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| Based on a major survey of private employers, the average annual estimated number of new cases of respiratory conditions due to toxic agents has decreased to approximately 15,000 for 1999 and 2000, down from annual estimates of about 25,000 in the early and mid-1990s. |
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| Table 11-1. Occupational respiratory conditions due to toxic agents: Estimated number of cases reported by employers, by industry division, U.S. private sector, 1973-2000 |
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| The major industry groups associated with the highest annual estimated rates of work-related respiratory conditions due to toxic agents in 2000 are manufacturing (3.0 per 10,000 full-time workers), services (1.9 per 10,000 full-time workers), and transportation and public utilities (1.5 per 10,000 full-time workers). The transportation equipment industry, with annual estimated rates of about 10 per 10,000, has consistently ranked in the top three industry sectors during the 1996 to 2000 period. |
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Table 11-2. Occupational respiratory conditions due to toxic agents: Estimated rate(based on cases reported by employers, per 10,000 full-time workers) by industry division, U.S. private sector, 1973-2000 |
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Table 11-3. Occupational respiratory conditions due to toxic agents: Industries with the highest estimated incidence rates (based on cases reported by employers, per 10,000 full-time workers), U.S. private sector, 1996-2000 |
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