TY - JOUR T1 - Years of potential life lost due to malignant pleural mesothelioma in Turkey JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J DO - 10.1183/13993003.congress-2019.PA4446 VL - 54 IS - suppl 63 SP - PA4446 AU - Selma Metintas AU - Guntulu Ak AU - Muzaffer Metintas Y1 - 2019/09/28 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/54/suppl_63/PA4446.abstract N2 - Background and Aim: The numbers of deaths alone to focus on control programs in MPM does not reflect the extent of the problem. Years of potantial life lost (YLL), which is an indicator derived from the numbers of deaths and age at deaths, may be more helpful to design disease control program and allocation of economic resources. The aim of this study is to estimate YLL in MPM according to age groups and environmental asbestos exposure using Turkey mesothelioma surveillance data.Methods: The data obtained from Turkey Asbestos Control Strategic Plan presented MPM mortality between 2008 and 2012. Five-year deaths numbers were distributed by age groups and gender. YLL was calculated using a method described by Lopez and Murray.Results: The numbers of MPM cases were 5,617 in the five years period in Turkey. The average annual MPM crude and age-standardized incidence rate with 95% Confidence Interval were 1.84 (1.79 to 1.92) and 2.33 (2:32 to 2:34) per thousand for the whole country, respectively. The mean YLL for males, females and whole study group were 17.17, 20.34 and 18.51 years, respectively. In males, the percentage distribution of YLL to the age groups was 37.31%, under the age of 50 years, 49.10% between the ages of 50-65 and 13.59% over the age of 65. These were 39.00%, 45.21 and 15.79% for women, respectively. Those with a history of rural life accounted for 64.60% of the total YLL, this ratio was 64.06% for men and 65.22% for women.Conclusions: MPM is an important cause of premature death in countries with environmental asbestos exposure and this problem needs to be controlled as soon as possible.FootnotesCite this article as: European Respiratory Journal 2019; 54: Suppl. 63, PA4446.This is an ERS International Congress abstract. No full-text version is available. Further material to accompany this abstract may be available at www.ers-education.org (ERS member access only). ER -