Minnesota Cancer Surveillance System

Selected MDH Publications with Mesothelioma Statistics

Cancer Incidence Data

View data on mesothelioma incidence in Minnesota at Minnesota Public Health Data Access, a web-based data access portal.

Minnesota Cancer Surveillance System (MCSS) reports

Minnesota Cancer Facts and Figures 2006 (April 2006) (PDF: 2.6MB/56 pages)

  • Pages 37-38: Overview, disparities, trends, regional variation w/in Minnesota using data through 2003
  • Page 46: 2003 incidence and mortality counts and rates statewide

Cancer in Minnesota, 2004: Preliminary report (March 2006) (PDF: 64KB/4 pages)

  • Mesothelioma listed in tables of sex- and site-specific statewide cancer incidence and mortality counts and rates for 2004

Cancer in Minnesota, 1988-2002 (October 2005)

Summary (PDF: 61KB/6 pages)
Page vii, right-hand column, fifth bullet): Compares mesothelioma incidence in Minnesota to nation

Chapter 2: Overview (PDF: 267KB/49 pages)

  • Page 34: Mesothelioma listed tables of sex- and site-specific statewide cancer incidence and mortality counts and rates, 1998-2002
  • Pages 37, 40, 43, 46: Mesothelioma listed in tables of sex-, site-, and age-specific statewide cancer incidence and mortality rates
  • Pages 58-61: Mesothelioma listed in graphs of sex- and site-specific cancer incidence and mortality trends in Minnesota, 1988 – 2002
  • Pages 29 and 67: Discussion (page 29, bottom of left-hand column) and graph (page 67) of mesothelioma incidence among non-Hispanic whites by gender and region, Minnesota, 1998-2002

Chapter 3: Summary of Data for Specific Cancers (PDF: 286KB/61 pages)

  • Pages 106-107: Tables showing statewide incidence and mortality counts and rates by year, by age, and by race/ethnicity. Median age at diagnosis and death, lifetime risk, trends, stage at diagnosis. Discussion of descriptive epidemiology and risk factors.

Chapter 4: Occurrence of Cancer in Minnesota Counties and Regions, 1998-2002 (PDF: 274KB/97 pages)

  • Pages 134-228: Mesothelioma listed in tables of sex- and site-specific cancer incidence rates and observed and expected counts by county and region w/in Minnesota for 1998-2002 combined.

Cancer incidence rates in northeastern Minnesota with an emphasis on mesothelioma (February 2003, based on data 1988-1999) (PDF: 171KB/7 pages)

Cancer incidence rates in northeastern Minnesota (September 1999, based on data 1988-1996) (PDF: 48KB/12 pages)

Cancer rates and trends in northeastern Minnesota (September 1997, based on data 1988-1994) (PDF: 60KB/16 pages)

Center for Occupational Health and Safety reports

Mesothelioma in Northeastern Minnesota and Two Occupational Cohorts: 2007 Update, December 7, 2007 (PDF: 361KB/24 pages)

Exposures to Commercial Asbestos in Northeastern Minnesota Iron Miners who Developed Mesothelioma (PDF: 479KB/ 50 pages)

Appendices (PDF: 308KB/ 35 pages)

Center for Occupational Health and Safety Web site

Asthma Program Reports

Breathing Space Rspiratory Disease Newsletter, Vol. 5, No. 4, December 2007.
  • Page 1: Mesothelioma in Northeastern Minnesota.

Updated Thursday, 20-Dec-2012 16:06:29 CST