Estimated average annual incidence and rates, by age and sex, of occupational asthma and inhalation accidents reported by chest physicians, UK, 1992–2001
| Age group (years) | Occupational asthma | Inhalation accidents | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | |||||
| Cases (n) | Rate/million | Cases (n) | Rate/million | Cases (n) | Rate/million | Cases (n) | Rate/million | |
| *Excluding age not known. | ||||||||
| 16–30 | 30 | 20 | 42 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 31–45 | 154 | 26 | 66 | 14 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 46–60 | 145 | 33 | 57 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| 60+ | 41 | 43 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Total* | 429 | 28 | 175 | 14 | 83 | 5 | 15 | 1 |