Table THORS04

Contact dermatitis: estimated number of cases reported by dermatologists to EPIDERM and by occupational physicians to OPRA and estimated rates per 100 000 workers per year, by occupation 2004-2006

Occupation(a)	SOC2000		Dermatologists (EPIDERM)(p)		Occupational physicians (OPRA)(b)(p)
	SOC2000		Annual average estimated cases(c) 2004-2006	Rate per 100 000 workers per year(d)	Annual average estimated cases(c) 2004-2006	Rate per 100 000 workers per year(d)
	major group	unit group	Annual average estimated cases(c) 2004-2006	Rate per 100 000 workers per year(d)	Annual average estimated cases(c) 2004-2006	Rate per 100 000 workers per year(d)
Managers and Senior Officials	1		19	-	1	-
Professional Occupations	2		80	2	22	1
Chemists		2111	8	31	8	34
Biological scientists and biochemists		2112	10	13	1	1
Medical practitioners		2211	20	11	9	5
Dental practitioners		2215	10	39	-	-
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	3		303	8	155	4
Laboratory technicians		3111	4	6	16	28
Science and engineering technicians n.e.c.		3119	2	5	13	36
Nurses		3211	198	40	90	18
Midwives		3212	13	36	8	23
Medical radiographers		3214	6	30	8	42
Medical and dental technicians		3218	9	25	4	11
Physiotherapists		3221	3	9	-	-
Adminstrative and Secretarial Occupations	4		45	1	4	-
Counter clerks		4123	11	6	-	-
General office assistants/clerks		4150	11	2	-	-
Personal assistants and other secretaries		4215	8	2	-	-
Skilled Trades Occupations	5		436	14	92	3
Gardeners and groundsmen/groundswomen		5113	7	4	-	-
Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.		5119	2	7	2	7
Welding trades		5215	19	25	1	1
Metal machining setters and setter-operators		5221	5	7	9	12
Metal working production and maintenance fitters		5223	51	23	16	7
Motor mechanics, auto engineers		5231	49	25	4	2
Electricians, electrical fitters		5241	7	3	8	4
Bricklayers, masons		5312	23	25	-	-
Plumbers, heating and ventilating engineers		5314	17	10	-	-
Carpenters and joiners		5315	17	7	-	-
Construction trades n.e.c.		5319	24	12	-	-
Painters and decorators		5323	15	11	-	-
Printers		5422	16	38	16	38
Bakers, flour confectioners		5432	7	27	-	-
Chefs, cooks		5434	100	42	1	-
Glass and ceramics makers, decorators and finishers		5491	1	8	3	16
Furniture makers, other craft woodworkers		5492	4	8	-	-
Floral arrangers, florists		5496	17	121	-	-
Personal Service Occupations	6		329	15	73	3
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants		6111	27	13	33	16
Dental nurses		6113	22	69	1	2
Care assistants and home carers		6115	49	8	27	4
Nursery nurses		6121	8	5	-	-
Hairdressers, barbers		6221	174	116	4	3
Beauticians and related occupations		6222	36	75	4	8
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	7		55	3	4	-
Sales and retail assistants		7111	32	3	4	-
Retail cashiers and check-out operators		7112	17	7	-	-
Process, Plant and Mechine Operatives	8		220	11	190	9
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives		8111	11	8	10	7
Glass and ceramics process operatives		8112	9	85	9	92
Chemical and related process operatives		8114	30	61	47	95
Rubber process operatives		8115	11	103	1	6
Plastics process operatives		8116	17	38	4	10
Process operatives n.e.c.		8119	2	9	10	44
Paper and wood machine operatives		8121	7	14	-	-
Metal working machine operatives		8125	39	49	13	16
Plant and machine operatives n.e.c.		8129	2	4	5	14
Assemblers (electrical products)		8131	15	27	10	18
Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods)		8132	10	18	42	78
Routine inspectors and testers		8133	13	17	4	6
Routine laboratory testers		8138	6	59	9	86
Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c.		8139	4	7	4	7
Heavy goods vehicle drivers		8211	3	1	-	-
Elementary Occupations	9		240	8	61	2
Labourers in building and woodworking trades		9121	10	6	1	-
Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers		9134	7	5	1	1
Labourers in process and plant operations n.e.c.		9139	13	17	-	-
Other goods handling and storage occupations n.e.c.		9149	5	1	-	-
Kitchen and catering assistants		9223	61	16	8	2
Waiters, waitresses		9224	13	6	-	-
Bar staff		9225	22	12	4	2
Cleaners, domestics		9233	73	13	34	6
Total - all occupations			1749	6	602	2

Notes:

(a) All SOC2000 Major Groups are shown, as are SOC2000 Unit Groups with 10 or more actual cases reported to either EPIDERM or OPRA over the period 2004-2006. Figures are shown in light type if they are based on fewer than 10 actual cases.
(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) The rates have been calculated using the average of the Office for National Statistics Annual Population Survey (APS) denominators for the years 2004-2006.
"-" Can mean zero or rounds to zero.
nec Not elsewhere classified.
(p) Provisional.