Occupational vs. industry sector classification of the US workforce: which approach is more strongly associated with worker health outcomes

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• Personal Author:
  Arheart KL ; Caban-Martinez, Alberto J. ; Christ SL ; Clarke T ; Davila, Evelyn P. ; Fernandez CA ; Fleming, Lora E. ; Kachan D ; LeBlanc, William G. ; Lee DJ ; McCollister KE ; Ocasio MA
• Description:
  OBJECTIVES: Through use of a nationally representative database, we examined the variability in both self-rated health and overall mortality risk within occupations across the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Industry Sectors, as well as between the occupations within the NORA Industry sectors. METHODS: Using multiple waves of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) representing an estimated 119,343,749 US workers per year from 1986 to 2004, age-adjusted self-rated health and overall mortality rates were examined by occupation and by NORA Industry Sector. RESULTS: There was considerable variability in the prevalence rate of age-adjusted self-rated poor/fair health and overall mortality rates for all US workers. The variability was greatest when examining these data by the Industry Sectors. In addition, we identified an overall pattern of increased poor/fair self-reported health and increased mortality rates concentrated among particular occupations and particular Industry Sectors. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that using occupational categories within and across Industry Sectors would improve the characterization of the health status and health disparities of many subpopulations of workers within these Industry Sectors. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mortality Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Author Keywords: National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Health-surveys Humans Industrial-environment Information-retrieval-systems Job-analysis Mortality-data Mortality-rates National Institute For Occupational Safety And Health (NIOSH) Occupations Statistical-analysis Work-environment Work-organization Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  54
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040185
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2011 Oct; 54(10):748-757
• Contact Point Address:
  Lora E. Fleming, MD, PhD, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, Clinical Research Building,Miller School ofMedicine,University of Miami,Room1049, 10th Floor (R-669),1120 N.W.14th Street, Miami, FL 33136
• Email:
  lfleming@med.miami.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Performing Organization:
  University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20020901
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20120831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:967bb058533f99c431fe35b14ed52ecde368fdd4eba812c35674695f2184d2d3601f4708e4f8645577e31c4182d080b8929b8aaff1b0074510c687f0e4a4c9a0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193136/cdc_193136_DS1.pdf
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