All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Resulting from Non-Fatal Occupational Injuries

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• Personal Author:
  Applebaum KM ; Boden LI ; Fox MAP ; Tripodis Y
• Description:
  Studies have shown that work-related injuries and illnesses have long-term health, disability, and economic consequences. In specific, work-related injuries have been shown to be associated with opioid use and depression. This raises the concern that these injuries increase the risk of death from opioid poisoning and suicide, two causes of death that have been rising for more than a decade. This study examined whether people injured at work die prematurely from any cause. It also looked to see whether deaths related to opioid overdose and suicide were especially elevated. There is evidence that smoking and obesity increase the risk of injury, and we know that they also increase the risk of premature death. This could make it appear that the impact on mortality of work-related injuries is larger than it actually is. This study took this concern into account when estimating the impact of work-related injury on premature death. For opioid overdose deaths, there is a similar concern: extramedical opioid use may increase both the probability of injury and the risk of opioid overdose mortality. In parallel, major depression may increase the probability of work-related injury and of suicide death respectively. In examining the relationship between work-related injury and opioid poisoning mortality, this study took into account the potential impact of pre-injury extramedical opioid use; and when estimating the relationship between work-related injury and suicide death, the study accounted for pre-injury major depression. Accounting for these additional factors did not qualitatively change the conclusions: work-related injury causes an increase in overall mortality as well as in mortality from suicide and opioid poisoning. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Mental Health Mortality Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Suicide
• Keywords:
  Drug Overdose Injuries Mental Health Mortality Rates Opioids
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-13
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069525
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, R01-OH-011511, 2023 Dec; :1-13
• Email:
  lboden@bu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• Performing Organization:
  Boston University Medical Campus
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20180930
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20220929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:82f980731455cbeac5a5484faa57d26735c05e6a325c628f83e0b18b6ed3bcef1df5d0c2903d7d800ee0102d87690471e68b4198da587ef6b9b99e50c4990103
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219235/cdc_219235_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 221.12 KB ]