Table 1.
Estimation of annual numbers of work-related cancers in Taiwan based on Taiwan Cancer Registry and assumption derived from literature review.
| Cancer site (ICD-9-CM code) | Percentage attributable to occupation |
Number of incident cancer in 2010 |
Estimated number of work-related cancer in 2010 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Oral cavity (140–141) | 1.0 | 0.3 | 3967 | 425 | 40 | 1 |
| Esophagus (150) | 6.4 | 0.2 | 2091 | 147 | 134 | 0 |
| Lung (162) | 29.0 | 5.3 | 6697 | 3918 | 1942 | 208 |
| Lung (162)⁎ | 4–18.9 | 2–10.5 | 6697 | 3918 | 268–1266 | 78–411 |
| Stomach (151) | 10.3 | 5.4 | 2415 | 1439 | 249 | 78 |
| Liver (155) | 3.5 | 5.3 | 7751 | 3272 | 271 | 173 |
| Colon (153) | 5.6 | 0.0 | 4871 | 3764 | 273 | 0 |
| Rectum (154) | 3.1 | 0.1 | 3272 | 2133 | 101 | 2 |
| Breast (174) | – | 1.7 | – | 9655 | – | 164 |
| Cervix (180) | – | 5.9 | – | 1680 | – | 99 |
| Total expected number | 31,064 | 26,433 | 3010a | 726a | ||
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The estimation of percentage of cancers attributable to occupation is based on experts in WHO (2004) as a lower bound.
a
The total expected number of work-related cancers in 2010 were based on Nurminen and Karjalainen's (2001) estimates.