Table THORH03

Work-related audiological disease: estimated number of cases reported by audiological physicians to OSSA and by occupational physicians to OPRA by country(a) and diagnostic category 2004-2006

Country (a)	Diagnostic category	Audiologists & Occupational Physicians		Audiologists (OSSA)(p)		Occupational physicians (OPRA)(b)
		Audiologists & Occupational Physicians		Audiologists (OSSA)(p)		Occupational physicians (OPRA)(b)
		Annual average estimated cases(c)(p) 2004-2006	% of GB total	Annual average estimated cases(c)(p) 2004-2006	% of GB total	Annual average estimated cases(c) 2004-2006	% of GB total
		Annual average estimated cases(c)(p) 2004-2006	% of GB total	Annual average estimated cases(c)(p) 2004-2006	% of GB total	Annual average estimated cases(c) 2004-2006	% of GB total

England	Sensorineural hearing loss	198	69	22	58	176	71
	Tinnitus	19	83	10	71	9	100
	Balance problem	1	100	1	100	-	-
	Tympanic disorder	5	100	-	100	5	100
	Other problems	10	100	-	100	10	100
	Total diagnoses	233	71	34	63	200	72
	Total individuals(d)	221	71	22	58	199	72

Wales	Sensorineural hearing loss	24	8	12	32	12	5
	Tinnitus	4	17	4	29	-	-
	Balance problem	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Tympanic disorder	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Other problems	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Total diagnoses	28	9	16	30	12	4
	Total individuals(d)	24	8	12	31	12	4

Scotland	Sensorineural hearing loss	64	22	4	11	60	24
	Tinnitus	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Balance problem	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Tympanic disorder	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Other problems	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Total diagnoses	68	21	4	7	64	23
	Total individuals(d)	68	22	4	10	64	23

Notes:

(a) A small proportion of cases do not have their country recorded: percentages are calculated from those cases for whom country is recorded.
(b) Comparisons of rates based on OPRA reports are likely to be misleading because workers in some occupations are much more likely to have access to occupational physicians than those in others.
(c) Some physicians report on a sample basis, for one month in each year. Estimated totals for these are calculated by multiplying the actual number of cases reported by 12.
(d) Individuals can have more than one diagnosis.
"-" means zero or number rounds to zero.
(p) Provisional