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Table IIDB09

Occupational asthma: new cases of assessed disablement, by percentage disablement 1992-2008

  1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008(p)
14% or more of which 50% + 14% or more of which 50% + 14% or more of which 50% + 14% or more of which 50% + 14% or more of which 50% + 14% or more of which 50% + 14% or more of which 50% + 14% or more of which 50% + 14% or more of which 50% + 14% or more of which 50% + 14% or more of which 50% + 14% or more of which 50% + 14% or more of which 50% + 14% or more of which 50% + 14% or more of which 50% + 14% or more of which 50% + 14% or more of which 50% +
Agent(a)
Isocyanates 95 - 90 5 100 10 80 - 75 5 35 5 20 - 25 - 30 - 20 - 20 - 35 - 35 - 20 - 25 - 25 - 25 -
Platinum salts - - - - - - 5 - - - - - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Hardening agents 55 5 40 5 40 - 45 5 20 - 15 - 15 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 10 - 5 - 20 - 10 - 5 - 5 -
Soldering flux 35 5 30 - 25 - 35 - 30 5 25 - 25 - 10 - 20 - 5 - 10 - 10 - 10 5 20 - 5 - 5 - 10 -
Proteolytic enzymes - - 5 - - - - - - - - - 5 - 10 - - - 5 - 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Animals/insects 5 - 5 - - - 10 - 10 - 10 - 5 - - - 5 - - - - - 5 - 5 - 5 - - - - - 5 -
Flour/grain 55 5 55 - 50 - 65 - 55 - 40 - 25 - 20 - 10 - 15 - 25 - 25 - 25 - 20 5 20 - 15 5 10 -
TOTAL 1-7 245 15 220 10 220 15 240 5 195 10 125 10 100 - 75 5 75 - 55 - 65 5 90 - 85 5 80 5 65 5 50 5 55 -
Agent(b)
Antibiotics 5 - - - 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 - - - - - 5 - - - - - - - - -
Cimetidine - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Wood dusts 45 5 35 - 30 - 35 - 30 - 25 - 10 - 10 - 15 - 15 - 10 - 15 - 20 - 15 - 10 - 5 - 10 -
Ispaghula - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Castor bean dust - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Ipecacuanha - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Azodicarbonamide 10 - 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
TOTAL 8-14 55 5 40 - 35 5 40 - 35 - 25 - 10 - 10 - 15 - 20 - 10 - 15 - 25 - 15 - 10 - 5 - 10 -
TOTAL 1-14 300 20 265 10 255 15 280 10 225 10 150 10 110 5 90 5 90 - 75 - 75 5 105 5 105 5 95 5 75 5 55 5 60 -
Agent(c)
Animals/insects (larval forms) - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Glutaraldehyde 10 - 10 - 10 - 25 - 10 - 10 - 15 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 5 - 10 - 10 - - - 5 - 5 - 5 -
Persulphate salts and henna 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Crustaceans 5 - 5 - 5 - - - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - - - 5 - 5 - - - - - - - - - - -
Reactive dyes 5 - 5 - - - 10 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Soya bean dust - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Tea dust 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Green coffee bean dust - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Fumes from stainless steel welding 15 - 15 - 20 - 25 - 25 - 25 5 10 - 10 - 10 - 5 - 5 - 15 - 10 - 15 - 5 - 10 - 10 -
Latex(d) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 - - - - - 5 -
Open category 90 10 115 5 120 5 95 5 85 - 55 5 45 5 40 - 30 5 35 5 30 - 20 5 35 5 65 - 40 - 30 - 30 -
TOTAL 15-25 130 10 155 10 165 5 160 5 140 5 110 10 85 5 70 5 55 5 50 5 45 - 50 5 55 5 90 - 55 - 45 - 50 5
TOTAL ALL AGENTS 430 30 415 20 420 20 440 15 365 15 260 20 195 10 160 5 145 5 125 5 125 5 160 5 160 10 185 10 130 5 100 5 115 5
PERCENTAGE OF ALL CASES
Agents 1 to 14 82% 6% 81% 4% 83% 6% 87% 2% 90% 3% 84% 6% 87% 2% 77% 3% 87% 1% 85% 2% 81% 5% 79% 2% 81% 4% 82% 6% 81% 3% 73% 7% 77% 2%
Agents 15 to 25 70% 5% 83% 5% 83% 3% 84% 3% 88% 3% 92% 7% 87% 5% 88% 4% 89% 8% 85% 8% 85% 2% 93% 7% 93% 12% 80% 1% 83% 3% 87% 0% 88% 5%
ALL AGENTS 1 TO 25 78% 5% 82% 4% 83% 4% 86% 3% 89% 3% 87% 6% 87% 4% 82% 3% 88% 4% 85% 5% 82% 4% 83% 4% 84% 6% 81% 3% 81% 3% 79% 4% 81% 4%

Notes

  • (a) Agents prescribed from the start of the prescription.
  • (b) Agents added to prescribed list with effect from 1.9.86.
  • (c) Agents added to prescribed list with effect from 26.9.91.
  • (d) Agent added to prescribed list with effect from 14.3.2005.
  • (p) Provisional.
  • Figures for 2008 exclude a small number of cases for which the percentage assessment disability or causitive agent had not been coded at the time of publication due to the provisional nature of the data.
  • - 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

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