Table 5.
Change in global occupational-attributable deaths and DALYs from chronic respiratory disease due to occupational exposure to asthmagens, PMGF, SHS and pneumoconiotic dusts between 1990 and 2016, number and per capita (number and percent [95% uncertainty interval])*
| Risk factor | Deaths | DALYs | ||||
| 1990† | 2016 | % change | 1990 | 2016 | % change | |
| Asthmagens | 35 228 | 37 574 | 6.7 | 1 845 494 | 2 339 480 | 26.8 |
| (24 103–48 462) | (28 362–47 936) | (−19.5 to 36.1) | (1 406 629–2 327 424) | (1 860 896–2 923 319) | (0.8 to 58.4) | |
| PMGF+SHS | 441 702 | 460 080 | 4.2 | 9 825 539 | 10 687 953 | 8.8 |
| (367 000–521 000) | (381 500–551 300) | (−13.6 to 24.8) | (8 149 400–11 533 600) | (9 019 900–12 517 000) | (−8.2 to 27.4) | |
| Pneumoconiotic dusts | 21 209 | 21 488 | 1.3 | 567 941 | 576 977 | 1.6 |
| (16 000–31 400) | (17 900–25 400) | (−15.6 to 19.8) | (442 576–832 555) | (493 632–673 528) | (−13.1 to 18.6) | |
| Total | 498 139 | 519 142 | 4.2 | 12 238 974 | 13 604 410 | 11.2 |
| (407 000–600 900) | (427 800–624 600) | (−14.9 to 25.4) | (10 667 700–13 881 800) | (11 912 000–15 502,800) | (−2.7 to 26.7) | |
| Risk factor | Deaths per 100 000 persons | DALYs per 100 000 persons | ||||
| 1990† | 2016 | % change | 1990 | 2016 | % change | |
| Asthmagens | 2.2 | 1.4 | −36.0 | 108 | 85 | −21.4 |
| (1.5– 3.0) | (1.0– 1.8) | (−51.7 to −18.1) | (82–136) | (67–106) | (−37.5 to −1.7) | |
| PMGF+SHS | 31.0 | 18.2 | −41.3 | 653 | 410 | −37.1 |
| (26.8– 36.5) | (15.0– 21.9) | (−51.7 to −29.4) | (545–768) | (346–482) | (−47.1 to −26.1) | |
| Pneumoconiotic dusts | 1.43 | 0.84 | −41.3 | 36 | 22 | −39.7 |
| (1.08 – 2.10) | (0.70 – 0.99) | (−51.0 to −30.8) | (28–53) | (19–26) | (−48.5 to −29.7) | |
| Total | 34.6 | 20.4 | −40.9 | 796 | 517 | −35.1 |
| (28.4– 41.6) | (16.7 – 24.6) | (− 51.6 to − 28.8) | (655–957) | (431–613) | (−45.8 to −23.0) | |
| Risk factor | Population attributable fraction (deaths) (%) | Population attributable fraction (DALYs) (%) | ||||
| 1990* | 2016 | % change | 1990 | 2016 | % change | |
| Asthmagens | 7.4 (6.1– 8.8) | 8.9 (7.8– 10.1) | 20.6 (5.4– 36.0) | 7.7 (6.8– 8.8) | 9.9 (9.0– 10.9) | 27.6 (16.0– 40.3) |
| PMGF+SHS | 16.3 | 15.7 | −3.6 | 16.4 | 16.9 | 2.5 |
| (13.7– 19.1) | (13.8– 18.6) | (−20.0 to 14.0) | (14.0– 19.0) | (14.3– 19.7) | (−13.0 to 19.8) | |
*DALYs=disability-adjusted Life Years; PMGF=particulate matter, gases and fumes; SHS=secondhand smoke.
†The numbers in brackets in the whole table are 95% uncertainty intervals.