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Table 3 Prevalence of probable exposure to each asthmagen group in the AWES-Asthma sample and approximate prevalence of exposure in the male Australian working population. CI confidence interval

From: The estimated prevalence of exposure to asthmagens in the Australian workforce, 2014

 

Sample

Extrapolated to Australian working populationa

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

 
  1. a Using age, remoteness and manager status for raked weighting