Excess mortality from diseases with other occupational causes: men aged 20–74 years, England and Wales 1979–2010
| 1979–1980, 1982–1990 | 1991–2000 | 2001–2010 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cause of death | Exposure | Deaths observed* | Deaths expected* | Annual excess* | Deaths observed* | Deaths expected* | Annual excess* | Deaths observed* | Deaths expected* | Annual excess* |
| Viral hepatitis | Hepatitis infection | 14 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 8 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 10 | 3.0 | 0.7 |
| Cancer of the oral cavity | Alcohol | 117 | 42.6 | 6.8 | 110 | 35.3 | 7.5 | 109 | 43.1 | 6.6 |
| Cancer of the pharynx | Alcohol | 71 | 30.8 | 3.7 | 67 | 28.2 | 3.9 | 83 | 38.7 | 4.4 |
| Cancer of the liver | Alcohol | 112 | 69.1 | 3.9 | 125 | 81.8 | 4.3 | 165 | 107.6 | 5.7 |
| Cancer of the larynx | Alcohol | 119 | 45.4 | 6.7 | 100 | 36.1 | 6.4 | 75 | 34.6 | 4.0 |
| Cirrhosis (not specified as biliary) | Alcohol | 243 | 80.9 | 14.7 | 170 | 72.0 | 9.8 | 145 | 79.9 | 6.5 |
| Pancreatitis | Alcohol | 45 | 33.6 | 1.0 | 32 | 31.4 | 0.1 | 31 | 30.5 | 0.0 |
| Other alcohol-related diseases (excluding alcohol poisoning) | Alcohol | 458 | 125.4 | 30.2 | 449 | 185.9 | 26.3 | 662 | 319.0 | 34.3 |
| Non-melanoma skin cancer | Sunlight | 99 | 83.8 | 1.4 | 70 | 60.6 | 0.9 | 71 | 63.8 | 0.7 |
| Urothelial cancer | Aromatic amines | 224 | 208.8 | 1.4 | 145 | 116.8 | 2.8 | 85 | 68.7 | 1.6 |
| Cancer of the scrotum | Mineral oils | 24 | 7.7 | 1.5 | 7 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| Total | 1526 | 731.1 | 72.3 | 1283 | 653.0 | 63.0 | 1438 | 789.8 | 64.8 | |
*The numbers of deaths observed and expected are for job groups designated as being at risk (listed in online supplementary table S5), and the excess rate was based on the difference between observed and expected.