Death of asbestos in 2019

Deaths of asbestos has been underestimated for years. These figures count only occupational death of asbestos. Non-occupational deaths adds around 16.000 more deaths globally.

There are other new calculations of deaths of asbestos, and they all end up with around 250.000 in total - both occupational and non-occupational. These numbers are calculated from the latest data.
Tabel: Nils Mulvad Kilde: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington School of Medicine Hent data