The number of mesothelioma deaths in Great Britain in each five-year age category in each year from 1979 to 2006 (the latest year for which statistics are available) is shown in the following table.
10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85+ Total 1979 — — — 2 4 7 11 19 47 64 62 85 71 44 15 3 434 1980 — — 1 — 1 7 11 21 45 66 69 90 74 44 18 10 457 1981 — — — 1 — 6 17 20 35 76 91 78 63 52 27 2 468 1982 — — — — 3 9 19 23 40 73 90 86 92 47 17 8 507 1983 — — 1 1 — 5 12 26 48 85 91 91 99 64 38 10 571 1984 — — 1 — — 9 13 30 44 81 118 108 98 62 47 12 623 1985 — — — 1 3 6 13 33 34 89 118 81 114 73 35 18 618 1986 — 1 — — 3 9 15 31 50 87 124 128 115 86 42 15 706 1987 — — — 1 2 7 21 28 69 99 154 143 116 100 60 14 814 1988 — — — — 1 4 20 41 64 112 134 180 145 106 39 26 872 1989 — — — — 2 10 15 35 66 115 162 185 119 120 59 21 909 1990 — — — — 2 3 20 42 73 96 139 164 151 116 60 29 895 1991 — — — — — 6 22 48 70 113 153 212 193 120 69 17 1,023 1992 — — 1 — 1 7 21 45 92 118 162 195 194 166 67 28 1,097 1993 — — — 1 2 4 17 49 86 114 154 203 234 149 106 33 1,152 1994 — — — 1 — — 9 52 100 123 203 234 219 166 89 50 1,246 1995 1 — — 1 1 3 14 38 82 152 163 250 267 194 100 51 1,317 1996 — — — — 1 3 8 42 87 137 164 239 264 176 126 75 1,322 1997 — — — — — 3 9 35 95 129 192 243 260 214 121 66 1,367 1998 — — — 1 1 3 7 37 91 143 173 251 301 274 164 95 1,541 1999 — — — 1 3 — 7 25 78 178 230 258 288 320 147 80 1,615 2000 — — — 1 — 3 9 26 85 148 242 250 330 292 151 96 1,633 2001 — — 1 — 1 2 11 27 94 179 242 276 332 357 216 124 1,862 2002 — — — — 1 3 2 13 82 181 265 296 382 331 196 116 1,868 2003 — 1 — 1 2 — 6 24 63 169 244 324 309 364 256 124 1,887 2004 — — — — — 2 9 24 42 156 270 327 362 371 282 134 1,979 20051 — 1 — — 2 3 8 21 72 164 266 337 366 376 279 152 2,047 20061 — — — 1 — 1 6 18 51 144 266 363 355 386 295 170 2,056 Total 1 3 5 14 36 125 352 873 1,885 3391 4,741 5,677 5,913 5,170 3,121 1,579 32,886 1 Provisional. Source: Health and Safety Executive British Mesothelioma Register.