Occupational heat-related illness emergency department visits and inpatient hospitalizations in the southeast region, 2007-2011

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• Personal Author:
  Bunn TL ; Chalmers JJ ; Dang GTT ; Flammia DD ; Harduar-Morano, Laurel ; Lackovic M ; Lavender A ; Li Y ; Zhang L
• Description:
  Background: Heat-related illness (HRI) is an occupational health risk for many outdoor, and some indoor, workers. Methods: Emergency department (ED) and inpatient hospitalization (IH) data for 2007-2011 from nine southeast states were analyzed to identify occupational HRI numbers and rates, demographic characteristics, and co-morbid conditions. Results: There were 8,315 occupational HRI ED visits (6.5/100,000 workers) and 1,051 IHs (0.61/100,000) in the southeast over the study period. Out-of-state residents comprised 8% of ED visits and 12% of IHs. Rates for both, ED visits and IHs were significantly elevated in males and blacks. Younger workers had elevated rates for ED visits, while older workers had higher IH rates. Conclusions: This is the first study to evaluate occupational HRI ED visits and IHs in the southeast region and indicates the need for enhanced heat-stress prevention policies in the southeast. Findings from this study can be used to direct state health department tracking and evaluation of occupational HRI. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Demography Environmental Health Epidemiology Heat Stress Disorders Hot Temperature Men Morbidity Mortality Occupational Health Race Factors Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Women Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Age-groups Demographic-characteristics Exposure-levels Heat-exposure Heat-stress Humans Indoor-environmental-quality Morbidity-rates Mortality-rates Outdoors Racial-factors Risk-factors Sociological-factors Statistical-analysis Stress Work-environment Workers

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Georgia ; Kentucky ; Louisiana ; Michigan ; North Carolina ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Tennessee ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  58
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046661
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2015 Oct; 58(10):1114-1125
• Contact Point Address:
  Laurel Harduar Morano, MPH, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Hea lth, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, McGavran-Greenberg, CB #7435, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 -7435
• Email:
  onarom.lh@gmail.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  Georgia State Department of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20100701
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20150630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0f234b9a0b324d7c5c5ba23d61c566c726d67a3ee430f1fb253dd4de1956d0744a44e04449a80053265d50cde28805d1f2c6ad2ae7901c046c7f8c2af146847a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202019/cdc_202019_DS1.pdf
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