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Table 9 Recognition per 100,000 workers insured of lung cancer in Korea

From: Review of carcinogenicity of asbestos and proposal of approval standards of an occupational cancer caused by asbestos in Korea

Recognized year

Insured population

Lung cancer case

Asbestos-related lung cancer case

Proportion of Asbestos related lung cancer

Lung cancer incidence rate

Asbestos-related lung cancer incidence rate

 

A

B

C

C/B*100

B/A*106

C/A*106

1994

7,273,132

1

1

100

0.01

0.01

1995

7,893,727

2

1

50.0

0.03

0.01

1996

8,156,894

5

1

20.0

0.06

0.01

1997

8,236,641

0

0

 

0

0

1998

7,582,479

2

0

0.0

0.03

0

1999

7,441,160

5

3

60.0

0.07

0.04

2000

9,485,557

9

3

33.3

0.09

0.03

2001

10,581,186

8

6

75.0

0.08

0.06

2002

10,571,279

11

4

36.3

0.10

0.04

2003

10,599,345

16

9

56.2

0.15

0.08

2004

10,473,091

16

9

56.2

0.15

0.09

2005

11,059,194

14

6

42.8

0.13

0.05

2006

11,688,800

11

4

36.3

0.09

0.03

2007

12,528,884

22

15

68.2

0.18

0.12

2008

13,489,990

21

13

62.0

0.16

0.10

2009

13,884,929

12

7

58.3

0.09

0.05

2010

14,198,757

29

17

58.6

0.20

0.12

2011

14,362,378

26

18

69.2

0.18

0.13