Table 4.
Prevalence of probable exposure to each asthmagen group the AWES-Asthma sample and approximate prevalence of exposure in the female Australian working population. CI confidence interval
| Sample | Extrapolated to the Australian working populationa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asthmagen group | n | % | n | % | CI |
| Any asthmagen | 984 | 40.4 | 1 656 300 | 37 | 34 to 40 |
| Latex | 601 | 24.7 | 980 700 | 22 | 20 to 25 |
| Industrial cleaning and sterilising agents | 491 | 20.2 | 823 500 | 19 | 16 to 21 |
| Bioaerosols | 439 | 18.0 | 728 900 | 16 | 14 to 19 |
| Arthropods or mites | 398 | 16.3 | 676 900 | 15 | 13 to 18 |
| Biological Enzymes | 279 | 11.5 | 467 300 | 11 | 9 to 12 |
| Foods | 247 | 10.1 | 445 900 | 10 | 8 to 12 |
| Ammonia | 252 | 10.3 | 373 500 | 8 | 7 to 10 |
| Flour | 212 | 8.7 | 358 900 | 8 | 7 to 10 |
| Aldehydes | 201 | 8.3 | 307 800 | 7 | 6 to 8 |
| Derived from animals | 218 | 9.0 | 282 900 | 6 | 5 to 8 |
| Metals | 153 | 6.3 | 220 700 | 5 | 4 to 6 |
| Flowers | 85 | 3.5 | 147 500 | 3 | 2 to 5 |
| Acrylates | 65 | 2.7 | 125 300 | 3 | 2 to 4 |
| Derived from fish/shellfish | 64 | 2.6 | 105 300 | 2 | 2 to 3 |
| Pesticides | 51 | 2.1 | 75 500 | 2 | 1 to 3 |
| Derived from Plants-Other | 55 | 2.3 | 62 600 | 1 | 1 to 2 |
| Acids | 38 | 1.6 | 53 700 | 1 | 1 to 2 |
| Amines | 21 | 0.9 | 51 100 | 1 | 1 to 2 |
| Drugs | 7 | 0.3 | 24 400 | <1 | |
| Epoxy | 19 | 0.8 | 22 700 | <1 | |
| Isocyanates | 11 | 0.5 | 11 500 | <1 | |
| Other Reactive Chemicals | 5 | 0.2 | 7 600 | <1 | |
| Reactive dyes | 4 | 0.2 | 36 | <1 | |
| Ethylene Oxide | 4 | 0.2 | 36 | <1 | |
| Anhydrides | 2 | 0.1 | 13 | <1 | |
| Soldering | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | <1 | |
| Wood Dusts | 3 | 0.1 | 1 | <1 | |
a Using age, remoteness and manager status for raked weighting