Mortality Analysis of African-American and White Waitresses

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• Personal Author:
  Burnett CA ; Walker, James T.
• Description:
  A mortality study of 20,217 deaths occurring among women employed as waitresses in 27 states is described. Race-cause-specific proportional mortality ratios (PMRs) were computed, using the corresponding 27-state mortality as the comparison. White female waitresses had excess mortality due to HIV, cancer of the oral cavity and pharynx, esophagus, larynx, trachea, bronchus, and lung, and bladder. Mortality was also elevated among white female waitresses for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic liver disease and cirrhosis, and homicide. A similar pattern was seen for black female waitresses with elevated mortality for cancer of the oral cavity and pharynx, esophagus, larynx and lung. Black females also had excess mortality due to malignant neoplasms of female genital organs, while HIV mortality was not elevated. Mortality for COPD, liver disease, and homicide were also elevated among black females. This study suggests public health intervention on behalf of waiters and waitresses to prevent or control occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and to educate about health risks from smoking and consumption of alcohol. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Explosions Explosive Agents Mining Nitrates Nitrogen Compounds Nitrogen Oxides Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Bronchial-cancer Cancer Cancer-rates Demographic-characteristics Food-services Larynx-cancer Liver-disorders Mortality-data Mortality-rates Mortality-surveys Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Occupational-respiratory-disease Pulmonary-system-disorders Racial-factors Respiratory-system-disorders Smoking Tobacco-smoke

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• Publisher:
  American Public Health Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings ; Abstract
• Place as Subject:
  California ; District of Columbia ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• 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
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027322
• Citation:
  American Public Health Association 123rd Annual Meeting and Exhibition, San Diego, CA, October 29 - November 2, 1995. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 1995 Oct; :416
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1996
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  American Public Health Association 123rd Annual Meeting and Exhibition, San Diego, CA, October 29 - November 2, 1995
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:60eb31bc15725cd6df9a5106a47735d42bfd050ffbf2ab8981fb68dcd1e565e5059535e0ae56fe42c01232650c57697c476582e749adabb15dfa3d64aa54a7bd
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197544/cdc_197544_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 346.07 KB ]