Characteristics of six ‘early-banned’ countries separately analysed by year of ban and GBD-estimated mortality rate (MR) of mesothelioma during 1990–1994, contrasted with the MR of 48 ‘banned and identified’ countries
| Country | Year of ban | GBD-estimated mesothelioma MR during 1990–1994 (deaths per million per year) |
| ‘Early-banned’ country | ||
| Austria | 1990 | 5.66 |
| Denmark | 1980 | 9.41 |
| Iceland | 1983 | 7.05 |
| Norway | 1984 | 15.55 |
| Sweden | 1986 | 8.37 |
| Switzerland | 1989 | 10.23 |
| ‘Banned and identified’ countries (n=48) | 1991–2019 | Average: 5.32, median 3.14 |
| (First quartile 1.82, third quartile 8.07) |
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