People still come into contact with exposure agents of occupational diseases, even though asbestos-related diseases and noise-induced hearing loss are declining
Cases of occupational disease continue their decline. Employees still continue to be exposed to exposure agents, such as chemicals. In the recently completed statistics of 2017, the most common confirmed occupational diseases in people of working age are noise-induced hearing loss, allergic contact dermatitis and irritant contact dermatitis, pleural plaques and occupational asthma. Of the working-age population’s occupational diseases, 70 per cent are recognised in men and the range of occupational diseases differs between genders. The data is from the annual Finnish Registry of Occupational