deaths are closely related to environmental and occupational exposures to asbestos? And those construction workers who get sick each year from mesothelioma? As part of World Day for asbestos victims, the Institute for the Prevention of Occupational Safety and seek, through numbers and data to answer these questions. And ‘in fact expected in the coming days the publication of the third report produced by the National Mesothelioma Registry (rename) created under the ISPESL.
The volume will return in full the characteristics of the monitoring system, indicators of impact and a detailed epidemiological characteristics of exposure. This is a very useful tool for public health, disease prevention and recognition of the rights of those patients and their families.
The Third Report of the National Registry reported an archive in January 2009 contains information on 9,166 cases of malignant mesothelioma, measured on the basis of a system of active research and analysis of standardized occupational histories, residential and family members of sick individuals. Up to 45 years the disease is rare (only 2.7% of all cases recorded). The average age at diagnosis is 68.3 years. The standardized rate for malignant pleural mesothelioma (definite, probable and possible) is equal to 3.42 cases (per 100,000 residents) in men and 1.09 in women. On average, the disease usually occurs after more than 40 years after exposure, but the range of variability of the latency is extremely broad.
The report in particular release a specific focus on areas considered “less than expected, such as construction, to which charge the highest number of patients in recent series. A major focus of current view and the high incidence of construction workers suffering from pleural mesothelioma and peritonali.
The Institute also through the relationship will shed light on the current state of the process of eliminating millions of tons of material containing asbestos that permeate our country. Currently the most pessimistic estimates speak of 30 million tonnes, 500 kilos per capita. Issues that intersect with the high number of deaths from asbestos related diseases: about 3 thousand cases a year in Italy alone.
“The activities of the National Register of Mesothelioma – said Sergio Iavicoli, director of the Department of Occupational Medicine ISPESL – is part of initiatives for the epidemiological surveillance of occupational cancer. This activity had a major boost by Legislative Decree 81 / 2008 and is one of the fundamental directions of our department. ” “In particular – concluded Iavicoli – their business has become very important in order to profiles of public health and prevention of work-related diseases.”
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