Arthritis, occupational class, and the aging US workforce

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• Personal Author:
  Arheart KL ; Caban-Martinez, Alberto J. ; Christ SL ; Fleming, Lora E. ; LeBlanc WG ; Lee DJ ; Louie GH ; McCollister KE ; Muennig PA ; Tancredi DJ
• Description:
  OBJECTIVES: The working poor sometimes delay retirement to survive. However, their higher risk of disease and disability threatens both their financial survival and their ability to work through the retirement years. We used the burden of disease attributable to arthritis by occupational class to illustrate the challenges faced by the older poor. METHODS: We merged data from the National Health Interview Survey, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, and the National Death Index into a single database. We then calculated and compared age- and occupational class-specific quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) between workers with and without arthritis by using unabridged life tables. RESULTS: White-collar workers have a higher overall health-related quality of life than do other workers, and suffer fewer QALYs lost to arthritis at all ages. For instance, whereas 65-year-old white-collar workers without arthritis look forward to 17 QALYs of future life, blue-collar workers with arthritis experience only 11, and are much less likely to remain in the workforce than are those in service, farming, or white-collar jobs. CONCLUSIONS: To meet the needs of the aging workforce, more extensive health and disability insurance will be needed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Longevity Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Age-groups Disabled-workers Diseases Employee-health Health-surveys Information-retrieval-systems Injuries Lifespan Occupations Rheumatoid-disorders Surveillance-programs Survival-rate Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  0090-0036
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Florida ; Indiana ; Maryland ; New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  101
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039766
• Citation:
  Am J Public Health 2011 Sep; 101(9):1729-1734
• Contact Point Address:
  Alberto Caban-Martinez, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Clinical Research Building, Room 1075, 1120 NW 14th St, 10th Floor (R-669), Miami, FL 33136
• Email:
  acaban@med.miami.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20020901
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Public Health
• End Date:
  20120831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ccdc94d8d78ffe25e6de01ea9eac96acd598d9b5faaebac5ca7769ee112459868ab15d86ac5fde5b788dedcb62883f0a89c45753602f3a293c3a462155864c54
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192879/cdc_192879_DS1.pdf
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