Atlas of Respiratory Disease Mortality, United States: 1982–1993 (1998)

Three pages from NIOSH's Atlas of Respiratory Disease Mortality, United States: 1982–1993 (August 1998), by Jay H. Kim of the Division of Respiratory Disease Studies: the cover, the title page and page 17, on pleural malignancy (ICD-9 code 163). Page 17 explains that the code largely captures pleural mesothelioma, which is strongly tied to asbestos. It states that chrysotile as well as amphiboles can cause the disease, and that shipyard, insulation and construction workers are at high risk. It also notes that about 85 percent of mesothelioma patients have a history of asbestos exposure and that family members of asbestos workers have developed the disease.