Mesothelioma incidence projections in South East England | European Respiratory Society: "Given the estimated median induction time of 32 yrs for occupation-related mesothelioma [13], this would explain both our observation of the rapid increase in incidence rates in the calendar periods 1972 to 2007, as well as the high incidence rates of mesothelioma among generations born up to the 1945 birth cohort and the decreasing incidence in the birth cohorts thereafter."
"The number of new cases of mesothelioma diagnosed in the UK in 2008 was ∼2,400 and is expected to rise in subsequent years [2]."