Other respiratory diseases
Farmer's lung and other allergic alveolitis
- There have been fewer than 5 new assessed cases for Industrial Injuries and Disablement Benefit (IIDB) each year over the past decade.
- Over a similar period, there have been typically fewer than 10 deaths a year in the last few years.
- Between 20 and 50 estimated new cases are reported to specialists each year (THOR-SWORD).
Allergic rhinitis
- There were 35 new IIDB cases of allergic rhinitis in 2010; there has been downward trend in annual numbers since 1996/97.
Byssinosis
- New IIDB cases of byssinosis have been in single figures for more than the last decade.
- In a similar period, there have been fewer than 5 deaths each year.
