title: Potential years of life lost (PYLL) caused by asbestos-related diseases in the world.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We applied the well-established, but rather under-utilized, indicator of Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL) to estimate the global burden of mesothelioma and asbestosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  We analyzed all deaths caused by mesothelioma and asbestosis that were reported by 82 and 55 countries, respectively, to the World Health Organization (WHO) from 1994 to 2010.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The 128,015 and 13,885 persons who died of mesothelioma and asbestosis, potentially lost a total of 2.18 million and 180,000 years of life (PYLL), or, an annual average PYLL of 201,000 years and 17,000 years, respectively. The average PYLL per decedent were 17.0 and 13.0 years for mesothelioma and asbestosis, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The current burden of asbestos-related diseases (ARDs) in terms of PYLL is substantial. The future burden of ARDs can be eliminated by stopping the use of asbestos.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Epidemiology, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu City, Japan.
authors.forename: Rachmania
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Diandini
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Eun-Kee
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Mehrnoosh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Movahed
authors.forename: Giang Vinh
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Le
authors.forename: Lukas Jyuhn-Hsiarn
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Vanya
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Delgermaa
authors.forename: Rokho
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001195:Asbestosis / Q000401:mortality*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015993:Life Tables; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000401:mortality*; D008875:Middle Aged
keywords: age adjusted mortality rate; asbestos; asbestos-related diseases; asbestosis; burden of disease; disability adjusted life years (DALY); global; mesothelioma; potential years of life lost