Objective:Population-basedcancerregistrationdatawereusedtoanalyzetheepidemiologyandtrendofmalignantmesotheliomainChina,andtheresultwouldprovidebasicdataforitspreventionandcontrol.Methods:Malignantmesotheliomadatain2013wereretrievedfromthedatabaseofNationalCancerRegistry.Malignantmesotheliomaincidenceandmortalitywereestimatedusingage-specificratebyurban/ruralandgenderaccordingtothenationalpopulationin2013.Malignantmesotheliomadatafrom22cancerregistrieswereusedfortrendanalysisduring2000–2013.Results:Itisestimatedthattherewere2,041newmalignantmesotheliomacasesand1,659malignantmesotheliomadeathsoccurredin2013.ThecrudeincidencerateinChinawere1.50/106(males1.67/106,females1.32/106),age-standardizedincidenceratesbyChinesestandardpopulation(ASIRC)andbyworldstandardpopulation(ASIRW)were1.03/106and1.02/106,respectively.ThecrudemortalityrateinChinawas1.22/106(males1.67/106,females1.32/106),age-standardizedmortalityratesbyChinesestandardpopulation(ASMRC)andbyworldstandardpopulation(ASMRW)were0.83/106and0.81/106,respectively.TherewasanincreasingtrendofincidencerateformalignantmesotheliomainregistrationareasofChinaduring2000–2013withannualpercentagechange(APC)of2.5%[95%confidenceinterval(95%CI):0.6%–4.5%].Afteragestandardization,nosignificantdifferenceswereobserved.Nomatterforcrudemortalityratesorage-standardizedmortalityrates,nosignificantdifferenceswereobservedduring2000–2013.Conclusions:Malignantmesotheliomaisthemajoroccupationalandenvironmentalneoplasmassociatedwithasbestosexposure.Theincreasingincidencetrendsuggeststhatmoreattentionshouldbepaidonthisdisease.
