心血管疾病死亡率中的职业不平等,2020-2021年
Devan Hawkins1, Karina Thomas2, Paul Landsbergis3
1Public Health Program, School of Arts and Sciences, MCPHS University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
American journal of industrial medicine
|August 6, 2024
概括
心血管疾病 (CVD) 死亡率的职业差异对于工作的成年人来说是显著的. 某些工作具有更高的风险,这凸显了工作场所干预措施的必要性,以减少心血管疾病死亡.
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:
- 近年来,心血管疾病 (CVD) 的死亡率下降已经停滞不前.
- 职业因素被认为是导致心血管疾病死亡的因素.
- 本研究调查了美国劳动年龄成年人心血管疾病死亡率的社会经济和职业差异.
研究的目的:
- 为了检查心血管疾病 (CVD) 死亡率在美国不同职业中的不平等.
- 为了确定具有高心血管疾病死亡风险的特定职业.
- 为目标公共卫生干预和工作场所安全战略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 利用国家卫生统计中心从心血管疾病死亡的死亡证明数据.
- 从死亡证明到主要职业群体的编码职业数据.
- 使用美国社区调查的劳动力数据计算了年龄和性别调整后的死亡率和死亡率比率 (RRs).
主要成果:
- 在对共变量进行调整后,11个职业显示心血管疾病死亡率比率 (RRs) 显著上升.
- 高RR的职业包括食品准备,建筑,艺术/媒体,保护服务和医疗保健从业人员.
- 在各种职业部门中观察到显著的心血管疾病死亡率不平等.
结论:
- 职业是心血管疾病 (CVD) 死亡率的重要预测因素.
- 需要进一步的研究来了解职业暴露如何影响心血管疾病趋势.
- 基于工作场所的干预措施对于减轻职业风险因素和降低心血管疾病死亡率至关重要.
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