Job groups with largest excesses of work-related mortality: men aged 20–74 years,* England and Wales, 1991–2000
| Job group | Cause of death (ICD-9 code) | 1991–2000 | ||
| Deaths observed | Deaths expected | Excess deaths per year | ||
| Other coal miners | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (491, 492, 496) | 2125 | 1539.2 | 58.6 |
| Coal workers' pneumoconiosis (500) | 423 | 42.3 | ||
| Other pneumoconiosis (503, 505) | 35 | 3.5 | ||
| Other causes (502, E846–E848, E916, E919) | 20 | 6.1 | 1.4 | |
| Total work-related mortality | 2603 | 1545 | 105.8 | |
| Publicans and bar staff | Other alcohol related diseases (303, 305.0, 425.5, 535.3, 571.0–571.3, 860.0, 860.1) | 449 | 186.0 | 26.3 |
| Cirrhosis (not specified as biliary) (571.5) | 170 | 72.0 | 9.8 | |
| Cancer of the oral cavity (141, 143, 144, 145) | 110 | 35.3 | 7.5 | |
| Cancer of the larynx (161) | 100 | 36.1 | 6.4 | |
| Cancer of the liver (155) | 125 | 81.9 | 4.3 | |
| Cancer of the pharynx (146–148) | 67 | 28.2 | 3.9 | |
| Total work-related mortality | 1021 | 439 | 58.2 | |
| Lorry drivers | Motor vehicle traffic accidents (E810–E819) | 887 | 506.6 | 38.0 |
| Off-road motor vehicle traffic accidents (E820–E825) | 52 | 15.7 | 3.6 | |
| Other causes (E884, E916, E918) | 64 | 28.0 | 3.6 | |
| Total work-related mortality | 1003 | 550 | 45.3 | |
| Farmers | Work-related accidental deaths (E820–E825, E827–E828, E884, E885, E905–E906, E907, E916, E919, E920, E922, E925) | 175 | 50.9 | 12.4 |
| Allergic pneumonitis (495.0, 495.1, 495.3–495.9) | 34 | 1.0 | 3.3 | |
| Other cancer of skin (173) | 40 | 29.2 | 1.1 | |
| Pesticide poisoning (E863) and poisoning by other gases (E869) | 7 | 1.6 | 0.5 | |
| Total work-related mortality | 256 | 83 | 17.3 | |
| Carpenters and joiners | Cancer of the pleura (163) | 197 | 75.0 | 12.2 |
| Other causes (158.8, 158.9, 160, 501, E881, E882) | 64 | 34.0 | 3.0 | |
| Total work-related mortality | 261 | 109 | 15.2 | |
| Other construction workers | Cancer of the peritoneum (158.8, 158.9) | 52 | 9.2 | 4.3 |
| Asbestosis (501) | 51 | 5.1 | ||
| Cancer of the pleura (163) | 84 | 53.5 | 3.0 | |
| Work-related accidental deaths (E881, E882, E883, E916, E919, E920, E923) | 74 | 47.0 | 2.7 | |
| Total work-related mortality | 261 | 110 | 15.1 | |
↵* Accidental deaths are for men aged 20–64 years.