Global occupation-attributable cancer deaths and DALYs by carcinogen and cancer type, 2016—number and per cent
| Carcinogen | Deaths* | % of deaths | DALYs | % of DALYs |
| Arsenic† | 8073 (2053–14 628) | 2.3 (0.6–4.2) | 219 218 (57 757–395 480) | 3.0 (0.8–5.5) |
| Asbestos | 218 827 (165 455–274 682) | 62.7 (47.4–78.8) | 3 556 876 (2 657 069–4 514 222) | 49.4 (36.9–62.7) |
| Larynx cancer | 3743 (2024–5528) | 65 506 (35 042–99 124) | ||
| Lung cancer | 181 450 (128 287–236 621) | 2 844 282 (1 957 872–3 803 219) | ||
| Ovary cancer | 6022 (2984–9404) | 93 120 (45 796–149 948) | ||
| Mesothelioma | 27 612 (25 559–29 341) | 553 967 (507 287–597 783) | ||
| Benzene‡ | 1899 (596–3123) | 0.5 (0.2–0.9) | 83 867 (25 512–138 493) | 1.2 (0.4–1.9) |
| Beryllium† | 259 (213–312) | 0.1 (0.1–0.1) | 7223 (5886–8594) | 0.1 (0.1–0.1) |
| Cadmium† | 605 (504–709) | 0.2 (0.1–0.2) | 16 832 (14 142–19 639) | 0.2 (0.2–0.3) |
| Chromium† | 1276 (1126–1443) | 0.4 (0.3–0.4) | 35 452 (31 397–40 172) | 0.5 (0.4–0.6) |
| Diesel engine exhaust† | 17 500 (15 195–20 057) | 5.0 (4.4–5.8) | 485 693 (426 181–553 926) | 6.7 (5.9–7.7) |
| Formaldehyde | 1086 (900–1324) | 0.3 (0.3–0.4) | 46 932 (38 805–56 986) | 0.7 (0.5–0.8) |
| Leukaemia | 608 (505–722) | 27 914 (22 861–33 605) | ||
| Nasopharynx cancer | 478 (330–685) | 19 018 (12 994–27 091) | ||
| Nickel† | 8101 (1243–20 812) | 2.3 (0.4–6.0) | 221 352 (34 934–563 339) | 3.1 (0.5–7.8) |
| Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons† | 4526 (3826–5291) | 1.3 (1.1–1.5) | 125 779 (105 369–145 866) | 1.7 (1.5–2.0) |
| Secondhand smoke | 49 246 (25 336–80 957) | 14.1 (7.3–22.2) | 1 345 915 (703 984–2 186 305) | 18.7 (9.8–30.4) |
| Breast cancer | 4864 (1195–8401) | 160 494 (39 883–276 832) | ||
| Lung cancer | 44 382 (20 655–75 463) | 1 185 422 (551 749–2 013 661) | ||
| Silica† | 47 999 (21 235–75 452) | 13.8 (6.1–21.6) | 1 303 949 (576 291–2 042 004) | 18.1 (8.0–28.4) |
| Strong inorganic-acid mists§ | 3535 (1520–6491) | 1.0 (0.4–1.9) | 105 226 (45 836–192 418) | 1.5 (0.6–2.7) |
| Trichloroethylene¶ | 58 (13 –108) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 1722 (379–3228) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) |
| Total** | 348 741 (269 406–427 386) | 100.0 | 7 199 850 (5 813 091–8 641 244) | 100.0 |
*The numbers in brackets are 95% uncertainty intervals.
†Causes lung cancer.
‡Causes leukaemia.
§Causes laryngeal cancer.
¶ Causes kidney cancer.
**Numbers percentages add to more than 100 due to overlapping causes.
DALY, disability-adjusted life year.