Table THORS06

Occupational dermatitis: estimated number of diagnoses in which particular causative substances were identified. Reported by dermatologists to EPIDERM and by occupational physicians to OPRA during 2004-2006

Substance(a)	Dermatologists and occupational physicians(p)		Dermatologists (EPIDERM)(p)		Occupational Physicians (OPRA)(b)(p)
Substance(a)	Annual average estimated cases(c) 2004-2006	% of total	Annual average estimated cases(c) 2004-2006	% of total	Annual average estimated cases(c) 2004-2006	% of total
Rubber Chemicals and materials	363	15	253	14	110	18
wet work	304	13	260	15	44	7
soaps and cleaners	442	19	358	20	84	14
nickel	219	9	206	12	13	2
personal protective equipments (PPE)	231	10	144	8	87	14
resins and acrylics	142	6	107	6	34	6
preservatives	166	7	155	9	11	2
foods and flour	154	7	149	9	5	1
cutting oils and coolants	57	2	32	2	24	4
petroleum and products	109	5	71	4	39	6
chromium and chromates	138	6	134	8	5	1
solvents and alcohols	96	4	69	4	26	4
aromatic amines (PPD)	95	4	90	5	5	1
fragrances and cosmetics	78	3	70	4	8	1
cobalt and compounds	103	4	103	6	-	-
hairdressing chemicals	115	5	111	6	4	1
aldehydes	70	3	66	4	4	1
other biological substances	64	3	57	3	7	1
friction	62	3	52	3	10	2
colophony and flux	51	2	50	3	1	-
bleachs and sterilisers	126	5	100	6	26	4
irritants (unspecified)	44	2	43	2	1	-
glues and paints	30	1	21	1	10	2
cements, plaster and masonry	32	1	20	1	12	2
temperature and humidity	39	2	26	2	13	2
medications	48	2	25	1	23	4
metals and compounds	53	2	45	3	8	1
acids and caustics	28	1	20	1	8	1
Other Unspecified Chemicals	29	1	16	1	13	2
Other Substances	212	9	132	8	80	13
Not Known	65	3	40	2	26	4
Total number of causative substances(d)	3765		3025		741
Total number of cases(e)	2351		1749		602

Notes:

(a) Figures are shown in light type if they are based on fewer than 10 actual cases.
(b) Comparisons 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) Some diagnoses have more than one causative substance reported.
(e) Since some diagnoses have more than one substance reported, percentages do not sum to 100.
"-" can mean zero or rounds to zero.
(p) Provisional.