National Asbestos Exposure Register - statistics

Statistics for 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017

Table A1: Monthly responses by jurisdiction of current residence
  Jurisdiction  
Month ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA TOTAL
2016 26 291 24 146 62 57 74 276 956
July 4 108 7 21 6 6 16 103 271
August 10 70 5 30 11 26 10 31 193
September 2 26 2 19 15 9 11 17 101
October   24 5 24 7 3 16 24 103
November 7 50 1 24 11 4 14 35 146
December 3 13 4 28 12 9 7 66 142
2017 60 187 37 133 60 35 87 215 814
January 2 35 1 27 10 2 16 121 214
February 16 25 7 37 5 3 12 32 137
March 4 47 11 25 15 2 16 9 129
April 6 14 5 19 7 2 13 18 84
May 18 38 9 18 5 12 18 13 131
June 14 28 4 7 18 14 12 22 119
TOTAL 86 478 61 279 122 92 161 491 1770
  4.86% 27.01% 3.45% 15.76% 6.89% 5.20% 9.10% 27.74%  
Population (2016 Census) 406,400 7,797,800 245,000 4,833,700 1,717,000 519,100 6,244,200 2,567,800  
Proportion of population 1.67% 32.05% 1.01% 19.87% 7.06% 2.13% 25.66% 10.55%  
Table A2: Gender breakdown by jurisdiction of exposure
  Jurisdiction of exposure  
Gender of registrant ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA TOTAL % Gender
Female 15 84 20 54 19 15 26 174 407 22.99%
Male 71 394 41 225 103 77 135 316 1362 76.95%
Not specified               1 1  
TOTAL 86 478 61 279 122 92 161 491 1770  
Female 17.44% 17.57% 32.79% 19.35% 15.57% 16.30% 16.15% 35.44% 22.99%  
Male 82.56% 82.43% 67.21% 80.65% 84.43% 83.70% 83.85% 64.36% 76.95%  
Not specified 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.20% 0.06%  
Table A3: Occupational to non-occupational exposure by gender
  Exposure type   Exposure type  
Gender Outside workplace Workplace TOTAL Outside workplace Workplace TOTAL
Female 266 141 407 65.36% 34.64% 100.00%
Male 268 1094 1362 19.68% 80.32% 100.00%
Not Specified 1 - 1 100.00% 0.00% 100.00%
TOTAL 535 1235 1770 30.19% 69.81% 100.00%
Table A4: Age range by gender at 1st exposure
  Gender   % of age group     % FEMALE TOTAL % MALE TOTAL
Age range - 1st exposure Female Male Not specified TOTAL Female Male Not specified % of TOTAL Female Male
<20 79 270   349 22.64% 77.36% 0.00% 19.72% 19.41% 19.82%
20-29 80 428   508 15.75% 84.25% 0.00% 28.70% 19.66% 31.42%
30-39 96 316   412 23.30% 76.70% 0.00% 23.28% 23.59% 23.20%
40-49 82 185   267 30.71% 69.29% 0.00% 15.08% 20.15% 13.58%
50-59 47 123   170 27.65% 72.35% 0.00% 9.60% 11.55% 9.03%
60+ 23 40 1 64 35.94% 62.50% 1.56% 3.62% 5.65% 2.94%
TOTAL 407 1362 1 1770 22.99% 76.95%  
Table A5: Proportion of workplace exposure to not workplace exposure
  Exposure type   Exposure type
Age Range Not Workplace Workplace TOTAL Not Workplace Workplace
<20 101 28 129 78.29% 21.71%
20-29 48 285 333 14.41% 85.59%
30-39 92 307 399 23.06% 76.94%
40-49 109 232 341 31.96% 68.04%
50-59 95 227 322 29.50% 70.50%
60+ 90 156 246 36.59% 63.41%
TOTAL 535 1235 1770 30.23% 69.77%
Table A6: Location of exposure
Location of exposure Count % of TOTAL
Environmental/domestic 88 4.97%
Other 61 3.45%
Residential 285 16.10%
School/educational 101 5.71%
