National Asbestos Exposure Register

Statistics for 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018

Table A1: Monthly responses by jurisdiction of current residence
  Jurisdiction  
Month ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA TOTAL
2017 45 275 75 205 51 38 128 113 928
July 3 42 6 10 8 4 23 26 122
August 7 70 19 25 7 1 15 10 154
September 6 44 15 40 9 3 14 10 141
October 18 52 14 46 11 13 15 27 196
November 7 23 17 35 7 7 22 18 136
December 4 44 4 49 9 10 37 22 179
2018 33 297 20 174 72 32 82 68 778
January 13 17 1 35 5 2 6 12 91
February 6 82 4 18 10 2 14 8 144
March 7 24 3 29 8 12 21 4 108
April 2 105 4 21 14 6 15 9 176
May 2 40 5 30 20 5 8 12 122
June 3 29 3 41 15 5 18 23 137
TOTAL 78 572 95 379 123 70 208 181 1706
  4.57% 33.53% 5.75% 22.22% 7.21% 4.1% 12.19% 10.61%  
Population (2016 Census) 410,301 7,861,068 246,105 4,928,457 1,723,548 520,877 6,323,606 2,580,354  
Proportion of population 1.67% 31.96% 1.00% 20.04% 7.01% 2.12% 25.71% 10.49%  
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 36 90 43 72 19 20 46 46 373 21.86%
Male 57 476 50 279 102 50 162 158 1333 78.14%
TOTAL 93 566 93 351 121 70 208 204 1706  
Female 38.71% 15.90% 46.24% 20.51% 15.70% 28.57% 22.12% 22.55% 21.86%  
Male 61.29% 84.10% 53.76% 79.49% 84.30% 71.43% 77.88% 77.45% 78.14%  
Table A3: Occupational to non-occupational exposure by gender
  Exposure type   Exposure type  
Gender Outside workplace Workplace TOTAL Outside workplace Workplace TOTAL
Female 191 182 373 51.21% 48.79% 100.00%
Male 191 1142 1333 14.33% 85.67% 100.00%
TOTAL 382 1324 1706 22.39% 77.61% 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 TOTAL Female Male % of TOTAL Female Male
<20 55 246 301 18.27% 81.73% 17.64% 14.75% 18.45%
20-29 85 419 504 16.87% 83.13% 29.54% 22.78% 31.43%
30-39 100 339 439 22.78% 77.22% 25.76% 26.81% 25.43%
40-49 63 201 264 23.86% 76.14% 15.48% 16.89% 15.08%
50-59 55 103 157 34.81% 65.19% 9.26% 14.75% 7.73%
60+ 15 25 40 37.50% 62.50% 2.35% 4.02% 1.88%
TOTAL 373 1333 1706      
Table A5: Proportion of workplace exposure to not workplace exposure
  Exposure type   Exposure type
Age Range Not Workplace Workplace TOTAL Not Workplace Workplace
<20 112 189 301 37.21% 62.79%
20-29 73 431 504 14.48% 85.52%
30-39 83 356 439 18.91% 81.09%
40-49 61 203 264 23.11% 76.89%
50-59 34 124 158 21.52% 78.48%
60+ 18 22 40 45.00% 55.00%
TOTAL 381 1325 1706 22.33% 77.67%
Table A6: Location of exposure
Location of exposure Count % of TOTAL
Environmental/domestic 36 2.11%
Other 47 2.75%
Residential 237 13.89%
School/educational 61 3.58%
Work 1325 77.67%
TOTAL 1706 100.00%
Table A7: Exposure by job category
Job category TOTAL % TOTAL
Asbestos removal/disposal 25 2.21%
Boilermaker 24 2.12%
Building/construction 292 25.80%
Electrician 205 18.11%
Fitter and machinist 40 3.53%
Mining/resources occupations 51 4.50%
Other 446 39.40%
Plumber 49 4.33%
TOTAL 1132 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 1 6 3 5 1 3 19
NSW 5 9 7 11 2 5 39
NT       3 2   5
QLD 1 1 1 16 1 5 25
SA       4     4
TAS   2 2 3   1 8
VIC   5 4 4 2 3 18
WA 1 1   4   1 7
TOTAL 8 24 17 50 8 18 125
Table A9: Frequency of exposure
  Location of exposure
Frequency Environmental/domestic Other Residential School/educational Work TOTAL
> 5 years 3 6 41 17 316 383
>2 years to 5 years 3 1 25 8 118 155
>6 months to 2 years 0 8 41 10 156 215
0-6 months 17 8 77 15 450 567
Once only 14 24 53 11 284 386
TOTAL 37 47 237 61 1324 1706
Frequency by exposure location          
Frequency Environmental/domestic Other Residential School/educational Work TOTAL
> 5 years 8.11% 12.77% 17.30% 27.87% 23.87% 22.45%
>2 years to 5 years 8.11% 2.13% 10.55% 13.12% 8.91% 9.09%
>6 months to 2 years 0% 17.02% 17.30% 16.39% 11.78% 12.60%
0-6 months 45.97% 17.02% 32.49% 24.59% 33.99% 33.23%
Once only 37.84% 51.06% 22.36% 18.03% 21.45% 22.63%
% 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 .078% 1.57% 10.70% 4.44% 82.51% 22.45%
>2 years to 5 years 1.94% 0.65% 16.13% 5.15% 76.12% 9.09%
>6 months to 2 years 0% 3.72% 19.07% 4.65% 72.56% 12.60%
0-6 months 2.99% 1.41% 13.58% 2.65% 79.37% 33.23%
Once only 3.63% 6.22% 13.73% 2.85% 73.57% 22.63%
% of TOTAL exposure types 2.11% 2.75% 13.89% 3.89% 77.67% 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 2 7 1 6 1   4 2 23 1.35%
Employer 29 212 43 113 45 26 31 42 541 31.71%
Friends/family 16 62 8 52 18 12 48 39 255 14.95%
Internet search 5 45 6 32 16 10 29 16 157 9.30%
Local council   4   7     1 2 14 0.82%
Medical practitioner 3 12   7 7   8 1 38 2.23%
Newspaper*   28   7 1 2 16 2 56 3.28%
Other 13 56 15 100 22 11 48 35 300 17.60%
Pamphlet/leaflet   1   1 1 1 2 2 8 0.47%
State/territory regulator 3 18 10 5 6 3 3 6 53 3.10%
Training course 5 11 2 5 4 2 3 2 34 1.99%
Union 2 124 1 46 2 3 14 33 225 13.20%
TOTAL 78 580 86 381 123 70 207 181 1706 100.00%

*no data on newspaper after 31/03/18

Table A11: Proportion of workplace to non-workplace disease diagnoses
Row Labels Workplace Outside workplace Grand Total
Asbestosis 8 3 11
Cancer 1 2 3
Mesothelioma 3 2 6
Pleural Plaques 18 2 20
Grand Total 30 9 39