Table 5 Structure of the lists of occupational diseases in ILO member states
Categories(number of countries) | Asia-Pacific(number of items) | Africa (number of items) | Europe (number of items) | Americas (number of items) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Causes | Chemicals (30) | China(56), Hong Kong(22), Japan(*), Malaysia(10), Saudi Arabia(40), Taiwan(45), Vietnam(8) | Algeria(56), Angola(31) | Belgium(15), Bulgaria(57), Czech(55), Denmark(29), Finland(36), German(31), Hungary(56), Ireland(30), Luxemburg(27), Russia(38), Portugal(31), Spain(45), Swiss(61), Turkey(65), UK(32) | Chile(18), Costa Rica(36), El Salvador(32), Mexico(36), Nicaragua(45) |
Physical agents (22) | China(5), Hong Kong(9), Japan(13), Saudi Arabia(7), Vietnam(4) | Algeria(12), Angola(11) | Belgium(17), Bulgaria(12), Czech(12), Finland(6), German(15), Hungary(8), Ireland(15), Portugal(11), Rumania(11), Russia(12), Spain(12), Turkey(14), UK(14) | Chile(5), Nicaragua(12), El Salvador(9), Mexico(11) | |
Biomechanical | Japan(5) | Bulgaria(3), Finland(3), | |||
Biological (28) | |||||
Job categories (8) | Japan(5) | Czech(3), Denmark(3), Finland(3), German(4), Russia(3) | Spain(4), Nicaragua(4) | ||
Pathogens(19) | China (3), Vietnam(3), Malaysia(7), Hong Kong(12), Saudi Arabia(17), Taiwan(9), Vietnam(3) | Angola(42) | Rumania(6), Belgium(28), Bulgaria(32), Hungary(18), Ireland(10), Portugal(4), Turkey(30), UK(15) | Chile(10), El Salvador(13), Mexico(21) | |
Possible agents (3) | Rumania(19) Spain(40) | Nicaragua(40) | |||
Diseases | Respiratory (20) | Malaysia(9), Saudi Arabia(20) Taiwan(6), Vietnam(4) | Angola(5) | Belgium(29), Czech(11), German(16), Portugal(5), Rumania(25), UK(13), Denmark(13) | Colombia, Costa Rica(17), El Salvador(17), Mexico(17) |
Pneumoconiosis (6) | China (13), Japan(5) | Ireland(1), Mexico(30) | Costa Rica(3), El Salvador(22) | ||
Skin (19) | China(8), Malaysia(11), Saudi Arabia(6), Taiwan(2), Vietnam(2) | Angola(21) | Belgium(9), Czech(1), Denmark(2), German(2), Portugal(22), Rumania(7), Spain(4), Turkey(2) | Costa Rica(31), El Salvador(16), Nicaragua(4), Mexico(18) | |
Allergic (3) | Angola(15) | Portugal(6), Russia(16) | |||
Musculoskeletal (3) | Saudi Arabia(7) | Rumania(12) Denmark(20) | |||
Industrial fatigue(2) | El Salvador(3), Mexico(6) | ||||
Cancer (13) | China(8), Japan(18), Saudi Arabia(18), Taiwan(18) | Angola (10) | Portugal(10), Russia(7), Rumania(18+IARC), Spain(28) Denmark(23) | El Salvador(3), Mexico(4), Nicaragua(28) |