Lung Cancer Mortality Among Employed US Women by Industry Sector

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• Personal Author:
  Robinson CF ; Sullivan, Patricia A. ; Walker, James T.
• Description:
  Trends in lung cancer mortality were evaluated for women employed in all sectors of U.S industry. Analyses of 3,974,622 deaths from 28 U.S. states for 1984-1998 revealed elevated proportionate mortality ratios(PMRs) for lung cancer among 194,382 U.S. white, 18,225 black, and 1,515 Hispanic women by usual industry sector. The highest significantly elevated proportionate mortality was experienced by women in a striking number of manufacturing sub-sectors--sawmills and plaining mills (PMR ¼ 142), household appliance manufacturing (PMR ¼ 135), motor vehicle and motor vehicle equipment manufacturing (PMR ¼ 130), and in the wholesale machinery and equipment sector (PMR ¼ 145). When trends were evaluated, mortality increased over the fifteen year interval for only the trucking service sector and the household appliance manufacturing sector. For black women, mortality was highest among workers usually employed in the transportation sector (trucking PMR ¼ 244, bus services and urban transit PMR ¼ 182, and the U.S. Postal Service PMR ¼ 139); utilities (electric light and power PMR ¼ 199); and in the communications sub-sector, telephone, wire and radio (PMR ¼ 149). Among black women, the public administration sector experienced a 47% excess mortality. While based on a small number of deaths, the highest excess lung cancer mortality among Hispanic women occurred in the banking industry (PMR ¼ 333) and the manufacturing sector (industrial chemicals (PMR ¼ 590); rubber and plastics (PMR ¼ 278); and printing and publishing (PMR ¼ 330). Smoking prevalence by sector was reviewed in the context of these results. Further follow-up is recommended to investigate mortality in industrial settings where lung cancer mortality appears to be increasing or has remained consistently elevated. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Automobiles Electricity Environmental Exposure Environmental Health Environmental Pollution Genetics Hazardous Substances Lung Lung Diseases Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mortality Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Transportation Women Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Electrical-industry Electrical-workers Environmental-exposure Environmental-factors Environmental-hazards Factory-workers Genetic-factors Health-hazards Lung-disorders Mortality-data Mortality-rates Mortality-surveys Motor-vehicles Pulmonary-disorders Pulmonary-function Pulmonary-system-disorders Sawmill-workers Surveillance Transportation-industry Transportation-workers Truck-drivers Work-environment Worker-health Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  0002-9262
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  164
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032122
• Citation:
  Am J Epidemiol 2007 Jun; 165(11)(Suppl):S134
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Epidemiology. Abstracts of the 40th Annual Meeting Society for Epidemiologic Research Boston, Massachusetts, June 19-22, 2007
• Supplement:
  Suppl
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:397de147f2c90f0aa021e7cdf0f84256ea70c2259294832345b6c6a334d52b93980b9dc1b337d99a9c0ae25e6c38775ec067f360714dce0ff0b068353dfd3d1e
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186173/cdc_186173_DS1.pdf
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