Non-malignant pleural disease | 6031 | 5950 (99%) | 50 (<1%) | 31 (<1%) | Dusts (coal, wood and unspecified), silica and silicates, cadmium, chromium and chromates, aluminium, silver/copper, bitumen, chromic acid, ceramic fibres |
Mesothelioma | 2872 | 2711 (94%) | 156 (5%) | 5 (<1%) | Wood dust, fibre glass, “environment at work” |
Pneumoconiosis | 1502 | 1165 (78%) | 3 (<1%) | 334 (22%) | Silica, coal, other dusts (wood, stone, cement, limestone, carbon, metal, unspecified), metal working fluid, aluminium, cobalt, zinc, iron, nickel, beryllium, welding fume, chromium, colophony, quartz, cotton, flax, coolant oils, hard metals (tungsten carbide), polytetrafluoroethylene, “fly ash”, French chalk, kaolin, clay, silicon carbide, zircon |
Lung cancer | 392 | 352 (90%) | 7 (2%) | 33 (8%) | Chromium and chromates, radon, active/passive smoking, nickel, silica, copper/iron/arsenic, uranium, “industrial radiation”, creosote, “plating fumes” |
COPD | 316 | 37 (12%) | 13 (4%) | 266 (84%) | Coal, other dusts (cement, cotton, metal, wood, clay and unspecified), cadmium, aluminium, silica, metal working fluids, active/passive smoking, isocyanates, “fumes” (foundry, welding, metal, rubber and diesel) radiation, chlorine, bromine, sulphur dioxide, amines/sand, carbon black, chromium and chromates, hydrogen sulphide, oil mist, fibreglass |
Other long latency | 28 | 0 | 3 (11%) | 25 (89%) | 8 cases of bronchiolitis (welding fume, chlorine, oil effluent, silica, metal working fluid, diacetyl, “boat building chemicals”), 5 cases of byssinosis (cotton), 4 cases of pneumonitis (isocyanates, lime, xylene, “unknown coating”), 3 cases of interstitial lung disease (brick dust, chromium/cobalt/nickel/metal working fluids), 2 cases of fibrosing alveolitis (coffee beans, detergents), 2 cases of bronchiectasis (fungal, biological/hazardous waste), and 1 case each of pleural mass (Cryptoccus), multiple pulmonary nodules (glass wool), Langerhans cell granulomatosis (metal working fluid) and pulmonary fibrosis (coolant oils) |
Total cases | 10 859 | 9950 (92%) | 230 (2%) | 679 (6%) | |