The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) stated that over 1.8 million people in the UK are exposed to asbestos annually, and that one person dies from mesothelioma every 4 hours.

HSE predicts that approximately 5,000 people will doe from mesothelioma by 2015 due to current trends. If that statement is accurate, that means that mesothelioma deaths in the UK will be double that of their USA counterparts. This is based of the statistic  from the National Cancer Institute which has estimated that approximately 2,500 people die from mesothelioma each year.

Mesothelioma quickly covers the membraneous tissue which covers the lungs and abdominal organs due to exposure from asbestos fibers. After looking over the British government statistics which state that quite a few homes and businesses contained asbestos, it’s quite clear why the UK has much higher death rates.

Earlier in 2011 the UK’s Health and Safety Executive came under fire due to it ending the “Hidden Killer” advertising campaign which helped increase asbestos awareness within the construction and tradesman groups. The program was shutdown approximately 2 years after it’s debut due to HSE losing 35 percent of its funding. The UK’s largest construction union has reported that on average 8 joiners, 6 electricians, and 4 plumbers die from mesothelioma or other related asbestos diseases every week.

Striking Mesothelioma and asbestos related death statistics from UK is a post from: Localized USA: Your Local News Source