Table 5. Occupations of Patients With an Occupationally Related Supplemental Allergen.
| Occupation | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Patients, No. | 1529a |
| Precision production, craft, repair, No. (%) | 384 (25.1) |
| Mechanics, repairers | 91 (23.7) |
| Miscellaneous | 67 (17.4) |
| Construction | 61 (15.8) |
| Precision assemblers, metal | 57 (14.8) |
| Machinists | 51 (13.3) |
| Supervisors | 20 (5.2) |
| Dental laboratory, medical appliance technicians | 15 (3.9) |
| Other | 22 (5.7) |
| Operators, fabricators, laborers, No. (%) | 367 (24.0) |
| Machine operators, assemblers, inspectors | 228 (62.1) |
| Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, laborers | 60 (16.3) |
| Metal, plastic | 27 (7.4) |
| Printing | 23 (6.3) |
| Transportation, material moving occupations | 19 (5.2) |
| Wood, textile | 10 (2.7) |
| Service, No. (%) | 302 (19.8) |
| Barbers, hairdressers, cosmetologists | 163 (54.0) |
| Health service | 50 (16.6) |
| Other | 47 (15.6) |
| Food service | 29 (9.6) |
| Protective service, private household | 13 (4.3) |
| Professional specialty, No. (%) | 181 (11.8) |
| Auxiliary health care workers | 68 (37.6) |
| Writers, artists, entertainers | 39 (21.5) |
| Health diagnosing | 35 (19.3) |
| Teachers | 15 (8.3) |
| Engineers, architects, surveyors, computer scientists | 11 (6.1) |
| Other | 13 (7.2) |
| Technical, sales, administrative support, No. (%) | 133 (8.7) |
| Sales occupations | 44 (33.1) |
| Health technicians | 38 (28.6) |
| Other technicians | 31 (23.3) |
| Administrative support occupations | 20 (15.0) |
| Military occupations, No. (%) | 63 (4.1) |
| Managerial, administrative, No. (%) | 57 (3.7) |
| Farming, forestry, fishing, No. (%) | 26 (1.7) |
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Fifty-one patients were missing occupation or were miscoded.