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- Title
Sentinel Health Events (Occupational): Analysis of Death Certificates among Residents of Nassau County, NY between 1980-82 for Occupationally Related Causes of Death.
- Authors
Feldman, Judith P.; Gerber, Linda M.
- Abstract
Abstract: Death certificates for residents of Nassau County, New York dying between 1980 and 1982 were examined for causes of death defined as Sentinel Health Events (Occupational) {SHE(O)}. Of 16,193 deaths from all causes, 2,286 (14.1 percent) were identified as SHE(O) deaths; 142 required no match because the cause of death was inherently related to the occupation or industry. Malignant neoplasms of the trachea, bronchus, or lung were the most frequently occurring SHE(O), accounting for 60 percent of all SHE(O) deaths and 81 percent of matched SHE(O) deaths. The construction industry was associated with the vast majority of such deaths.
- Subjects
NASSAU County (N.Y.); NEW York (State); UNITED States; DEATH; DEATH certificates; SENTINEL health events; CAUSE of death statistics; OCCUPATIONAL diseases; TRACHEA tumors; BRONCHIAL tumors; LUNG tumors; CONSTRUCTION industry
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 1990, Vol 80, Issue 2, p158
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.80.2.158