Table 1 Prevalence of some of the occupational lung diseases studies carried by the National Institute of Occupational Health [5]

Slate pencil [6]

Silicosis

54.5

Agate polishing [7]

Silicosis

38

Stone quarries [8]

Silicosis

21

Potteries [9]

Silicosis

15.2

Stone crushing [10]

Silicosis

12

Coal mines [11] (U/G)

Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis

2.84

Coal mines [11] (U/G)

Other respiratory morbidities

45.4

Coal mines [11] (OC)

Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis

2.1

Coal mines [11] (OC)

Other respiratory morbidities

42.2

Asbestos mine and mill [12]

Asbestosis

11

Asbestos textile workers [13]

Asbestosis

9

Asbestos cement [14]

Asbestosis

3–5

Textile mills (blow room) [15]

Byssinosis

30

Textile mills (card room) [15]

Byssinosis

38

Jute mills [16, 17]

Byssinosis and other chronic obstructive lung diseases

48.8