Table 2 Annual rates by diagnostic group.
| Diagnosis | Rate (95% CI) (cases reported per million person‐years) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | ||||
| Asthma | 77.2 | (66.2–89.6) | 72.3 | (58.4–88.5) | 83.9 | (66.5–104.4) |
| Acute inhalation | 20.4 | (14.9–27.2) | 20.8 | (13.7–30.2) | 19.9 | (12–31.1) |
| Mesothelioma | 9.3 | (5.8–14.2) | 14.6 | (8.8–22.8) | 2.1 | (0.3–7.6) |
| Asbestosis | 8.0 | (4.7–12.6) | 12.3 | (7.0–20.0) | 2.1 | (0.3–7.6) |
| Pneumoconiosis | 7.5 | (4.4–12.1) | 12.3 | (7.0–20.0) | 1.0 | (0.0–5.8) |
| Benign pleural disease | 5.3 | (2.8–9.3) | 8.5 | (4.2–15.1) | 1.0 | (0.0–5.8) |
| Chronic bronchitis | 4.4 | (2.1–8.2) | 7.7 | (3.7–14.1) | 0.0 | (0–3.9) |
| Allergic alveolitis | 2.7 | (1.0–5.8) | 3.1 | (0.8–7.9) | 2.1 | (0.3–7.6) |
| Infectious disease | 2.2 | (0.7–5.2) | 2.3 | (0.5–6.7) | 2.1 | (0.3–7.6) |
| Asthma‐like disorder | 1.8 | (0.5–4.5) | 3.1 | (0.8–7.9) | 0.0 | (0–3.9) |
| Building related disease | 1.3 | (0.3–3.9) | 0.0 | (0.0–2.8) | 3.1 | (0.7–9.2) |
| Lung cancer | 0.4 | (0.0–2.5) | 0.8 | (0.0–4.3) | 0.0 | (0–3.9) |
| Other | 18.6 | (13.4–25.2) | 21.5 | (14.3–31.1) | 14.7 | (8.0–24.6) |
| All reports | 159.3 | (143.2–176.6) | 179.2 | (157.0–203.8) | 132.1 | (110.1–157.3) |