Mortality among members of a truck driver trade association

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• Personal Author:
  Alterman, Toni ; Birdsey J ; Li J ; Petersen, Martin R. ; Sestito J
• Description:
  Previous studies report that truck drivers are at increased risk for illness and on-the-job mortality. It is unknown whether owner-operator truck drivers face the same risks as employee drivers, yet few studies have targeted owner-operators as a study population. This study examined the overall and cause-specific mortality ratios for a cohort with owner-operator truck drivers constituting 69% of the study population. Of the 26 major disease classifications and 92 specific causes of death examined, only mortality due to transportation accidents was significantly elevated (standardized mortality ratio=1.52, 95% confidence interval=1.36-1.70). Leading causes of death were ischemic heart disease and lung cancer, although risk was below that of the general population. Transportation accidents pose a particular hazard for members of the trade association. The absence of excess disease mortality deserves careful interpretation, and may be due to both a strong healthy worker effect and a short monitoring period. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Epidemiology Mortality-data Mortality-rates Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs Transportation-industry Transportation-workers Truck-drivers Trucking
• ISSN:
  0891-0162
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• 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
• Pages in Document:
  473-480
• Volume:
  58
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037949
• Citation:
  AAOHN J 2010 Nov; 58(11):473-480
• Contact Point Address:
  Jan Birdsey, MPH, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, R18, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Email:
  JBirdsey@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  AAOHN Journal - American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2c8dacbdc7fcb489b6c282f0d4d6bd87da05f7cd0fa8267e681431e6ec17ce5329bad041ced93024a34ac54513e881118af745ea675cbe4c955c283bd9e8a595
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191854/cdc_191854_DS1.pdf
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