National Asbestos Exposure Register

Statistics for 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015

Figure A1: Monthly responses

Table A1: Monthly responses by jurisdiction of current residence

Month

Jurisdiction

ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA Total

July 2014 72 32 6 10 5 13 9 12 159

August 2014 173 34 2 8 2 6 9 6 240

September 2014 28 19 55 13 2 2 9 3 131

October 2014 23 30 5 9 14 1 15 21 118

November 2014 28 31 2 9 9 1 7 3 90

December 2014 8 57 2 13 8 15 4 107

January 2015 7 26 1 5 16 1 65 9 130

February 2015 4 25 2 22 7 2 14 9 85

March 2015 8 32 1 7 4 2 11 17 82

April 2015 13 21 9 2 24 10 11 90

May 2015 11 16 3 5 5 6 12 18 76

June2015 8 46 13 5 7 5 8 92

Total 383 369 79 123 79 65 181 121 1400

0

50

100

150

200

250

159

240

131118

90

107

130

85 8290

7692 2014

2015

Table A2: Age Range by jurisdiction at registration date

Age range of registrant

Jurisdiction

ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA Total

<20 42 15 6 3 3 14 15 98

20–29 40 47 10 11 7 13 19 16 163

30–39 81 66 21 19 22 10 45 36 300

40–49 83 76 34 31 16 18 40 18 316

50–59 54 91 11 22 20 14 47 23 282

60+ 83 73 3 34 11 7 16 13 240

unknown 1 1

Total 383 369 79 123 79 65 181 121 1400

Age Range ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA Total

<20 10.97% 4.07% 0.00% 4.88% 3.80% 4.62% 7.73% 12.40% 7.00%

20–29 10.44% 12.74% 12.66% 8.94% 8.86% 20.00% 10.50% 13.22% 11.64%

30–39 21.15% 17.89% 26.58% 15.45% 27.85% 15.38% 24.86% 29.75% 21.43%

40–49 21.67% 20.60% 43.04% 25.20% 20.25% 27.69% 22.10% 14.88% 22.57%

50–59 14.10% 24.66% 13.92% 17.89% 25.32% 21.54% 25.97% 19.01% 20.14%

60+ 21.67% 19.78% 3.80% 27.64% 13.92% 10.77% 8.84% 10.74% 17.14%

unknown 0.00% 0.27% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.07%

% of age range in jurisdiction 100.00% 99.73% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 99.93%

Figure A2: Age Range by jurisdiction at registration date

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<20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+ unknown

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8183

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73

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ACT

NSW

NT

QLD

SA

TAS

VIC

WA

Table A3: Age range by gender at registration date

Age range - 1st exposure

Gender Gender %

Female Male Not specified Total Female Male

<20 32 66 98 32.65% 67.35%

20–29 39 123 1 163 23.93% 75.46%

30–39 83 217 300 27.67% 72.33%

40–49 84 230 2 316 26.58% 72.78%

50–59 61 219 2 282 21.63% 77.66%

60+ 66 173 1 240 27.50% 72.08%

unknown 1 1 0.00% 100.00%

Total 365 1029 6 1400

Figure A3: Age range by gender at registration date

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50

100

150

200

250

32 39

83 8461 6666

123

217230 219

173

1

Female

Male

Not specified

Table A4: Proportion of occupational exposure to non-occupational exposure by age range at time of

exposure

Age range - 1st exposure Exposure type Exposure type %

Non-occupational Occupational Total Non-occupational Occupational

<20 192 170 362 53.04% 46.96%

20–29 101 219 320 31.56% 68.44%

30–39 138 199 337 40.95% 59.05%

40–49 85 147 232 36.64% 63.36%

50–59 30 67 97 30.93% 69.07%

60+ 11 20 31 35.48% 64.52%

unknown 12 9 21 57.14% 42.86%

Total 569 831 1400 40.64% 59.36%

Figure A4: Proportion of occupational exposure to non-occupational exposure by age range at time of

exposure

0

50

100

150

200

250

192

101

138

85

3011 12

170

219199

147

67

209

Non-Occupational

Occupational

Table A5: Age range at first exposure by jurisdiction - non-occupational

Age range of registrant

Jurisdiction

ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA Total

<20 15 8 3 1 3 7 6 43

20–29 8 7 1 2 3 1 22

30–39 13 10 2 6 6 37

40–49 2 4 2 1 1 10

50–59 1 4 1 1 2 9

60+ 2 1 3

Total 39 35 1 9 1 6 17 16 124

<20 38.46% 22.86% 0.00% 33.33% 100.00% 50.00% 41.18% 37.50% 34.68%

20–29 20.51% 20.00% 0.00% 11.11% 0.00% 33.33% 17.65% 6.25% 17.74%

30–39 33.33% 28.57% 0.00% 22.22% 0.00% 0.00% 35.29% 37.50% 29.84%

40–49 5.13% 11.43% 0.00% 22.22% 0.00% 16.67% 0.00% 6.25% 8.06%

50–59 2.56% 11.43% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 5.88% 12.50% 7.26%

