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Table CAN01

Estimated attributable fractions, deaths and registrations by cancer site (based on Table at p11 in The Burden of Occupational Cancer in Great Britain - Rushton cancer burden report)

Cancer site: Attributable Fraction Attributable Deaths Attributable Registrations
Male Female Total (based on deaths) Male Female Male Female
Established carcinogens only (IARC Group 1 and 2A, strong human evidence)
Bladder 0.013 0.006 0.01 40 10 89 17
Leukaemia 0.003 0.005 0.002 4 5 5 6
Lung 0.165 0.045 0.116 3,137 599 3,509 680
Mesothelioma 0.85-0.9 0.2-0.3 0.74-0.8 1,450 75 1,450 # 75 #
NMSC 0.118 0.03 0.084 38 6 3,992 855
Sinonasal 0.341 0.108 0.234 24 6 74 18
AFs for six cancers combined       0.06 0.01 0.054 0.01
Established + Uncertain carcinogens (IARC Group 1 and 2A, strong and suggestive human evidence)
Bladder 0.116 0.02 0.083 362 32 816 57
Leukaemia 0.027 0.008 0.017 58 11 93 15
Lung 0.216 0.055 0.15 4,106 728 4,594 826
Mesothelioma 0.98* 0.9* 0.97* 1,650 270 1,650 # 270 #
NMSC 0.118 0.03 0.084 38 6 3,992 855
Sinonasal 0.643 0.184 0.433 45 11 140 31
Total       6259 1058 11284 2054
Total all cancers in GB       78,237 71,666 167,506 164,586
AFs for six cancers combined (out of all GB cancers)     0.049 0.08 0.015 0.067 0.012

Notes:

  • * Includes cases described as due to paraoccupational or environmental exposures to asbestos
  • # Taken as equal to attributable deaths for this short survival cancer

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