Definition: Severity of disease for the first recognition

Category: Living conditions

For prevalent cases of occupational disease which have been recognised previously with a first severity (either temporary or permanent), the code for the "Severity of Disease" for the first recognition should be entered. Those cases of particular interest are the following in Phase 1:
- In a compulsory way, cases where the person died during the reference year because of the occupational disease which had been recognised previously either as temporary or permanent disease.
- In an optional and pilot way, cases which have changed "status", i.e., either from a temporary to a permanent occupational disease or where the level of disability have been changed during the reference year.