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Table 5 Number of incident cases of malignant mesothelioma in ten years periods, and relative risk (RR) and 95 % confidence intervals (CI) during 1965 to 2014 among men and women, first period is the reference

From: Malignant mesothelioma incidence by nation-wide cancer registry: a population-based study

  

Number of cases

RR

95 % CI

Male

1965–1974

1

Ref.

 
 

1975–1984

4

3.34

0.37–29.84

 

1985–1994

9

6.53

0.83–51.57

 

1995–2004

19

12.24

1.64–91.39

 

2005–2014

27

14.90

2.03–109.7

 

Trend, p-value <0.000

   

Female

1965–1974

2

Ref.

 
 

1975–1984

0

-

 
 

1985-1994

3

1.07

0.18–6.43

 

1995–2004

4

1.26

0.23–6.89

 

2005–2014

7

1.92

0.40–9.22

 

Trend, p-value 0.11

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