Health and Safety Executive

Table DC01

Deaths due to occupationally related lung disease, other than mesothelioma and asbestosis in Great Britain, 1993-2007

  Year of death
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Pneumoconiosis due to dust containing silica(a) 28 22 20 24 17 (1) 16 (1) 24 (1) 24 (1) 19 (1) 28 13 13 (1) 10 14 7
Other non-asbestosis pneumoconiosis(b) 261 (1) 254 (1) 267 199 213 (1) 252 (1) 297 (1) 255 221 (1) 243 (8) 218 (1) 201 (1) 184 (1) 153 142 (1)
Byssinosis(c)  11 (6) 7 (5) 6 (6) 3 (3) 5 (1) 5 (1) 6 (4) 4 (2) 2 (1) 0 3 (2) 4 (3) 3 (1) 5 (3) 2 (1)
Farmer's lung and other
occupational allergic alveolitis(d)
12 (1) 10 (1) 10 1 5 (1) 8 9 7 7 (1) 6 (2) 7 (2) 5 13 10 3 (1)
Total 312   293   303   227   240   281   336   290   249   277   241 223   210   182   182  

 

Notes:

  • Source: ONS, GRO(S)
  • (a) ICD9 code 502; ICD10 code J62
  • (b) ICD9 codes 500, 503, 505; ICD10 codes J60, J63-J64
  • (c) ICD9 code 504; ICD10 code J66
  • (d) ICD9 codes 495.0, 495.3, 495.4, 495.5, 495.6, 495.8; ICD10 codes J670, J673-J676, J678
  • The figure is the number of deaths coded to the disease as underlying cause.
  • Figures in brackets show the number of females. Where no figure is given, all cases were male.

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