Incidence and temporal trends of asbestosis by geographical areas, from 1990 to 2017
| Geographical areas | 1990 | 2017 | 1990–2017 | ||
| Incident cases n×103 (95% UI) | ASIR per 100 000 n (95% UI) | Incident cases n×103 (95%UI) | ASIR per 100 000 n (95%UI) | AAPC n (95% CI) | |
| Asia Pacific, high-income | 1.52 (1.35 to 1.71) | 0.74 (0.66 to 0.82) | 2.51 (2.18 to 2.87) | 0.54 (0.47 to 0.61) | −1.31 (−1.37 to −1.24) |
| Central Asia | 0.17 (0.14 to 0.19) | 0.34 (0.29 to 0.39) | 0.23 (0.20 to 0.27) | 0.31 (0.26 to 0.35) | −0.49 (−0.52 to −0.50) |
| East Asia | 20.2 (17.6 to 22.8) | 2.12 (1.86 to 2.41) | 34.0 (29.1 to 39.1) | 1.66 (1.43 to 1.91) | −0.92 (−0.98 to −0.87) |
| South Asia | 3.47 (3.08 to 3.89) | 0.60 (0.53 to 0.66) | 6.31 (5.46 to 7.29) | 0.48 (0.42 to 0.55) | −1.00 (−1.08 to −0.91) |
| Southeast Asia | 0.99 (0.85 to 1.14) | 0.36 (0.31 to 0.42) | 2.36 (2.02 to 2.74) | 0.39 (0.34 to 0.46) | 0.33 (0.22 to 0.43) |
| Australasia | 0.08 (0.07 to 0.09) | 0.32 (0.28 to 0.37) | 0.25 (0.22 to 0.28) | 0.48 (0.42 to 0.54) | 1.42 (1.35 to 1.50) |
| Caribbean | 0.037 (0.032 to 0.044) | 0.14 (0.12 to 0.16) | 0.07 (0.06 to 0.08) | 0.13 (0.11 to 0.16) | −0.19 (−0.26 to −0.13) |
| Central Europe | 1.28 (1.17 to 1.40) | 0.85 (0.78 to 0.93) | 0.12 (0.10 to 0.13) | 0.59 (0.52 to 0.66) | −1.48 (−1.56 to −1.40) |
| Eastern Europe | 1.41 (1.27 to 1.58) | 0.50 (0.45 to 0.55) | 1.21 (1.05 to 1.41) | 0.37 (0.32 to 0.43) | −1.20 (−1.31 to −1.09) |
| Western Europe | 1.74 (1.53 to 1.93) | 0.28 (0.25 to 0.32) | 1.40 (1.22 to 1.60) | 0.14 (0.13 to 0.16) | −2.49 (−2.73 to −2.26) |
| Andean Latin America | 0.08 (0.07 to 0.09) | 0.37 (0.34 to 0.41) | 0.17 (0.14 to 0.21) | 0.31 (0.26 to 0.38) | −0.67 (−0.82 to −0.51) |
| Central Latin America | 0.75 (0.67 to 0.84) | 0.79 (0.70 to 0.88) | 1.50 (1.3.0 to 1.72) | 0.63 (0.54 to 0.72) | −0.89 (−0.98 to −0.81) |
| Southern Latin America | 0.20 (0.18 to 0.22) | 0.43 (0.39 to 0.48) | 0.35 (0.30 to 0.40) | 0.42 (0.36 to 0.49) | −0.13 (−0.12 to −0.07) |
| Tropical Latin America | 0.51 (0.45 to 0.57) | 0.53 (0.47 to 0.60) | 0.97 (0.86 to 1.08) | 0.42 (0.37 to 0.47) | −0.59 (−0.67 to −0.50) |
| North Africa and Middle East | 0.71 (0.62 to 0.81) | 0.34 (0.30 to 0.38) | 1.71 (1.50 to 1.97) | 0.36 (0.32 to 0.41) | 0.23 (0.17 to 0.30) |
| North America, high-income | 1.97 (1.74 to 2.22) | 0.55 (0.49 to 0.63) | 3.72 (3.29 to 4.19) | 0.62 (0.55 to 0.69) | 0.51 (0.42 to 0.59) |
| Oceania | 0.041 (0.036 to 0.047) | 1.39 (1.24 to 1.57) | 0.10 (0.08 to 0.11) | 1.50 (1.24 to 1.69) | 0.18 (0.12 to 0.24) |
| Central sub-Saharan Africa | 0.15 (0.14 to 0.17) | 0.68 (0.62 to 0.75) | 0.33 (0.29 to 0.38) | 0.62 (0.55 to 0.70) | −0.36 (−0.39 to −0.33) |
| Eastern sub-Saharan Africa | 0.47 (0.42 to 0.52) | 0.60 (0.54 to 0.66) | 0.89 (0.78 to 1.01) | 0.51 (0.45 to 0.59) | −0.69 (−0.74 to −0.63) |
| Southern sub-Saharan Africa | 0.31 (0.28 to 0.34) | 1.03 (0.92 to 1.14) | 0.51 (0.44 to 0.59) | 0.89 (0.77 to 1.02) | −0.37 (−0.47 to −0.0.27) |
| Western sub-Saharan Africa | 0.17 (0.14 to 0.20) | 0.16 (0.13 to 0.19) | 0.38 (0.30 to 0.47) | 0.17 (0.14 to 0.21) | 0.24 (0.12 to 0.36) |
AAPC, average annual percentage change; ASIR, age-standardised incidence rate; UI, uncertainty interval.