60+ 0.00% 5.71% 0.00% 11.11% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2.42%

Total 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

Table A6: Gender breakdown by jurisdiction of current residence or registrants

Gender of registrant

Current Jurisdiction

ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA Total Gender %

Female 174 82 6 22 8 6 32 35 365 26.07%

Male 207 284 73 101 71 59 149 85 1029 73.50%

Not specified 2 3 1 6 0.43%

Total 383 369 79 123 79 65 181 121 1400 100.00%

Female 45.43% 22.22% 7.59% 17.89% 10.13% 9.23% 17.68% 28.93% 26.07%

Male 54.05% 76.96% 92.41% 82.11% 89.87% 90.77% 82.32% 70.25% 73.50%

Not specified 0.52% 0.81% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.83% 100.00%

Figure A5: Gender breakdown by jurisdiction of current residence or registrants

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100

150

200

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300

Female Male Not specified

174

207

2

82

284

36

73

22

101

8

71

6

59

32

149

35

85

1

ACT

NSW

NT

QLD

SA

TAS

VIC

WA

Table A7: Exposure by job category

Job category Total % total

Asbestos Removal / Disposal 11 2.96%

Boilermaker 4 1.08%

Building / Construction 65 17.47%

Electrician 56 15.05%

Fitter and Machinist 28 7.53%

Mining / Resources Occupations 10 2.69%

Other 185 49.73%

Plumber 13 3.49%

Total 372 100.00%

Figure A6: Exposure by job category

11 4

65

56

28

10

185

13

Total

Asbestos Removal /Disposal

Boilermaker

Building / Construction

Electrician

Fitter and Machinist

Mining / ResourcesOccupations

Other

Plumber

Table A8: Decade of first exposure or registrants

Decade of 1st exposure

Non-Occupational Occupational Total

Non-Occupational Occupational Decade %

1940s 1 1 2 50.00% 50.00% 0.14%

1950s 1 9 10 10.00% 90.00% 0.71%

1960s 15 38 53 28.30% 71.70% 3.79%

1970s 101 78 179 56.42% 43.58% 12.79%

1980s 50 70 120 41.67% 58.33% 8.57%

1990s 60 39 99 60.61% 39.39% 7.07%

2000s 127 155 282 45.04% 54.96% 20.14%

2010s 204 434 638 31.97% 68.03% 45.57%

Not disclosed 10 7 17 58.82% 41.18% 1.21%

Total 569 831 1400 40.64% 59.36% 100.00%

Figure A7: Decade of first exposure

11 15

101

50

60

127

204

10

Non-Occupational

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Not disclosed

Table A9: Location of exposure

Location of exposure Count of location of exposure % of total

Environmental/Domestic 2 0.14%

Other 56 4.00%

Residential 509 36.36%

School/Educational 16 1.14%

Work 817 58.36%

Total 1400 100.00% Note: This question introduced on 4 January 2015. Responses for this category prior to this date based on registrant

comments

Figure A8: Location of exposure

2

56

509

16

817

Environmental/Domestic

Other

Residential

School/Educational

Work

Table A10: Location of exposure by gender or registrants

Location of exposure

Gender

Female Male Not specified Total

Environmental/Domestic 2 2

Other 24 32 56

Residential 251 256 2 509

School/Educational 5 11 16

Work 83 730 4 817

Total 365 1029 6 1400

Female Male Not specified Total

Environmental/Domestic 0.55% 0.00% 0.00% 0.14%

Other 6.58% 3.11% 0.00% 4.00%

Residential 68.77% 24.88% 33.33% 36.36%

School/Educational 1.37% 1.07% 0.00% 1.14%

Work 22.74% 70.94% 66.67% 58.36%

Figure A9: Location of exposure by gender of registrant

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

224

251

5

83

32

256

11

730

2 4

Female

Male

Not specified

Table 11: Means of finding out about NAER

Means of finding out about register

Jurisdiction

ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA Total % total

ASEA Website 7 9 4 1 3 1 25 1.92%

Employer 18 94 6 10 21 28 75 31 283 21.74%

Friends/Family 84 49 7 38 9 6 17 24 234 17.97%

Internet Search 34 45 5 18 6 2 19 13 142 10.91%

Local Council 4 2 6 0.46%

Medical Practitioner 2 1 3 0.23%

Newspaper/Television Report 2 10 1 1 1 4 19 1.46%

Other 147 97 61 30 29 16 37 28 445 34.18%

Pamphlet/Leaflet 1 7 1 1 10 0.77%

State/Territory Regulator 42 11 6 4 4 1 68 5.22%

Training Course 1 1 0.08%

Union 4 22 6 6 4 12 12 66 5.07%

Total 339 351 79 115 76 58 173 111 1302 100.00% Note: This question was introduced 28 July 2014