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
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
<20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+ unknown
4240
8183
54
83
15
47
66
76
91
73
1
10
21
34
11
36
11
19
31
22
34
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7
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1310
18
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14
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45
40
47
1615 16
36
18
23
13
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
0
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
0
50
100
150
200
250
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
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