Table IIDB10

Prescribed diseases: average rates of new assessments in 2005-2007 per 100 000 employees in each industry(p) Rates per 100 000 employees in each industry - excluding coal miners(a)(p)

	SIC 92 section	Asthma	Dermatitis	Musculoskeletal	Occupational deafness	Vibration white finger	Asbestosis	Mesothelioma	Diffuse Pleural thickening
	SIC 92 section	Asthma	Dermatitis	Musculoskeletal	Occupational deafness	Vibration white finger	Asbestosis	Mesothelioma	Diffuse Pleural thickening
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	A, B	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.3	1.0	0.9	1.9	0.0
Extraction, energy and water supply	C, E	0.6	1.3	1.3	7.3	17.4	26.9	52.2	18.0
Manufacturing	D	4.0	2.1	2.5	4.9	7.2	11.1	21.2	5.4
Construction	F	0.9	1.2	0.8	2.4	6.5	21.7	44.7	12.8
Distribution, hotels and restaurants	G, H	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.1
Transport and communication	I	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.5	0.8	3.1	6.2	1.2
Financial and business services	J, K	0.0	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.5	0.1
Public administration and education	L, M	0.3	0.1	1.6	0.1	0.5	0.4	1.5	0.2
Health and social work	N	0.2	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.1
Other community, social and personal services	O, P, Q	0.2	0.4	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.4	1.6	0.5
All sectors		0.7	0.5	0.9	0.8	1.4	2.8	5.8	1.5

Number of actual cases of employees - coal miners only(b)(c)(p)
	SIC 92 section	Asthma	Dermatitis	Musculoskeletal	Occupational deafness	Vibration white-finger	Asbestosis	Mesothelioma	Diffuse pleural thickening
Extraction	C	5	25	65	40	825	75	40	20

Notes:

(a) Rates shown in light type are based on 10 or fewer assessed cases. The rates shown in this table are approximations to the true incidence rates of assessed cases in the industries shown, because of uncertainties about the correct denominators (populations at risk). Information collected by DWP for statistical purposes does not include whether claimants were still employed in the industry which caused the disease, or how long ago they were so employed (which might be many years previously). 2004/2005, 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 Short Term Employment Survey figures have been used as denominators.
(b) Due to the the long latency associated with most of the health conditions which affect them and the very substantial changes in numbers employed over the past 30 years, coalmining cases have been excluded from the rates calculation. For completeness, the number of coal mining cases is shown separately.
(c) To maintain the anonymity of claimants all 100% data has been rounded to the nearest 5.
(p) Provisional.
Source: DWP, ONS