Estimated average annual incidence and rates/million* of selected disease by industry, 1996–2001
| Industry | Asthma | Inhalation accidents | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chest physicians | Occupational physicians | Chest physicians | Occupational physicians | |||||
| n | Rate | n | Rate | n | Rate | n | Rate | |
| *Denominators are not available for the “not known” category. | ||||||||
| 1. Agriculture, forestry & fishing | 22 | 51 | 2 | 739 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2. Mining & quarrying | 13 | 131 | 6 | 408 | 5 | 54 | 2 | 136 |
| 3. Food & organic material manufacture | 109 | 73 | 62 | 416 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 4. Petrochem, rubber, & plastics manufacture | 58 | 69 | 52 | 320 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 111 |
| 5. Metallic & automotive products manufacture | 118 | 46 | 58 | 399 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 165 |
| 6. Utilities & construction | 23 | 11 | 6 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 26 |
| 7. Health & social services | 46 | 15 | 70 | 54 | 1 | <0.5 | 34 | 26 |
| 8. Other | 128 | 8 | 86 | 66 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 15 |
| 9. Not known* | 43 | – | 14 | – | 3 | – | 6 | – |
| Total | 559 | 20 | 356 | 111 | 63 | 2 | 108 | 34 |