Cancer Mortality Among Minority Workers

Details

• Personal Author:
  Loomis D ; Savitz DA ; Schulz M ; Loomis D ; Savitz DA ; Schulz M
• Description:
  The epidemiological study used mortality surveillance data from 21 states to determine overall cancer rate among minority workers, which include African-American, Latino, Asian and Native-American workers, compared with the US workforce as a whole, and the occupational setting associated with excess cancer occurrence among workers of each minority group. The population included residents of the 21 states who died at ages >20 in 1985-1992. Excess cancer mortality was identified primarily through analyses using the proportionate mortality ratio, and standardized mortality rate ratio was used as an indicator of association, for workers under age 65. Death analysis indicated that, compared to the entire workforce, African-American, Latino, Native American and Asian workers experienced excess mortality from cancers known to be related to race and ethnicity but without strong, established links to workplace exposure. An association of this type includes stomach cancer in Asians, gall bladder cancer among Native Americans, and esophageal cancer among African-Americans. Internal analysis within a single race showed an association of cancer with the work environment, which include bladder cancer and leukemia in the rubber industry among African-American and Latino men. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Mortality Neoplasms Occupational Health Race Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Cancer Cancer-rates Mortality-data Mortality-rates Racial-factors Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports   ; Grant Final Reports  
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report ; Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs ; OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-159
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000935
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2001-100741
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1999 Mar; :1-159
• Contact Point Address:
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, CB-7400, McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7400
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Performing Organization:
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19950930
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  19980929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3cd98ac3acd17205ea6818f6432a291b917627b8f756ef5df2171b31b5f795755fc303df907361a2a459f2087a381368f627d74689871f95a20af7a7a1daf5fb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217965/cdc_217965_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.31 MB ]