Diseases attributable to asbestos exposure: years of potential life lost, United States, 1999-2010

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• Personal Author:
  Bang KM ; Hendricks SA ; Mazurek JM ; Wood JM
• Description:
  Background: Although asbestos use has been restricted in recent decades, asbestos-associated deaths continue to occur in the United States. Objectives: We evaluated premature mortality and loss of potentially productive years of life attributable to asbestos-associated diseases. Methods: Using 1999-2010 National Center for Health Statistics mortality data, we identified decedents aged > / = 25 years whose death certificate listed asbestosis and malignant mesothelioma as the underlying cause of death. We computed years of potential life lost to life expectancy (YPLL) and to age 65 (YPLL65). Results: During 1999-2010, a total of 427,005 YPLL and 55,184 YPLL65) were attributed to asbestosis (56,907 YPLL and 2,167 YPLL65), malignant mesothelioma (370,098 YPPL and 53,017 YPLL65). Overall and disease-specific asbestos-attributable total YPLL and YPLL65 and median YPLL and YPLL65 per decedent did not change significantly from 1999 to 2010. Conclusions: The continuing occurrence of asbestos-associated diseases and their substantial premature mortality burden underscore the need for maintaining prevention efforts and for ongoing surveillance to monitor temporal trends in these diseases. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asbestos Dust Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Inorganic Chemicals Longevity Lung Lung Diseases Mining Mortality Neoplasms Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety

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• Keywords:
  Asbestos Asbestos-cement Asbestos-dust Asbestos-fibers Asbestos-industry Asbestos-mining Asbestos-products Asbestos-removal Asbestos-workers Asbestosis Author Keywords: Years Of Potential Life Lost Diseases Lifespan Lung-cancer Lung-disorders Lung Cancer Malignant-neoplasms Malignant Mesothelioma Medical-monitoring Mesothelial-cells Mortality Mortality-data Mortality-rates Occupational-diseases Occupational-exposure Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-system-disorders Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• 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
• Pages in Document:
  38-48
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043226
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2014 Jan; 57(1):38-48
• Contact Point Address:
  Ki Moon Bang, PhD, MPH, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mailstop H-G900.2, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Email:
  kmb2@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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  urn:sha-512:01d08367e7334d3b7e493927c603ac810bbcaab2ceb757d36b4846634a3df555d1a8c7ba601bf3edf1ba41d26e58d9041b28bf3ae0c9facf6bc5c1a7e12b97e2
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