Deaths with farmers lung disease and dairy farming production: a correlation using National Center for Health Statistics multiple cause of death tapes.

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• Personal Author:
  Mannino DM ; Parker, John E. ; Townsend MC
• Description:
  Farmer's Lung Disease (FLD) is a form of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) prevalent in agricultural workers. We hypothesize that extensive prolonged work in closed spaces exposes the dairy farm worker to various sensitizing agents associated with HP and FLD more than other types of farm workers. This report looks at data available from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) multiple cause of death data tapes from 1979 through 1986 concerning deaths with FLD. During this time period, 73 death certificates listed FLD as being present. Data from these death certificates were correlated with farming data from the 1982 agricultural survey and the 1986 Statistical Abstract of the United States, by state, using Spearman correlations. TABLE OF CORRELATIONS: Variables by State Whole Milk Sold 0.53* Dairy Farms 0.54* Farms with Cows 0.54* Farmers 0.35* Deaths 0.11* P < 0.05 - * In this ecological study, deaths with FLD were more related to dairy farming than farming in general, supporting our hypothesis. The NCHS multiple cause of death data tapes have thus provided a new way to evaluate the demographics of an occupational pulmonary disease, and help generate a hypothesis as to its occupational origin.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Biochemistry Blood Energy Metabolism Ferrous Compounds Hematologic Tests Metals, Heavy Occupational Health Poisoning Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Agricultural Workers Agriculture Confined Spaces Demographic Characteristics Diseases Exposure Levels Farmers Farm Workers Fatalities Lung Lung Disease Morbidity Rates Mortality Rates Pneumonitis Pulmonary System Disorders Respiratory System Disorders Risk Factors Work Environment Workers

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  573
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20056035
• Citation:
  Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural Safety and Health (FarmSafe 2000). Myers ML, Herrick RF, Olenchock SA, Myers JR, Parker, John E., Hard DL, Wilson K, eds. Atlanta, GA: 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. 92-105, 1992 Sep; :573
• Editor(s):
  Myers ML ; Herrick RF ; Olenchock SA ; Myers JR ; Parker, John E. ; Hard DL ; Wilson K
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural Safety and Health (FarmSafe 2000), April 30-May 3, 1991, Des Moines, Iowa
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181775/cdc_181775_DS1.pdf
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