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.

