Cases n | Estimated mean age (range) years | Estimated mean birth year (range) | Estimated % male | Average incidence rate (95% CI) per 100 000, per year# | |||
Actual | Estimated | Males | Females | ||||
Non-malignant pleural disease | 6031 | 17 218 | 68 (20–100) | 1937 (1900–1988) | 96% | 7.1 (6.0– 8.2) | 0.19 (0.14–0.23) |
Mesothelioma | 2872 | 13 465 | 69 (19–100) | 1935 (1900–1987) | 93% | 5.4 (4.8–6.0) | 0.27 (0.21–0.34) |
Pneumoconiosis | 1502 | 4384 | 69 (23–93) | 1936 (1907–1989) | 97% | 1.9 (1.7–2.2) | |
Asbestosis | 1165 | 2969 | 70 (32–93) | 1935 (1908–1981) | 98% | 1.3 (1.1–1.6) | |
Other pneumoconiosis | 337 | 1415 | 67 (23–91) | 1938 (1907–1989) | 95% | 0.6 (0.5–0.7) | |
Lung cancer | 392 | 1921 | 70 (29–97) | 1934 (1904–1967) | 96% | 0.8 (0.6–1.0) | |
COPD | 316 | 965 | 67 (29–96) | 1937 (1910–1979) | 83% | 0.3 (0.2–0.4) | |
Other long latency | 28 | 116 | 64 (28–78) | 1942 (1927–1982) | 85% | ||
Total cases | 10 859 | 37 347 | 69 (19–100) | 1936 (1900–1989) | 95% | 15.3 (13.4–17.2) | 0.53 (0.43–0.62) |
Total diagnoses | 11 141 | 38 069 |
COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. #: denominator is the total adult population (i.e. working+non-working) based on national population data (1996–2014) from the Office for National Statistics.