Proportionate Mortality from Pulmonary Tuberculosis Associated with Occupations – 28 States, 1979–1990

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The risk for occupational exposure to tuberculosis (TB) is increased among health-care and other workers exposed to persons with active TB, workers exposed to silica or other agents that increase the risk of progression from latent infection to active TB, and workers in occupations associated with low socioeconomic status (SES). Accurate estimates of and surveillance for occupationally associated TB are limited because reports of incident TB cases lack comprehensive occupational data (1). Although occupation is routinely recorded on death certificates, this information is not routinely coded and entered into vital statistics data files. To identify occupations associated with increased risk for TB mortality, CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) used data from the National Occupational Mortality Surveillance (NOMS) database * to conduct a proportionate mortality study of persons with pulmonary TB by occupation for 1979-1990 (the most recent year for which data were available). This report presents the findings of the study. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Mortality Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Tuberculosis
• Keywords:
  Health Care Health Care Facilities Health Care Personnel Health Care Workers Mortality Data Mortality Rates Mortality Studies Mortality Surveys National Occupational Mortality Surveillance NOMS Sociological Factors TB

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• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska ; California ; Colorado ; Georgia ; Idaho ; Indiana ; Kansas ; Kentucky ; Maine ; Missouri ; Nebraska ; Nevada ; New Hampshire ; New Jersey ; New Mexico ; New York ; North Carolina ; Ohio ; Oklahoma ; Pennsylvania ; Rhode Island ; South Carolina ; Tennessee ; Utah ; Vermont ; Washington ; West Virginia ; Wisconsin ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; OSHA Region 7 ; OSHA Region 8 ; OSHA Region 9 ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  5 pdf pages
• Volume:
  44
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051214
• Citation:
  MMWR 1995 Jan; 44(1):14-19
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:835919155ffb4958aafae99939a25e985500ad0fbe566ed2048834a8ca6e1f278ca7b9a8fb4d87ce06f04bb3026c8b32dc02dbdc1bb930e78fab6a98fd86638f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183266/cdc_183266_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 329.14 KB ]