HSE banner

Table DC01

Deaths due to occupationally related lung disease, other than mesothelioma and asbestosis in Great Britain, 1993-2006

Year of death
  1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
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  
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  
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)
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  
Total 312 293 303 227 240 281 336 290 249 277 241 223 210 182

Notes: