Prevalence of Lifetime Asthma and Current Asthma Attacks in U.S. Working Adults: An Analysis of the 1997–2004 National Health Interview Survey Data

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• Personal Author:
  Bang KM ; Mazurek JM ; Syamlal G
• Description:
  Objective: To estimate national prevalences of lifetime asthma and asthma attacks among workers by age, sex, race, occupation and industry, and estimate population attributable fraction to employment for asthma attacks in the United States. Methods: The 1997-2004 National Health Interview Survey data for currently working adults aged > or = 18 years were analyzed. Results: Lifetime asthma prevalence was 9.2%; the social services religious and membership organizations industry and the health service occupation had the highest asthma prevalence. Asthma attack prevalence among workers with asthma was 35.4%; the primary metal industry and the health assessment and treating occupation had the highest attack prevalence. Approximately, 5.9% of cases reporting an asthma attack were attributed to employment when considering industries and 3.8% when considering occupations. Conclusions: Future studies and intervention strategies should address the higher prevalence of asthma in certain industries and occupations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asthma Asthma, Occupational Demography Epidemiology Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Bronchial-asthma Demographic-characteristics Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-system-disorders Statistical-analysis Surveillance
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• 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
• Volume:
  51
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035885
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2009 Sep; 51(9):1066-1074
• Contact Point Address:
  Girija Syamlal, MBBS, MPH, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1095 Willowdale Road, Mail Stop HG900.2, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Email:
  gos2@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:368006d823c2f06534b96551f3fe0be5ac2b9cd5b9db08fdf6508f9103c4a66a7ef32e2682c19e1bba54d0c1f90148c1164dd51824b95c8bf7bbd542e11b64d6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187565/cdc_187565_DS1.pdf
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