北卡罗来纳州与高温有关的死亡人数 1999-2017年
Elizabeth S McClure1,2, Shabbar I Ranapurwala1,2, Maryalice Nocera2
1Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
American journal of industrial medicine
|April 16, 2024
概括
在北卡罗来纳州,与高温有关的职业死亡不成比例地影响西班牙裔和黑人工人,特别是在农业中. 总体而言,死亡率有所上升,但黑人居民在工作场所死亡率的具体差异较大.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 北卡罗来纳州 (NC) 的西班牙裔人口和劳动力大幅增长.
- 以前的研究表明,北卡罗来纳州农场工人和少数民族工人中,职业热量相关死亡率很高.
- 了解与热有关的死亡的流行病学对于有针对性的预防策略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 描述北卡罗来纳州普通人口中与热有关的致命伤害的流行病学.
- 分析北卡罗来纳州工人中与职业热量相关的死亡事故.
- 确定与热有关的死亡的人口和特定行业的风险因素.
主要方法:
- 审查了北卡罗来纳州的死亡记录和医学检查报告,从1999年至2017年.
- 使用特定国际疾病分类第十次修订代码 (X30,T67.0-T67.9) 确定与热有关的死亡.
- 提取的死者数据包括年龄,性别,种族,民族和与工作有关的状态.
主要成果:
- 在1999年至2017年期间,北卡罗来纳州发生了225起与高温有关的死亡事件;其中25起与工作有关.
- 在西班牙裔工人,黑人工人和55-64岁的人群中,与职业热量相关的死亡率最高.
- 农业行业的职业热相关死亡率最高.
结论:
- 自2001年以来,北卡罗来纳州的与热有关的死亡人数有所增加,尽管被归类为工作场所死亡人数较少.
- 西班牙裔工人面临的职业热相关死亡率最高.
- 黑人居民不成比例地受到与一般热量相关的死亡事故的影响,职业死亡的差异更为明显.
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