Industrial Characteristics of Persons Reporting Morbidity During the Health Interview Surveys Conducted in 1969-1974

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Kaminski, Rose ; Spirtas, Robert
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Morbidity data collected on 498,580 individuals between 1969 and 1974 by the Health Interview Surveys (HIS) was presented. Household members were interviewed as to their occupation and health. Industrial categories reporting the most disabilities were forestry and fisheries workers, manufacturers of furniture and fixtures and transportation equipment, medical and health service workers, and federal government employees. The largest users of medical services were the metal industries, manufacturers of electrical machinery, equipment and supplies, transportation equipment and railroad transportation. Disability was low for workers employed in mining and communication. Medical services were used least often by persons in agriculture, forestry and fisheries construction, wood industry, communication, repair services, education, private household workers, and state government and new workers. Manufacturing industries had the largest proportion of persons with work injuries and service industries had the smallest. Elevated morbidity ratios were most common among employees in private household services. The authors conclude that this type of analysis can be used to examine morbidity patterns among industrial groups. They suggest that the HIS data would be useful as a surveillance system for occupational diseases. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Epidemiology Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; Epidemiology; Accidents; Medical-treatment; Health-services; Occupations
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 80-123, 1980 Aug; :1-68
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB80123
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  76 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00102915
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-168585
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:225bfc981e9f9777daa9ad92e8287642e4a6050842b857793e06d24946cb4512bbcadc969c2631d06ca04a729d447fad47c6342687f60b3921b1e6399e2a86d3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/117535/cdc_117535_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 21.81 MB ]