Sex	Diagnostic category	Chest and occupational physicians									Chest physicians (SWORD)									Occupational physicians (OPRA)
		1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006(p)	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006(p)	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006(p)
Male	Allergic alveolitis	17	27	12	25	40	29	29	32	45	17	27	12	25	28	29	29	31	45	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	1	-
	Asthma	557	802	546	458	498	450	400	358	320	295	445	340	285	279	236	296	268	267	262	357	206	173	219	214	104	90	53
	Bronchitis/emphysema	57	128	119	48	17	80	123	51	64	44	115	106	32	5	80	110	26	64	13	13	13	16	12	-	13	25	-
	Infectious diseases	50	25	52	17	17	13	31	25	13	50	1	40	17	3	1	26	25	13	-	24	12	-	14	12	5	-	-
	Inhalation accidents	177	127	95	113	124	114	92	49	6	101	63	34	27	50	30	21	29	2	76	64	61	86	74	84	71	20	4
	Lung cancer	100	81	113	214	85	141	119	62	71	100	81	112	214	85	141	118	61	69	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	2
	Malignant mesothelioma	656	950	855	917	853	854	790	608	584	640	935	812	911	841	848	779	600	580	16	15	43	6	12	6	11	8	4
	Benign pleural disease	598	1179	994	845	912	1075	1097	1383	1253	573	1141	970	833	876	1063	1085	1368	1241	25	38	24	12	36	12	12	15	12
	Pneumoconiosis	222	320	299	273	181	175	107	223	184	197	310	251	252	141	160	106	222	181	25	10	48	21	40	15	1	1	3
	Other	67	119	109	99	119	164	191	130	66	18	34	61	63	71	77	114	32	39	49	85	48	36	48	87	77	98	27
	Total number of diagnoses	2501	3758	3194	3009	2846	3095	2979	2921	2606	2035	3152	2738	2659	2379	2665	2684	2662	2501	466	606	456	350	467	430	295	259	105
	Total number of individuals (a)	2439	3676	3128	2954	2778	3000	2885	2888	2563	1997	3094	2672	2604	2323	2582	2602	2654	2459	442	582	456	350	455	418	283	234	104
Female	Allergic alveolitis	12	15	24	13	12	2	3	12	2	12	3	24	13	12	1	3	12	2	-	12	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
	Asthma	251	326	214	179	173	217	155	134	272	115	217	129	117	120	115	90	106	181	136	109	85	62	53	102	65	28	91
	Bronchitis/emphysema	1	1	25	-	12	-	3	1	1	1	1	13	-	-	-	3	1	1	-	-	12	-	12	-	-	-	-
	Infectious diseases	37	38	25	37	37	13	24	13	38	25	26	13	25	37	1	-	-	36	12	12	12	12	-	12	24	13	2
	Inhalation accidents	1	27	24	56	2	15	5	29	1	1	3	12	8	2	15	3	16	1	-	24	12	48	-	-	2	13	-
	Lung cancer	-	-	1	-	-	-	13	4	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	13	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Malignant mesothelioma	31	68	56	56	29	21	40	94	52	31	56	44	55	29	21	40	94	52	-	12	12	1	-	-	-	-	-
	Benign pleural disease	2	39	31	20	23	19	35	17	5	2	39	31	20	23	19	35	17	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Pneumoconiosis	3	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	13	3	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Other	120	120	110	43	48	74	96	119	31	9	23	38	31	12	14	20	17	11	111	97	72	12	36	60	76	102	20
	Total number of diagnoses	458	635	511	405	336	361	375	423	417	199	369	306	270	235	186	208	267	304	259	266	205	135	101	175	167	156	113
	Total number of individuals (a)	444	597	508	388	328	357	364	421	414	198	355	303	253	227	182	197	265	301	246	242	205	135	101	175	167	156	113
All cases (b)	Allergic alveolitis	29	42	36	38	52	31	32	44	47	29	30	36	38	40	30	32	43	47	-	12	-	-	12	1	-	1	-
	Asthma	808	1128	785	649	671	667	555	492	592	410	662	482	414	399	351	386	374	448	398	466	303	235	272	316	169	118	144
	Bronchitis/emphysema	58	129	144	48	29	80	126	148	65	45	116	119	32	5	80	113	123	65	13	13	25	16	24	-	13	25	-
	Infectious diseases	87	63	77	54	54	26	55	50	51	75	27	53	42	40	2	26	37	49	12	36	24	12	14	24	29	13	2
	Inhalation accidents	178	154	119	169	125	129	97	78	7	102	66	46	35	52	45	24	45	3	76	88	73	134	73	84	73	33	4
	Lung cancer	112	81	126	214	85	141	132	102	73	112	81	125	214	85	141	131	101	71	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	2
	Malignant mesothelioma	701	1018	923	973	882	875	830	762	636	685	991	868	966	870	869	819	754	632	16	27	55	7	12	6	11	8	4
	Benign pleural disease	625	1242	1063	865	935	1094	1132	1496	1258	600	1204	1039	853	899	1082	1120	1481	1246	25	38	24	12	36	12	12	15	12
	Pneumoconiosis	225	321	300	274	182	175	108	223	197	200	311	252	253	141	160	107	222	194	25	10	48	21	41	15	1	1	3
	Other	187	239	219	142	179	238	287	261	97	27	57	99	94	95	91	134	49	50	160	182	120	48	84	147	153	212	47
	Total number of diagnoses	3010	4417	3792	3426	3194	3456	3342	3656	3023	2285	3545	3119	2941	2626	2851	2892	3229	2805	725	872	673	485	568	605	450	427	218
	Total number of individuals (a)	2934	4297	3711	3354	3118	3357	3249	3609	2977	2246	3473	3038	2869	2562	2764	2799	3207	2760	688	824	673	485	556	593	450	402	217

Notes:

• (a) Individuals may have more than one diagnosis.
• (b) May not equal males plus females because sex is not recorded for some cases.
• '-' means zero.
• (p) Provisional data