在COVID-19死亡中的性别差异,按行业和职业,2021年
Girija Syamlal1, Laura M Kurth1, David J Blackley1
1Respiratory Health Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, West Virginia.
American journal of preventive medicine
|October 2, 2023
概括
根据性别和职业,COVID-19死亡率有很大差异. 公共管理,管理和社区/社会服务的男性死亡率较高,而公用事业和保护服务影响女性. 工作场所的干预非常重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19大流行,各行各业和职业的感染风险和死亡率呈现出差异.
- 了解这些差异对于制定有针对性的公共卫生战略和工作场所安全措施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 分析劳动年龄的美国居民中根据性别,行业和职业的COVID-19死亡率差异.
- 为了确定具有较高COVID-19死亡率的特定职业群体.
主要方法:
- 对2021年国家生命统计系统数据的分析,针对美国15-64岁的死者.
- 根据年龄标准化的COVID-19死亡率和按性别,行业和职业的比例死亡率的计算.
主要成果:
- 在2021年,COVID-19是美国133,596名工作年龄的死者死亡的根本原因.
- 55-64岁的男性的COVID-19死亡率最高. 美国印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民和黑人/非洲裔美国人群体的死亡率不成比例.
- 特定的行业和职业,包括公共管理,公司管理,男性的社区/社会服务,以及女性的公用事业和保护服务,显示出高比例的死亡率.
结论:
- 根据性别,行业和职业,COVID-19的死亡率和死亡率比率差异很大.
- 调查结果强调需要针对工作场所的公共卫生干预措施,以保护脆弱的工人群体及其社区.
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