Table THORGOR1
Estimated numbers of new cases of occupational disease reported by specialist physicians to THOR by country, Average 2003-2005
| |
Annual Average 2003-05 |
| Occupational asthma (SWORD/OPRA) |
| England |
493 |
| Wales |
29 |
| Scotland |
49 |
| Great Britain (a) |
571 |
| Contact dermatitis (EPIDERM/OPRA) |
| England |
2 002 |
| Wales |
156 |
| Scotland |
249 |
| Great Britain (a) |
2 407 |
| Sensorineural hearing loss (OSSA/OPRA) |
| England |
263 |
| Wales |
104 |
| Scotland |
80 |
| Great Britain (a) |
360 |
| Musculoskeletal disorders (MOSS/OPRA) |
| England |
5 440 |
| Wales |
284 |
| Scotland |
663 |
| Great Britain (a) |
6 387 |
| Mental ill health (SOSMI/OPRA) |
| England |
6 061 |
| Wales |
335 |
| Scotland |
824 |
| Great Britain (a) |
7 219 |
Notes:
- Source: The Health and Occupation Reporting network (THOR).
- (a) GB figures may exceed the sum of the countries because country is not recorded for some cases.
- Figures are based on reports to the following schemes:
- OPRA: Occupational Physicians Reporting Activity.
- SWORD: Surveillance of Work-related and Occupational Respiratory Disease.
- EPIDERM: Occupational skin disease surveillance by dermatologists.
- OSSA: Occupational Surveillance Scheme for Audiologists.
- MOSS: Musculoskeletal Occupational Surveillance Scheme.
- SOSMI: Surveillance of Occupational Stress and Mental Illness.
