Distribution of the a priori 72 selected Disco-88 codes with known relevant occupational exposure to organic dust, inorganic dust, fume/gas and/or vapour, among 1575 participants*, and job descriptions of the most frequently applied codes (≥20 participants)
| Assigned exposure | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job description† | DISCO-88 | Organic dust | Inorganic dust | Fume/gas | Vapour | Organic and inorganic dust | Inorganic dust and fume | Inorganic dust, fume and vapour |
| Field crop and vegetable growers | 6111 | 21 | ||||||
| Market-oriented crop and animal producers | 6130 | 409 | ||||||
| Bricklayers and stonemasons | 7122 | 33 | ||||||
| Carpenters and joiners | 7124 | 65 | ||||||
| Varnishers and related painters | 7142 | 21 | ||||||
| Welders and flame cutters | 7212 | 51 | ||||||
| Sheet metal workers | 7213 | 38 | ||||||
| Cement and other mineral products machine operators | 8212 | 28 | ||||||
| Wood-products machine operators | 8240 | 22 | ||||||
| Farmhands and labourers | 9211 | 61 | ||||||
| Number of a priori assigned DISCO-88 codes (sum 72) | 34 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |
| Number of applied DISCO-88 codes among never-smokers (sum 40) | 19 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| Number of applied DISCO-88 codes among never-smokers with ≥20 participants (sum 10) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Italic: number of participants: 20–49, 50–99 and >100 (totally 28% (n=187) were assigned to more than one exposure).
*Missing occupational information in n=82.
†Statistics Denmark (3 April 2014): http://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/dokumentation/Nomenklaturer/DISCO-88/Sammenlignende.aspx
DISCO-88, Danish adaptation of The International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO), revision 1988 (among these 10 codes DISCO-88=ISCO-88).