Disease	Disease No.	1990/91		1991/92		1992/93		1993/94		1994/95		1995/96		1996/97		1997/98		1998/1999		1999/2000		2000/01		2001/02 (e)		2002/03 (e)		2003/04 (e)		2004/05 (e)(p)
Conditions due to physical agents (physical cause)
Cramp of hand or forearm	A4	45	(30)	50	(35)	115	(95)	135	(105)	115	(95)	125	(100)	100	(75)	80	(60)	60	(45)	50	(40)	30	(25)	50	(40)	45	(35)	50	(35)	50	(40)
Beat knee	A6	150	-	270	(5)	200	(5)	195	(5)	160	(5)	165	-	130	-	85	-	50		25		25	-	30	-	75	-	60	-	60
Beat hand/Beat elbow	A5,A7	35	(5)	50	(10)	55	(5)	60	(5)	45	(5)	35	(5)	25	-	20	-	10		10	-	10	-	10	(5)	5		5		10	(5)
Inflammation of tendons of the hand, forearm or associated tendon sheaths (Tenosynovitis)	A8	555	(420)	650	(520)	910	(735)	800	(620)	785	(630)	550	(415)	515	(400)	415	(310)	345	(245)	350	(265)	310	(240)	270	(205)	265	(200)	230	(165)	250	(185)
Occupational deafness (b)	A10	1040	n/a	970	n/a	900	n/a	880	n/a	765	n/a	530	n/a	415	n/a	260	(10)	315	(5)	225	-	265	-	265	-	335	(5)	330	(5)	255	(5)
Vibration white finger	A11	5405	(40)	2370	(20)	1445	(20)	1425	(15)	1745	(10)	3015	(10)	3290	(25)	3035	(15)	3155	(10)	3210	(5)	3315	(10)	2425	(10)	1775	(10)	1015	(5)	865	-
Carpal tunnel syndrome (c)	A12	..		..		20	(5)	265	(50)	275	(45)	265	(60)	295	(50)	400	(55)	480	(70)	475	(55)	600	(80)	795	(80)	1030	(95)	820	(90)	680	(65)
Others	A1-A3, A9	20		10		10	-	5		15		15	-	10	-	5		10	-	-		5		5		5	-	5		5
Conditions due to biological agents (caused by animal, plant or other living agent)
Tuberculosis	B5	5	(5)	5	-	5	(5)	10	(5)	10	(5)	10	(10)	5	(5)	10	(5)	5	(5)	5	(5)	5	(5)	5	(5)	10	(5)	5	(5)	5	(5)
Others	B1,B3,B7-B15	5		10		5		5		10		5	(5)	5		10		5	(5)	5		5		5		5	-	10	-	5	(5)
Conditions due to chemical agents
Poisonings:	C1-C19	5		10	(5)	10	-	15	(5)	10	(5)	10		5		10		10	-	10	-	10	-	10		10	-	5		-	-
Papilloma of the bladder	C23	15		20	-	25	(5)	30	(5)	20	-	25	(5)	40	(5)	30	-	40		35	-	25		20	-	25	-	35		40
Osteolysis of the terminal phalanges of the fingers	C24b	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		5		-		-
Chrome dermatitis or ulceration (c)	C30	..		..		..		..		..		-		5		5		5		5		5	-	5		5		5	-	-
Others	C20-C22a,	5		10		5		10		5		10		5		15	(5)	5		-		-		5		5		-		-
	C24a C25-C29
Miscellaneous conditions
Allergic Rhinitis (d)	D4	15	(5)	75	(10)	495	(35)	530	(30)	590	(35)	720	(40)	350	(25)	200	(10)	135	(10)	80	(10)	90	(10)	75	(5)	100	(5)	90	(10)	90	(10)
Dermatitis	D5	435	(150)	410	(140)	420	(150)	390	(115)	370	(105)	330	(80)	335	(90)	270	(70)	220	(55)	210	(55)	205	(55)	170	(45)	200	(50)	170	(35)	165	(50)
Adeno-carcinoma of nasal cavity/nasal carcinoma	D6	-		-		5	-	5		5		5		5		5	-	5		5		5		5		5		5		10
Total		7735		4905		4630		4770		4920		5810		5535		4845		4845		4690		4920		4145		3895		2845		2495

 

Notes:

• (a) Years starting October 1. Figures in brackets show the number of females. (data available from 1990-91 only). Where no figure is given, all cases were male.
• (b) Figures for occupational deafness are based on calendar years, that is, Jan - Dec 1991 to Jan - Dec 2005. For this disease, only cases assessed at 20% or more disablement are included.
• (c) The following diseases were prescribed after October 1 1990:
  • Disease No - Date Prescribed
  • A12 - April 19 1993
  • A13 - March 14 2005
  • B8a - March 14 2005
  • B8b - March 14 2005
  • B12 - September 26 1991
  • B14 - March 14 2005
  • B15 - March 14 2005
  • C19 - September 26 1991
  • C30 - March 24 1996
  • C5a - March 17 2003
  • C5b - March 17 2003
  • C16a - March 17 2003
  • C16b - March 17 2003
  • C19a - March 17 2003
  • C19b - March 17 2003
• The following diseases where ceased from 17 March 2003:
  • C5,C8,C9,C10,C11,C14,C15,C16,C19,C21a,C21b,C28.
  • B8 ceased from 14 March 2005.
• Others includes:
  • (A1,A2,A3,A9)(B1,B3,B7,B8,B9,B10a,B10b,B11,B12,B13,B15)
  • (C20,C21a,C21b,C22a,C24a,C25,C26,C27,C28,C29)
• (d) Prior to March 24 1996, disease D4 was defined as inflammation or ulceration of the upper respiratory tract or mouth.
• (e) 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, or where the percentage disability had not been coded at the time of publication due to the provisional nature of the data.
• n/a Not available.
• .. Not applicable.
• '- 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.