Table 2. Estimated fractions of cancer cases in UK, 2010, attributable to occupational exposures.

		Observed cases		PAFa (%)		Excess attributable cases
Cancer site	ICD-10 code	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
Nasopharynx	C11	267	178	11	2.5	29	4.5
Oesophagus	C15	5713	2819	3.3	1.1	189	31
Stomach	C16	4467	2577	3	0.3	134	7.7
Liver	C22	2270	1298	0.2	0.1	4.5	1.3
Pancreas	C25	4084	4280	0.02	0.01	0.8	0.4
Sino-nasalb	C30–31	279	173	46	20.1	128	35
Larynx	C32	1803	386	2.9	1.6	52	6.2
Lungc	C33	22 273	18 132	20.5	4.3	4566	780
Bone	C40–41	362	256	0.04	0.01	0.1	0.0
Mesotheliomab	C45	2077	462	97	82.5	2015	381
Soft-tissue sarcomab	C49	867	623	3.4	1.1	29	6.9
Breast (female)	C50	—	48 385	—	4.6	—	2226
Cervix	C53	—	2691	—	0.7	—	19
Ovary	C56	—	6820	—	0.5	—	34
Kidney	C64–66, C68	5697	3365	0.04	0.04	2.3	1.3
Bladder	C67	6713	2572	7.1	1.9	477	49
Eyeb	C69	210	172	2.9	0.4	6.1	0.7
Brain and CNS	C70–72	2799	1902	0.5	0.1	14	1.9
Thyroid	C73	602	1776	0.12	0.02	0.7	0.4
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	C82–85, C96	6297	5305	2.1	1.1	132	58
Myeloma	C90	2506	1994	0.4	0.1	10	2.0
Leukaemia	C91–95	4639	3201	0.9	0.5	42	16
Alld		158 667	155 584	4.9	2.4	7832	3662

Abbreviations: CNS=central nervous system; ICD=International Classification of Diseases; PAF, population-attributable fraction.

^aRushton et al (2010).

^bNumber of cases estimated from the UK population (2010) and rates in England in 2008.

^cLung cancer PAF excludes occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS).

^dExcluding non-melanoma skin cancer.