Proportionate Mortality Among US Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers in Twenty-Four States

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• Personal Author:
  Cameron, Lorraine L. ; Colt JS ; Dosemeci, Mustafa ; Stallones L ; Zahm SH
• Description:
  Background: US migrant and seasonal farmworkers may be exposed to potentially carcinogenic pesticides and other agents. Little epidemiologic research has been conducted on this population. Methods: We examined the proportionate mortality of 26,148 subjects (14,631 white men (WM),7,299 nonwhite men (NM), 1,081 white women (WW), and 3,137 nonwhite women (NW)) who were identified as farmworkers on death certificates from 24 US states during 1984-1993. Results: Farmworkers had significantly elevated proportionate mortality from injuries, tuberculosis, mental disorders, cerebrovascular disease, respiratory diseases, ulcers, hypertension (NW), and cirrhosis (NW). There was significantly reduced mortality, from infectious diseases (other than tuberculosis), endocrine disorders, nervous system diseases, pneumoconioses, arteriosclerotic heart disease (WM), and all cancers combined. Proportionate cancer mortality analyses found excess cancers of the buccal cavity, larynx, esophagus, stomach, skin (NW), and cen,ix, and deficits for cancers of the colon, breast, kidney, pancreas (NW), and lymphohematopoietic system.Conclusions: The excess deaths from injuries, respiratory disease, and stomach cancer, and the deficits of colon cancer and arteriosclerotic heart disease among farmworkers, are consistent with typical mortality patterns previously observed among farm owner/ operators. The excess buccal, laryngeal, esophageal, and cervical cancers, and the deficits of breast cancer and lymphohematopoietic cancers have not generally been observed in studies of farm owner/operators. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Carcinogens Digestive System Digestive System Diseases Farmers Fertilizers Fuel Oils Insecticides Mortality Neoplasms Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural-chemicals Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Author Keywords: Agriculture Cancer Cancer-rates Epidemiology Farmworker Fuels Gastrointestinal-system-disorders Injuries Larynx-cancer Migrant Mortality Mortality-data Mortality-rates National Occupational Mortality Surveillance NOMS Occupation Pesticides Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals Pulmonary-system-disorders Stomach-cancer

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Indiana ; Kansas ; Maine ; Maryland ; Michigan ; New Hampshire ; New Jersey ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Rhode Island ; Vermont ; Wisconsin
• 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
• Volume:
  40
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032119
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2001 Nov; 40(5):604-611
• Contact Point Address:
  Occupational Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Boulevard, EPS 8112, Rockville, MD 20892-7240
• Email:
  coltj@mail.nih.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8865c909464252256e1b826e10875dfe428723286e06059e0a8c54826184541be2db5bfbd2bff0fcc4f897934f8c18d890ae9131ef7d22eb0a3f281c417cc83c
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186170/cdc_186170_DS1.pdf
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