Occupational disease surveillance data sources, 1985.

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• Personal Author:
  Eure JA ; Fuortes L ; Lier SF ; Merchant, James A. ; Muldoon JT ; Richards TB ; Wintermeyer LA
• Description:
  Under a cooperative agreement between NIOSH and the Iowa Department of Public Health, a survey was conducted to characterize the occupational disease surveillance activities of the 50 states, New York City, and the District of Columbia. The latter two entities were considered to be "states" in the data presented below. In response to questions on the reporting requirements for the six sentinel diseases, lead (7439921) poisoning, silicosis, asbestosis, mesothelioma, coal workers' pneumoconiosis, and byssinosis, 16 states answered that all six diseases were reportable. Lead poisoning was reportable in 28 states, and the other diseases listed above were reportable in 23, 22, 21, 19, and 17 states, respectively. In all, 32 states had either mandatory or voluntary reporting requirements for occupationally contracted diseases. Reporting was required of private physicians, hospitals, laboratories, nursing home administrators, labor unions, and employers. In response to questions on where the gathered information was located, it was found that individual case reports and, in seven states, summaries of case reports, were the largest sources of information. Some occupational or industry information was coded on death certificates in 31 states, and the parents' occupation was listed on birth certificates in 14 states. A central cancer registry was maintained in 32 states, but in only 18 of them were the occupational histories listed (always or sometimes). Only seven states maintained occupational disease registries other than cancer. Thirty three departments maintained a file of machine readable workers' compensation claims, but only 24 of them analyzed the data. Only four departments used hospital records to collect occupational information. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Case Reports Mortality Neoplasms Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Biostatistics Cancer-rates Case-studies Health-surveys Information-processing Mortality-surveys NIOSH-Author Occupational-diseases
• ISSN:
  0090-0036
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Iowa ; New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 7 ; 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
• Volume:
  77
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00172184
• Citation:
  Am J Public Health 1987 Aug; 77(8):1006-1008
• Contact Point Address:
  Joan T. Muldoon, MS. MA, Division of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Iowa Department of Public Health, Lucas Building. 3rd Floor, Des Moines, IA 50319
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1987
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Public Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:476bcc877802f69e7a95d56fc3c6cd17a3333d49f8bf0286f24558397a49e83f93f1958d2a8b6effeaa41b23c09dfc774345d0f47b6cffd075d6967e8806af87
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/185264/cdc_185264_DS1.pdf
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