| Year | 1981 | 1986 | 1991 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
| No. | 23 | 36 | 38 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 49 | 49 |
| Year | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| No. | 49 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 52 |
| Year | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| No. | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 |
| Year | 2017 | 2018 | ||||||
| No. | 52 | 52 |
Operational Definitions
The number of compensable occupational diseases stipulated in the Employees’Compensation Ordinance, Pneumoconiosis and Mesothelioma (Compensation) Ordinance and the Occupational Deafness (Compensation) Ordinance.
Footnote
All figures are collected from Labour Departmen since 1981.
