Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Prevalence Among Adults Who Have Never Smoked, by Industry and Occupation — United States, 2013–2017

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• Personal Author:
  Syamlal, Girija ; Doney, Brent C. ; Mazurek, Jacek M.
• Description:
  Summary: What is already known about this topic? Approximately 25% of adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have never smoked, and workplace exposures likely contribute to much of their disease. What is added by this report? During 2013-2017, an estimated 2.4 million (2.2%) U.S. working adults aged >/=18 years who never smoked had COPD. The highest COPD prevalences among persons who never smoked were in the information (3.3%) and mining (3.1%) industries and office and administrative support occupation workers (3.3%). Women had higher COPD prevalences than did men. What are the implications for public health practice? Efforts to reduce adverse workplace exposures and promote research to characterize the many contributing risk factors for COPD are needed to improve efforts to prevent and reduce risk for COPD among nonsmoking workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Lung Lung Diseases Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mining Non-Smokers Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Public Health Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Safety Surveys And Questionnaires

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• Keywords:
  Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; COPD; Pulmonary disorders; Pulmonary system disorders; Workers; Occupations; Industrial environment; Work environment; Surveillance; Occupational exposure; Employee exposure; Risk management; Men; Women; Public health; Health surveys; Disease prevention; Environmental control; Information processing; Mining; Office workers; Office environments; Administration; Demographic characteristics; Statistical analysis
• Source:
  MMWR 2019 Apr; 68(13):303-307
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6813a2
• ISSN:
  0149-2195
• Pubmed ID:
  30946736
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6611472
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  RHD - Respiratory Health Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  5 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Wheaton, Anne G. ; Kurth, Laura M.
• Volume:
  68
• Issue:
  13
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20055327
• Contact Point Address:
  Girija Syamlal, Respiratory Health Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, CDC, Morgantown, West Virginia
• Email:
  gos2@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/79801/cdc_79801_DS1.pdf
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