Evaluation of occupational mortality surveillance.

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• Personal Author:
  Burnett CA ; Lalich N ; Robinson C ; Salg, Joyce A.
• Description:
  Thirty-three states code the industry and occupation information from death certificates and many use the data as a component in their occupational health surveillance programs. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has developed an occupational mortality surveillance system based on these data from selected states. We describe the surveillance system and an evaluation that focused on the use of occupational mortality data for identifying work-related disease. A review of the literature showed that occupational mortality data, despite known limitations, have often been used successfully for development of hypotheses about work-related disease and for prioritization of epidemiologic research. We found good agreement between associations identified using the mortality data and those found in more rigorous studies using population-based cancer registries with interview data. We demonstrated a method to develop hypotheses of associations by comparing the results of occupational mortality analyses across; countries. In addition to identifying work-related disease, states have used the data in union and industry educational programs, as a source of information for researchers, in reports on disease or occupation, and to identify worker educational needs.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  Epidemiology Mortality-data Mortality-rates Occupational-diseases Occupational-health Surveillance-programs Work-environment Worker-health
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference/Symposia Proceedings ; Abstract
• 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:
  4-5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024995
• Citation:
  National Conference on State-Based Occupational Health and Safety Activities, September 3-6, 1991, Cincinnati, Ohio. Cincinnati, OH: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1991 Sep; :4-5
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b41d512ecb15e36abdc1a55c760c0abdc8fe0820b08cdc74545e58a7dd45c2295ac802d1047a451d2625350b1eba8921cc53c30fee8a3e8ed2c4621c4c9dbe49
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181214/cdc_181214_DS1.pdf
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