Details:

• Personal Author:
  Fischbach, Thomas J. ; Dacey, Edward W. ; Sestito, John P. ; Green, Jerome H.

  Fischbach, Thomas J. ; Dacey, Edward W. ; Sestito, John P. ; Green, Jerome H. Less -
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies ; United States. Social Security Administration, Office of Research and Statistics, Division of Disability Studies

  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies ; United States. Social Security Administration, Office of Research and Statistics, Division of Disability Studies Less -
• Description:
  A proportional morbidity ratio study was made of workers who received Social Security (SS) disability allowances for the period 1975 to 1976. Age adjusted ratios were calculated by race and sex for 96 occupational groups and 67 disease conditions. Occupations previously identified as having excess morbidity for the period 1969 to 1973 were reevaluated. During the period of 1975 to 1976, 1,158,439 workers received SS disability benefits, 69 percent men and 31 percent women. The most frequent disabling conditions were caused by circulatory system diseases which accounted for 25 percent of awards, followed by diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue, 18 percent, and mental disorders, 11 percent. Neoplasms were the primary cause for 9.7 percent of disability benefit allowances, followed by diseases of the nervous system and sense organs, and diseases of the respiratory system. Accidents, poisonings, and violence were the primary cause of approximately 5 percent of all disabilities. Service occupations suffered the most disabled workers, followed by structural work occupations, clerical and sales occupations, and professional, technical, and managerial (PTM) occupations. Disproportionate morbidity for both time periods was identified for PTM workers, white education workers, black males in law and jurisprudence, black females doing art work, white workers in administrative specialties, white males in managerial work, and white workers in clerical and sales occupations. The authors conclude that further study of these patterns should be undertaken.
• Subjects:
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  Age Factors Epidemiology Morbidity Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Persons With Disabilities Race Factors Safety Sex Factors
• Keywords:
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  Age-factors Disabled-workers Morbidity-rates NIOSH-Author Racial-factors Sex-factors
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB86106
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• 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:
  208 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Franklin, Paula
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  00163120
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB86-221413
• Citation:
  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. 86-106, 1986 Apr; :1-206
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1986
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Resource Number:
  DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 86-106
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/176446/cdc_176446_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF-12.57 MB]