Table IIDB06

Pneumoconiosis under Industrial Injuries(a) Scheme: new cases assessed, by industry to which the disease was attributed(b) 1991-2006

Industrial Injuries Scheme Cases	1991		1992		1993		1994		1995		1996		1997		1998		1999		2000		2001		2002(d)		2003(d)		2004(d)		2005(d)(e)		2006(d)(e)(p)

Pneumoconiosis
Coal mining	380		385		395		585		385	-	325		205		485		375		355		435		1020	-	1050		1085		670		405
Other mining and quarrying:
- except refractories	5		5		10		5		10		10		5		5		15		10	-	15		15		15		5		10	-	10
Asbestos	330	(5)	355	(10)	420	(15)	375	(5)	425	(10)	480	(5)	345	(5)	315	-	405	(10)	445	(5)	460	(5)	570	(10)	655	(15)	760	(5)	830	(10)	720	(5)
Foundry workers	10		5		10		15		5		10		5		10		15	-	10		5		10		5		5		10		5
Steel dressers	-		-		-		-		-		5		-		-		-		5		-		-		-		-		-		5
Pottery manufacture	10	-	5	-	5	-	10	(5)	5	-	10	-	5	-	10	-	5	-	10	-	5		15	-	10	-	10	(5)	10	-	10	-
Refractories(c)	-		-		-		-		5		-		10		20		20		5		25		60		10		20	-	20		5
Other attributable industries	15		10		10		15	-	20		10		20		25		30	-	25		25	-	50		45	(5)	25		40		35

Total	750		765		855		1005		860		840		595		870		870		865		970		1725		1785		1905		1585		1195

Notes:

(a) Previously known as Pneumoconiosis Medical Panels.
(b) The industry to which the disease is attributable is in some cases defined occupationally. Figures in brackets show the number of females. Where no figure is given, all cases were male.
(c) Including the mining, quarrying and processing of refractory material. Statistics of cases assessed under the Pneumoconiosis Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit (PBMDB) scheme are no longer available. It is believed that numbers are very small.
(d) In April 2002 a more accurate method of data collection was introduced by DWP. The apparent increases for some diseases are believed to be largely due to this rather than reflecting true rises in claims and assessments. In addition, from April 2002 the figures include a small number of cases where the claimant has been assessed as suffering but with no loss of faculty.
(e) Figures for 2006 exclude a small number of cases for which the industry group had not been coded at the time of publication due to the provisional nature of the data.
- Nil or negligible
To maintain the anonymity of customers all 100% data has been rounded to the nearest 5. Therefore totals may not sum.
(p) Provisional.
Source: DWP