From: The estimated prevalence of exposure to asthmagens in the Australian workforce, 2014
Sample | Extrapolated to Australian working populationa | ||||
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Asthmagen group | n | % | n | % | CI |
Any asthmagen | 1 151 | 47.2 | 2 781 500 | 55 | 52 to 58 |
Bioaerosols | 633 | 25.9 | 1 483 000 | 29 | 27 to 32 |
Metals | 563 | 23.1 | 1 358 500 | 27 | 25 to 30 |
Arthropods or mites | 518 | 21.2 | 1 234 500 | 24 | 22 to 27 |
Latex | 451 | 18.5 | 1 115 500 | 22 | 20 to 25 |
Aldehydes | 364 | 14.9 | 829 700 | 16 | 14 to 19 |
Industrial cleaning and sterilising agents | 264 | 10.8 | 683 000 | 14 | 12 to 16 |
Derived from animals | 328 | 13.4 | 655 800 | 13 | 11 to 15 |
Ammonia | 309 | 12.7 | 564 600 | 11 | 10 to 13 |
Acrylates | 206 | 8.4 | 526 800 | 10 | 9 to 12 |
Epoxy | 174 | 7.1 | 486 400 | 10 | 8 to 12 |
Anhydrides | 191 | 7.8 | 433 500 | 9 | 7 to 10 |
Other Reactive Chemicals | 142 | 5.8 | 366 500 | 7 | 6 to 9 |
Foods | 121 | 5.0 | 359 900 | 7 | 6 to 9 |
Biological Enzymes | 136 | 5.6 | 357 400 | 7 | 6 to 9 |
Isocyanates | 106 | 4.3 | 283 300 | 6 | 4 to 7 |
Derived from Plants-Other | 188 | 7.7 | 270 200 | 5 | 4 to 7 |
Flour | 74 | 3.0 | 239 400 | 5 | 4 to 6 |
Acids | 96 | 3.9 | 218 300 | 4 | 3 to 6 |
Soldering | 75 | 3.1 | 214 700 | 4 | 3 to 6 |
Wood Dusts | 86 | 3.5 | 200 100 | 4 | 3 to 5 |
Amines | 47 | 1.9 | 123 500 | 2 | 2 to 4 |
Derived from fish/shellfish | 36 | 1.5 | 113 400 | 2 | 2 to 3 |
Pesticides | 59 | 2.4 | 112 400 | 2 | 2 to 3 |
Flowers | 23 | 0.9 | 36 800 | <1 | |
Ethylene Oxide | 14 | 0.6 | 34 300 | <1 | |
Drugs | 7 | 0.3 | 20 200 | <1 | |
Reactive dyes | 4 | 0.2 | 45 | <1 |