Work 1235 69.77%
TOTAL 1770 100.00%
Table A7: Exposure by job category
Job category TOTAL % TOTAL
Asbestos removal/disposal 16 1.52%
Boilermaker 24 2.28%
Building/construction 213 20.25%
Electrician 177 16.83%
Fitter and machinist 46 4.37%
Mining/resources occupations 74 7.03%
Other 452 42.97%
Plumber 50 4.75%
TOTAL 1052 100.00%
Table A8: Loose-fill asbestos exposure by jurisdiction of residence at time of exposure
  Loose fill exposure type  
Jurisdiction Owner – no work done on house Owner having done DIY on house Owner having had work done on house Tenant Tradesperson worker Visitor to residence of family friends TOTAL
ACT 5 9 5 5 1 1 26
NSW 25 19 30 11 1   86
NT       2     2
QLD 5 14 5 14 3   41
SA       2 2   4
TAS   1         1
VIC 1 2 4 7 3   17
WA 1 2   13 2 4 22
TOTAL 37 47 44 54 12 5 199
Table A9: Frequency of exposure
  Location of exposure
Frequency Environmental/domestic Other Residential School/educational Work TOTAL
> 5 years 10 6 93 34 279 422
>2 years to 5 years 1 8 35 13 111 168
>6 months to 2 years 2 4 41 13 198 258
0-6 months 48 27 83 21 345 524
Once only 27 16 33 20 302 398
TOTAL 88 61 285 101 1235 1770
Frequency by exposure location          
Frequency Environmental/domestic Other Residential School/educational Work TOTAL
> 5 years 11.36% 9.84% 32.63% 33.66% 22.59% 23.84%
>2 years to 5 years 1.14% 13.11% 12.28% 12.87% 8.99% 9.49%
>6 months to 2 years 2.27% 6.56% 14.39% 12.87% 16.03% 14.58%
0-6 months 54.55% 44.26% 29.12% 20.79% 27.94% 29.60%
Once only 30.68% 26.23% 11.58% 19.80% 24.45% 22.49%
% of TOTAL exposure types 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Frequency as % of location            
Frequency Environmental/domestic Other Residential School/educational Work TOTAL
> 5 years 2.37% 1.42% 22.04% 8.06% 66.11% 23.84%
>2 years to 5 years 0.60% 4.76% 20.83% 7.74% 66.07% 9.49%
>6 months to 2 years 0.78% 1.55% 15.89% 5.04% 76.74% 14.58%
0-6 months 9.16% 5.15% 15.84% 4.01% 65.84% 29.60%
Once only 6.78% 4.02% 8.29% 5.03% 75.88% 22.49%
% of TOTAL exposure types 4.97% 3.45% 16.10% 5.71% 69.77% 100.00%
Table A10: Means of finding out about NAER
     
Means of finding out about register ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA TOTAL % TOTAL
ASEA website 1 21 1 8 1 1 2 10 45 2.54%
Employer 24 159 14 99 38 47 27 140 548 30.96%
Friends/family 16 75 3 50 22 4 32 117 319 18.02%
Internet search 7 49 10 23 17 11 28 35 180 10.17%
Local council   8   4   1 3 13 29 1.64%
Medical practitioner   13 4 6 3 3 5 7 41 2.32%
Newspaper/television report   22   7 2 1 2 13 47 2.66%
Other 11 81 11 61 39 16 34 74 327 18.47%
Pamphlet/leaflet   14   2 2   1 2 21 1.19%
State/territory regulator 3 14 5 5 2 7   1 37 2.09%
Training course 2 6 1 2 2   3 1 17 0.96%
Union   29 4 34 4 3 30 55 159 8.98%
TOTAL 64 491 53 301 132 94 167 468 1770 100.00%
Table A11: Proportion of workplace to non-workplace disease diagnoses
Row Labels Workplace Outside workplace Grand Total
Asbestosis 9 1 10
Cancer 1   1
Mesothelioma 2 2 4
Pleural Plaques 24 5 29
Grand Total 36 8 44
  81.82% 18.18%