Table 2. Distribution characteristics in the top three industries with the most benzene-induced leukemia (BIL) cases in Jiangsu, Guangdong, and Shandong, 2005−2019.
| PLAD | Year | The top three industries | Number of BIL (%)* |
| Abbreviations: BIL=benzene-induced leukemia; PLAD=provincial-level administrative division.
* The proportion of benzene-induced leukemia cases in all cases of the same period. | |||
| Jiangsu | 2005−2008 | General and special equipment manufacturing | 3 (37.5) |
| Chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing | 3 (37.5) | ||
| Leather, fur, feather products and shoemaking manufacturing | 1 (12.5) | ||
| 2009−2012 | General and special equipment manufacturing | 2 (40) | |
| Chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing | 1 (20) | ||
| Petroleum exploitation | 1 (20) | ||
| 2013−2016 | Leather, fur, feather products and shoemaking manufacturing | 3 (23.1) | |
| Chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing | 3 (23.1) | ||
| General and special equipment manufacturing | 2 (15.3) | ||
| 2017−2019 | Computer and electronic product manufacturing | 1 (33.3) | |
| Transportation, warehousing, and postal Industry | 1 (33.3) | ||
| Manufacturing of metal products for fire protection | 1 (33.3) | ||
| Guangdong | 2005−2008 | Petroleum exploitation | 2 (14.3) |
| Printing and recording media reproduction industry | 2 (14.3) | ||
| Transportation equipment manufacturing | 2 (14.3) | ||
| 2009−2012 | Computer and electronic product manufacturing | 26 (19.5) | |
| Leather, fur, feather products and shoemaking manufacturing | 21 (15.8) | ||
| Plastics and rubber products manufacturing | 14 (10.5) | ||
| 2013−2016 | Leather, fur, feather products and shoemaking manufacturing | 20 (20.2) | |
| Computer and electronic product | 10 (10.1) | ||
| Metal product | 9 (9.1) | ||
| 2017−2019 | Leather, fur, feather products and shoemaking | 11 (16.9) | |
| Plastics and rubber products | 9 (13.8) | ||
| Computer and electronic product | 8 (12.3) | ||
| Shandong | 2005−2008 | General and special equipment manufacturing | 20 (22.2) |
| Transportation equipment manufacturing | 11 (12.2) | ||
| Petroleum processing industry | 9 (10.0) | ||
| 2009−2012 | General and special equipment manufacturing | 39 (33.3) | |
| Transportation equipment manufacturing | 22 (18.8) | ||
| Chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing | 10 (8.5) | ||
| 2013−2016 | Chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing | 11 (11.8) | |
| General and special equipment manufacturing | 10 (10.8) | ||
| Petroleum processing industry | 6 (6.5) | ||
| 2017−2019 | General and special equipment manufacturing | 4 (11.8) | |
| Computer and electronic product | 4 (11.8) | ||
| Chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing | 3 (8.8) | ||