<p>Mesothelioma data are not recorded at the constituency level.</p><p>The following table shows the number of mesothelioma deaths for South Tyneside, the North East and for Great Britain in each year from 1997 to 2011, and the number of deaths registered in Northern Ireland for each year from the earliest data available in 2001 to 2011. 2011 is the most recent year for which the data is available.</p><p>There is a small distinction between the figures for Northern Ireland and Great Britain; the figures for Northern Ireland are based on when a death from mesothelioma was registered, whereas the figures for Great Britain are for the year in which the person died of mesothelioma. This small distinction explains why figures are provided separately as Great Britain and Northern Ireland, rather than combined to produce a United Kingdom total.</p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top" /><td valign="top">1997<br /></td><td valign="top">1998<br /></td><td valign="top">1999<br /></td><td valign="top">2000<br /></td><td valign="top">2001<br /></td><td valign="top">2002<br /></td><td valign="top">2003<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">SouthTyneside<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td><td valign="top">12<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td><td valign="top">18<br /></td><td valign="top">9<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">NorthEast<br /></td><td valign="top">126<br /></td><td valign="top">100<br /></td><td valign="top">119<br /></td><td valign="top">123<br /></td><td valign="top">154<br /></td><td valign="top">127<br /></td><td valign="top">112<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">GreatBritain<br /></td><td valign="top">1367<br /></td><td valign="top">1541<br /></td><td valign="top">1615<br /></td><td valign="top">1633<br /></td><td valign="top">1860<br /></td><td valign="top">1867<br /></td><td valign="top">1887<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">NorthernIreland<br /></td><td valign="top">—1<br /></td><td valign="top">—1<br /></td><td valign="top">—1<br /></td><td valign="top">—1<br /></td><td valign="top">58<br /></td><td valign="top">42<br /></td><td valign="top">49<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Unitedkingdom<br /></td><td valign="top">—1<br /></td><td valign="top">—1<br /></td><td valign="top">—1<br /></td><td valign="top">—1<br /></td><td valign="top">1918<br /></td><td valign="top">1909<br /></td><td valign="top">1936<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top" /><td valign="top">2004<br /></td><td valign="top">2005<br /></td><td valign="top">2006<br /></td><td valign="top">2007<br /></td><td valign="top">2008<br /></td><td valign="top">2009<br /></td><td valign="top">2010<br /></td><td valign="top">20112<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">SouthTyneside<br /></td><td valign="top">15<br /></td><td valign="top">10<br /></td><td valign="top">10<br /></td><td valign="top">8<br /></td><td valign="top">19<br /></td><td valign="top">16<br /></td><td valign="top">18<br /></td><td valign="top">21<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">NorthEast<br /></td><td valign="top">134<br /></td><td valign="top">160<br /></td><td valign="top">118<br /></td><td valign="top">137<br /></td><td valign="top">167<br /></td><td valign="top">159<br /></td><td valign="top">180<br /></td><td valign="top">160<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">GreatBritain<br /></td><td valign="top">1978<br /></td><td valign="top">2049<br /></td><td valign="top">2060<br /></td><td valign="top">2176<br /></td><td valign="top">2265<br /></td><td valign="top">2336<br /></td><td valign="top">2360<br /></td><td valign="top">2291<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">NorthernIreland<br /></td><td valign="top">54<br /></td><td valign="top">40<br /></td><td valign="top">50<br /></td><td valign="top">36<br /></td><td valign="top">40<br /></td><td valign="top">42<br /></td><td valign="top">35<br /></td><td valign="top">52<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">UnitedKingdom<br /></td><td valign="top">2032<br /></td><td valign="top">2089<br /></td><td valign="top">2110<br /></td><td valign="top">2212<br /></td><td valign="top">2305<br /></td><td valign="top">2378<br /></td><td valign="top">2395<br /></td><td valign="top">2343<br /></td></tr></tbody><tfoot><tr><td valign="top">1Notavailable.<br />2Provisional.<br />Source:<br />GBdata—Health and Safety Executive, British Mesothelioma Register,cases based on date ofdeath.<br />NIdata—Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland casesbased on date ofregistration.<br /></td></tr></tfoot></table></p>