1979年から1988年までの米国における非意図的な一酸化炭素による死亡
1Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Ga. 30333.
JAMA
|August 7, 1991
まとめ
米国では,意図しない一酸化炭素中毒による死亡が毎年減少しています. 自動車の排気は主な原因であり,若いドライバー,男性,高齢者のための標的型予防の必要性を強調しました.
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
- 毒理学 毒理学 毒理学
背景:
- 一酸化炭素 (CO) の中毒は,依然として公衆衛生上の重大な懸念事項である.
- COに関連した死亡事故の流行病学を理解することは,効果的な予防戦略の開発に不可欠です.
研究 の 目的:
- 米国における最近の意図しない一酸化炭素中毒による死亡の流行病学を説明するために.
- CO中毒による死亡事故の傾向と高リスク集団を特定する.
主な方法:
- 1979年から1988年までの米国の死亡証明書のデータの記述分析.
- COに関連する死亡を特定するために,国立保健統計センターのデータを活用しました.
- 自殺,殺人,火災関連,非意図的な死亡をカテゴリーに分類した.
主要な成果:
- 合計で1万1547人の非意図的なCO中毒による死亡が確認された.
- 意図しないCOによる死亡の有意な減少傾向が観察されました (約. 年間63人の死亡).
- 主な原因は自動車の排気 (57%),特に停車中の自動車 (83%) でした.
- 冬季には男性,黒人,高齢者,北部の州住民の死亡率が高かった.
結論:
- 米国では,一酸化炭素中毒による意図しない死亡率が低下しています.
- 車両の排出規制と機器の安全性の改善は,この減少に寄与する可能性があります.
- 予防の取り組みは,若いドライバー,男性,高齢者を含む高リスクグループに焦点を当てなければなりません.
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