Table THORS04

Contact dermatitis: estimated number of cases reported by dermatologists to EPIDERM and by occupational physicians to OPRA and estimated rates per 100 000 workers per year, by occupation 2005-2007

Occupation(a)			Dermatologists (EPIDERM)(p)		Occupational physicians (OPRA)(b)(p)
	SOC2000		Annual average estimated cases(c) 2005-2007	Rate per 100 000 workers per year(d)	Annual average estimated cases(c) 2005-2007	Rate per 100 000 workers per year(d)
	major group	unit group	Annual average estimated cases(c) 2005-2007	Rate per 100 000 workers per year(d)	Annual average estimated cases(c) 2005-2007	Rate per 100 000 workers per year(d)
Managers and Senior Officials	1		20	-	1	-
Professional Occupations	2		79	2	42	1
Biological scientists and biochemists		2112	9	11	5	6
Medical practitioners		2211	21	11	13	7
Dental practitioners		2215	11	40	-	-
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	3		278	7	183	5
Laboratory technicians		3111	5	8	17	28
Nurses		3211	200	39	118	23
Midwives		3212	9	25	9	25
Medical radiographers		3214	6	30	8	39
Medical and dental technicians		3218	7	18	8	22
Therapists n.e.c.		3229	4	6	-	-
Adminstrative and Secretarial Occupations	4		40	1	-	-
Counter clerks		4123	7	4	-	-
Skilled Trades Occupations	5		395	13	48	2
Gardeners and groundsmen/groundswomen		5113	8	5	-	-
Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.		5119	2	9	2	7
Welding trades		5215	14	19	1	1
Metal working production and maintenance fitters		5223	37	16	11	5
Motor mechanics, auto engineers		5231	41	21	4	2
Vehicle body builders and repairers		5232	3	11	-	-
Electricians, electrical fitters		5241	9	4	4	2
Bricklayers, masons		5312	21	23	-	-
Plumbers, heating and ventilating engineers		5314	13	7	-	-
Carpenters and joiners		5315	18	7	-	-
Construction trades n.e.c.		5319	22	11	-	-
Painters and decorators		5323	16	11	-	-
Printers		5422	19	49	1	2
Bakers, flour confectioners		5432	9	32	-	-
Chefs, cooks		5434	88	37	4	2
Floral arrangers, florists		5496	24	181	-	-
Personal Service Occupations	6		340	15	63	3
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants		6111	28	14	27	13
Dental nurses		6113	24	70	1	2
Care assistants and home carers		6115	44	7	26	4
Nursery nurses		6121	11	7	-	-
Hairdressers, barbers		6221	172	112	4	3
Beauticians and related occupations		6222	41	81	-	-
Housekeepers and related occupations		6231	7	13	4	8
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	7		43	2	4	-
Sales and retail assistants		7111	29	2	4	-
Retail cashiers and check-out operators		7112	9	3	-	-
Process, Plant and Mechine Operatives	8		215	11	143	7
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives		8111	9	6	2	1
Glass and ceramics process operatives		8112	3	33	9	90
Chemical and related process operatives		8114	28	63	43	96
Process operatives n.e.c.		8119	1	6	18	78
Metal working machine operatives		8125	39	50	11	15
Assemblers (electrical products)		8131	27	55	1	2
Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods)		8132	10	19	34	65
Routine inspectors and testers		8133	10	15	-	-
Routine laboratory testers		8138	10	97	4	41
Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c.		8139	7	12	5	8
Elementary Occupations	9		194	6	49	2
Labourers in building and woodworking trades		9121	12	6	1	-
Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers		9134	3	2	1	1
Labourers in process and plant operations n.e.c.		9139	12	15	-	-
Other goods handling and storage occupations n.e.c.		9149	5	1	-	-
Kitchen and catering assistants		9223	42	11	-	-
Waiters, waitresses		9224	14	7	-	-
Bar staff		9225	18	10	4	2
Cleaners, domestics		9233	51	9	-	-
Launderers, dry cleaners, pressers		9234	1	3	26	76
Total - all occupations			1624	6	533	2

Notes:

(a) All SOC2000 Major Groups are shown, as are SOC2000 Unit Groups with 10 or more actual cases reported to either EPIDERM or OPRA over the period 2005-2007. Figures are shown in light type if they are based on fewer than 10 actual cases.
(b) Comparisons of rates based on OPRA reports are likely to be misleading because workers in some occupations are much more likely to have access to occupational physicians than those in others.
(c) Some physicians report on a sample basis, for one month in each year. Estimated totals for these are calculated by multiplying the actual number of cases reported by 12.
(d) The rates have been calculated using the average of the Office for National Statistics Annual Population Survey (APS) denominators for the years 2005-2007.
"-" Can mean zero or rounds to zero.
nec Not elsewhere classified.
(p) Provisional.