Potential years of life lost (PYLL) caused by asbestos-related diseases in the world

• Published in: American journal of industrial medicine Vol. 56; no. 9; pp. 993 - 1000
• Main Authors: Diandini, Rachmania, Takahashi, Ken, Park, Eun-Kee, Jiang, Ying, Movahed, Mehrnoosh, Le, Giang Vinh, Lee, Lukas Jyuhn-Hsiarn, Delgermaa, Vanya, Kim, Rokho
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, NJ Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2013; Wiley-Liss; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Adult; age adjusted mortality rate; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; asbestos; asbestos-related diseases; asbestosis; Asbestosis - mortality; Biological and medical sciences; burden of disease; Chemical and industrial products toxicology. Toxic occupational diseases; Cost of Illness; Databases, Factual; disability adjusted life years (DALY); Female; global; Global Health - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Inorganic dusts (pneumoconiosises) and organic dusts (byssinosis etc.); Life Tables; Male; Medical sciences; mesothelioma; Mesothelioma - mortality; Middle Aged; Occupational medicine; potential years of life lost; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Toxicology; Lung disease; Asbestos; Lost life years; Occupational disease; Pneumoconiosis; Asbestosis; Respiratory disease; Disability-adjusted life-year; Mortality; disability adjusted life years (DALY); Mesothelioma; global; Occupational exposure; burden of disease; Morbidity; age adjusted mortality rate; Tumor; asbestos-related diseases; Occupational medicine; Age; Public health; potential years of life lost; asbestos; asbestosis; mesothelioma

Background We applied the well‐established, but rather under‐utilized, indicator of Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL) to estimate the global burden of mesothelioma and asbestosis. Methods We analyzed all deaths caused by mesothelioma and asbestosis that were reported by 82 and 55 countries, respec...