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HFM - 003521 ; TABLE 7 Mesothelioma tumors in Devonport :;;v Dockyard, England, 1964-1973* Asbestosis (disability) No. % 16 10.3 36 23.1 15 9.6 4 2.6 15 9.6 11 7.1 6 3.8 6 3.2 48 30.8 156 Occupation Sprayers Laggars Shipwrights Boilermakers Engine fitters Electricians Caulkers-R iveters Welders All others Mesothelioma (deaths) No. ' i 1.6 i& 9 16.4 8 14.6 5 3 5.5 3 6.5 11 20.0 55 * Harrow, P.G., Envlr. Res. 11:261*267,1976. ---------- ---------- :-- ------ ---- -------------- :--1-- --------rrr~r TABLE 9 X-ray abnormalities among workers employed in shipbuilding and ship repair: TYPE OF ABNORMALITY Any abnormality All parenchyma Parenchyma only Parenchyma 81 pleura All pleura Pleura only Less than 20 years from onset of shipyard em ployment (636) Number % 274 43.1 188 29.6 127 20.0 61 9.6 147 23.1 86 13.6 20 or more years from onset of shipyard em ployment (364) Total 'V Numbar X Numbar %'k-. 185 50.8 459 46.9 134 36.8 322 32.? 1 77 21.1 204 20.4 57 15.7 118 11.8 108 29.7 265 25.6 : 51 14.0 137 13.7 ; - CA-A CANCER JOURNAL FOR CLINICIANS ''I' TABLE 8 Mortality experience of 429 shipyard workers in Barrow, England with pleural plaques on x-ny (1964-1971) compared with control men in Carlisle, without pleural plaques Tracing to December31,1976 Plaques 1 Controls Alive Dead Not traced Causes of death Lung cancer Mesothelioma G. 1. cancer . All other cancer Ischemic heart disease Chronic bronchitis All other Muses 299 127 ( 30%) 3(0.7%) : 429 . . Ptncues 19 23 7. 13 34 9 22 347 74 (17.2%) 81 1,9%) 429 Controls -1 ' ' V; ' 4' 0 ' 4/ ' . 7 ' 29 9 21 . TABLE 10 X-Ray almonnalitiejaoii^ig (workers employed in shipbuildlng^idship repair: analysis by duration f*om onset of work ' ' Onset of woffc : 'Vtv ' <1950 1961-1955 1956-1960 > 1961 ; . j Total 166 198 333 303 1000 NORMAL - : C ->7: : : ' % .. 81 98 174 : 188 641 48.8 49.6 62,2 62.0 54.1 ABNORMAL No. .' % 85. 100 159 115 459 61.2 60.6 47.8 38.0 VOL28.NO. 2 MARCHfAPRIL 1978 fl&Ol 6927