How many people get mesothelioma?
Mesothelioma is fairly rare. There are about 3,000 new cases of mesothelioma each year
in the United States. The rate of mesotheliomas in the United States increased from the
1970s to the early 1990s and since then has slowly decreased. These changes have largely
been seen in men, and are thought to be linked to changes in workplace exposures to
asbestos (see "What are the risk factors for malignant mesothelioma?"). The rate of
mesothelioma is lower in women and has been fairly steady for some time. Mesothelioma
is...
