Distribution by diagnostic group for all reported cases according to sex, Catalonia, 2002
| Diagnosis | Cases | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | Mean age | n | % | n | % | |
| Asthma | 174 | 48.5 | 41.6 | 94 | 54.0 | 80 | 46.0 |
| Acute inhalation | 46 | 12.8 | 35.1 | 27 | 58.7 | 19 | 41.3 |
| Mesothelioma | 21 | 5.9 | 59.4 | 19 | 90.5 | 2 | 9.5 |
| Asbestosis | 18 | 5.0 | 63 | 16 | 88.9 | 2 | 11.1 |
| Pneumoconiosis | 17 | 4.7 | 62.8 | 16 | 94.1 | 1 | 5.9 |
| Benign pleural disease | 12 | 3.3 | 63.8 | 11 | 91.7 | 1 | 8.3 |
| Chronic bronchitis | 10 | 2.8 | 50 | 10 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Allergic alveolitis | 6 | 1.7 | 48.3 | 4 | 66.7 | 2 | 33.3 |
| Infectious disease | 5 | 1.4 | 37 | 3 | 60 | 2 | 40 |
| Asthma-like disorder | 4 | 1.1 | 43 | 4 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Building related disease | 3 | 0.8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 100 |
| Lung cancer | 1 | 0.3 | 53 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 42 | 11.7 | 40.7 | 28 | 66.7 | 14 | 33.3 |
| All reports | 359 | 100 | 47.7 | 233 | 64.9 | 126 | 35.1 |