Global occupational-attributable deaths, DALYs and PAFs from chronic respiratory disease due to airborne exposures by risk factor and sex, 2016 (number, percent and proportion [95% uncertainty interval])*
Risk factor | Total | Deaths | Males‡ | %§ | Males | DALYs | Total | %¶ | Males | PAFs† | Total |
Females | Females | Females | |||||||||
Asthmagens | 26 103 | 11 471 | 37 574 | 7.2 | 1 468 347 | 871 133 | 2 339 480 | 17.2 | 13.0 | 7.1 | 9.9 |
(17 900–35 300) | (8700–15 200) | (28 400–47 900) | (1 141 200–1 874 300) | (666 100–1 109 600) | (1 860 900–2 923 300) | (12.0–14.0) | (6.3–8.0) | (9.0–11.0) | |||
PMGF+SHS** | 343 122 | 116 958 | 460 080 | 88.6 | 7 969 986 | 2 717 967 | 10 687 953 | 78.6 | 21.0 | 11.0 | 17.0 |
(270 900–422 000) | (87 100–153 300) | (381 500–551 300) | (6 518 000–9 469 200) | (2 143 400–3 328 600) | (9 019 900–12 517 000) | (18.0–25.0) | (9.0–13.0) | (14.0–20.0) | |||
Pneumoconiotic dusts | 18 997 | 2491 | 21 488 | 4.1 | 518 917 | 58 060 | 576 977 | 4.2 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
(15 500–22 700) | (2100–3200) | (17 900–25 400) | (439 900–611 300) | (49 400–70 700) | (493 600–673 500) | ||||||
Total | 388 222 | 130 920 | 519 142 | 100.0 | 9 957 269 | 3 647 170 | 13 604 438 | 100.0 | 19.0 | 9.0 | 15.0 |
(313 900–466 600) | (100 500–167 700) | (441 000–608 900) | (8 520 200–11 450 300) | (3 010 800–4 335 200) | (11 912 000–15 502 800) | (16.0–22.0) | (7.0–11.0) | (13.0–17.0) |
*DALYs=disability-adjusted life years; PAF=population attributable fraction.
†PAFs (%) based on DALYs.
‡The numbers in brackets in the whole table are 95% uncertainty intervals.
§Percentage of chronic respiratory disease deaths due to occupational risk factors that were due to this risk factor.
¶Percentage of chronic respiratory disease DALYs due to occupational risk factors that were due to this risk factor.
**Particulate matter, gases and fumes (PMGF) and secondhand smoke (SHS) causing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.