Excess mortality from occupational exposure to dusts and fumes: men aged 20–74 years,* England and Wales, 1979–2000
| Cause of death (ICD-9 code) | Exposure | 1979–1980, 1982–1990 | 1991–2000 | ||||
| Deaths observed | Deaths expected | Excess deaths per year | Deaths observed | Deaths expected | Excess deaths per year | ||
| Coal workers' pneumoconiosis (500) | Coal mine dust | 942 | 85.6 | 498 | 49.8 | ||
| Asbestosis (501) | Asbestos | 281 | 25.6 | 331 | 33.1 | ||
| Peritoneal cancer (158.8, 158.9) | Asbestos | 176 | 90.9 | 7.7 | 168 | 92.2 | 7.6 |
| Pleural cancer (163) | Asbestos | 1472 | 766.5 | 64.1 | 1485 | 822.6 | 66.2 |
| Silicosis (502) | Silica dust | 163 | 14.8 | 50 | 5.0 | ||
| Tuberculosis (010–018, 137) | Silica dust | 60 | 29.6 | 2.8 | 20 | 10.7 | 0.9 |
| Other pneumoconiosis (503, 505) | Various | 244 | 22.2 | 98 | 9.8 | ||
| Byssinosis (504) | Textile dust | 39 | 3.5 | 6 | 0.6 | ||
| Farmers' lung disease (495.0) | Spores in mouldy hay | 66 | 6.0 | 34 | 3.4 | ||
| Other and unspecified extrinsic allergic alveolitis (495.1, 495.3–495.9) | Various | 7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
| Sino-nasal cancer (160) | Leather dust, wood dust | 42 | 21.5 | 1.9 | 32 | 13.9 | 1.8 |
| Pneumonia excluding bronchopneumonia (480–483, 486)* | Metal fume | 118 | 47.9 | 6.4 | 104 | 58.8 | 4.5 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (491, 492, 496) | Coal mine dust, silica dust, metal fume | 6937 | 5048.3 | 171.7 | 3552 | 2726.3 | 82.6 |
| Asthma (493) | Various | 146 | 114.2 | 2.9 | 136 | 86.9 | 4.9 |
| Total | 10693 | 6119.7 | 415.7 | 6517 | 3812.4 | 270.5 | |
↵* Deaths for pneumonia and metal fume are at ages 20–64 years.