Health and Safety Executive

Table IIDB08

Occupational asthma: new cases of assessed disablement, by causative agent(a) 1991-2008

  1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008(p)
Agent(b)
1 Isocyanates 95 (10) 120 (10) 110 (15) 120 (5) 100 (10) 85 (5) 50 (5) 25 (5) 30   35 - 20 (5) 20 (5) 45 (5) 45 (5) 25 (5) 30 (5) 30 (5) 30 -
2 Platinum salts 5   5 - -   5   5   -   5   5 - 10 - 5   5 - -   -   -   -   - - -   -  
3 Hardening agents 35 (5) 65 (10) 45 (5) 50 (10) 45 (5) 25 (5) 15 - 15   10 - 10   5   5 - 10 (5) 5 - 20 - 10   5 - 10  
4 Soldering flux 35 (20) 35 (15) 35 (15) 30 (10) 40 (25) 35 (15) 25 (10) 30 (15) 15 (5) 20 (10) 5 (5) 10 (5) 15 (10) 15 (5) 20 (10) 5 (5) 5 - 10 -
5 Proteolytic enzymes 5 - -   5   -   -   -   - - 5 (5) 15 - - - 5   5 (5) 5   5 - - - 5 - 5 - -  
6 Animals/insects 10 (5) 10 (5) 15 (10) 5 - 10 (5) 10 (5) 10 (5) 5   -   5 - -   5 - 5 - 5 (5) 5 - -   -   5 -
7 Flour/grain 65 (15) 60 (10) 65 (15) 60 (10) 80 (20) 55 (15) 45 (10) 25 - 25 (5) 15 - 20 (5) 30 (10) 35 (5) 30 (5) 25 (5) 25 (5) 15 - 10  
Total 1-7 245 (50) 295 (50) 275 (55) 265 (40) 280 (65) 215 (50) 150 (35) 115 (25) 100 (15) 90 (15) 65 (15) 80 (25) 115 (25) 105 (20) 95 (20) 75 (15) 60 (10) 70 (5)
Agent(c)
8 Antibiotics 5 (5) 10 (5) -   5   - - - - 5 - - - 5 - - - 5 - - - 5   5 - 5   -   -   - -
9 Cimetidine -   -   -   - - -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  
10 Wood dusts 40 (5) 50 - 45 - 30 - 40 - 35 - 25 - 10 - 10 - 15 - 15   15   20   25   20   15 - 15 - 10 -
11 Ispaghula - - -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  
12 Castor bean dust -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - - -   -   -  
13 Ipecacuanha -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  
14 Azodicarbonamide 5   10 - 5   5   5   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  
Total 8-14 50 (5) 70 (5) 50 - 40 - 45 (5) 40 (5) 30 - 10 (5) 15 - 15 (5) 20 - 20 - 20   30 - 25 - 15 - 15 - 10 -
Agent(d)
15 Animals/insects (larval forms) ..   - - -   -   - - -   5 - 5 - - - -   -   -   -   -   - - - - - - -  
16 Glutaraldehyde ..   15 (10) 15 (10) 15 (10) 30 (25) 15 (10) 15 (10) 15 (10) 10 (10) 10 (5) 10 (5) 5 (5) 10 (10) 10 (5) - - 5 (5) 5 (5) 5 (5)
17 Persulphate salts and henna ..   5 (5) -   -   - - -   -   - - - - -   -   - - -   -   - - - - - - - -
18 Crustaceans ..   5 (5) 5 (5) 5 (5) -   5 (5) 5 (5) 5 - 5 (5) 5 - - - 5 - 5 (5) - - - - 5   - - -  
19 Reactive dyes ..   5 - 5   -   10 - 5   5 - 5   5 - -   - - -   -   -   - - 5   -   -  
20 Soya bean dust ..   - - -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  
21 Tea dust ..   5 - -   - - - - -   5   -   - - -   5 - -   - - -   -   5   -   -  
22 Green Coffee Bean Dust ..   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  
23 Fumes from stainless steel welding ..   15   20 - 25   30   25   25   15 - 10   10   5   10 - 15 - 10 - 15   10   10   10  
24 Latex(e) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 (5) - - - - 5 -
25 Open category ..   130 (30) 140 (45) 150 (40) 115 (30) 100 (30) 60 (25) 55 (20) 45 (10) 35 (5) 40 (5) 30 (10) 25 (10) 40 (10) 85 (15) 40 (10) 30 (10) 35 (10)
Total 15-25 ..   185 (55) 185 (60) 200 (55) 190 (60) 155 (45) 120 (40) 95 (35) 80 (30) 65 (15) 60 (15) 55 (20) 55 (25) 60 (15) 115 (25) 70 (15) 50 (15) 60 (15)
Total Agents 1-25 295 (55) 555 (115) 510 (120) 505 (95) 515 (125) 410 (95) 300 (80) 220 (65) 195 (45) 170 (35) 145 (35) 150 (45) 190 (50) 190 (40) 230 (45) 160 (30) 125 (25) 140 (20)

Notes:

  • (a) Figures in brackets show the number of females. Where no figure is given, all cases were male.
  • (b) Agents prescribed from the start of the prescription.
  • (c) Agents added to prescribed list with effect from 1.9.86.
  • (d) Agents added to prescribed list with effect from 26.9.91.
  • (e) Agent added to prescribed list with effect from 14.3.2005.
  • (p) Provisional.
  • - Nil or negligible
  • .. Not applicable
  • To maintain the anonymity of customers all 100% data has been rounded to the nearest 5. Therefore totals may not sum.
  • Source: DWP

Quick links

Ask an expert 0845 345 0055

Health and Safety Executive
Caerphilly Business Park
Caerphilly CF83 3GG

Directgov - Business Link

Updated 26.10.09