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Table 2 Crude and age-standardized incidence (per 100,000 persons-years) within subcategories of ILD in Denmark 2001–2005

From: The incidence of interstitial lung disease 1995–2005: a Danish nationwide population-based study

Subcategories and diseases

ICD code

Cases (N)

Incidence rates

Crude

(95% CI)*

Incidence rates

Age-standardised

(95% CI)*

Coalworkers' pneumoconiosis

J60

17

0.06 (0.03–0.09)

0.05 (0.03–0.08)

Pneumoconiosis due to asbestos and other mineral fibres

J61

332

1.24 (1.10–1.37)

0.70 (0.62–0.78)

Pneumoconiosis due to dust containing silica

J62

53

0.20 (0.14–0.25)

0.14 (0.10–0.18)

Pneumoconiosis due to other inorganic dusts

J63

29

0.11 (0.07–0.15)

0.07 (0.04–0.10)

Unspecified pneumoconiosis

J64

173

0.64 (0.55–0.74)

0.36 (0.30–0.42)

Pneumoconiosis associated with tuberculosis

J65

18

0.07 (0.04–0.10)

0.08 (0.04–0.12)

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to organic dust

J67

213

0.79 (0.69–0.90)

0.70 (0.60–0.80)

Respiratory conditions due to inhalation of chemicals, gases, fumes and vapours

J68 (except J68.2)

519

1.93 (1.77–2.10)

1.80 (1.64–1.97)

Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids

J69

1,915

7.14 (6.82–7.46)

5.20 (4.92–5.47)

Respiratory conditions due to other external agents

J70 (except J70.8, J70.9)

191

0.71 (0.61–0.81)

0.43 (0.37–0.50)

Pulmonary eosinophilia, not elsewhere classified

J82

161

0.60 (0.51–0.69)

0.39 (0.32–0.45)

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

J84.1

1,417

5.28 (5.01–5.56)

2.91 (2.75–3.08)

Other interstitial pulmonary diseases except idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

J84 (except J84.1)

2,619

9.76 (9.39–10.13)

6.26 (6.00–6.52)

Respiratory disorders in diseases classified elsewhere

J99

2,461

9.17 (8.81–9.53)

7.73 (7.39–8.07)

Rheumatoid lung disease

J99.0

21

0.08 (0.04–0.11)

0.06 (0.03–0.09)

Respiratory disorders in other diffuse connective tissue disorders

J99.1

46

0.17 (0.12–0.22)

0.12 (0.08–0.16)

Respiratory disorders in other diseases classified elsewhere

J99.8

705

2.63 (2.43–2.82)

2.27 (2.09–2.46)

Langerhans'cell histiocytosis

D76.0

72

0.27 (0.21–0.33)

0.35 (0.27–0.44)

Sarcoidosis with lung involvement

D86.0 orD86.2

1,257

4.68 (4.43–4.94)

4.11 (3.87–4.34)

  1. *CI: confidence interval