Robert Dubrow, John P. Sestito, Nina R. Lalich,
Carol A. Burnett, Joyce A. Salg
NIOSH Education and Information Division
AUTHOR ABSTRACT
Surveillance
of cause-specific mortality patterns by occupation and industry
through the use of death certificate records is a simple and
relatively inexpensive approach to the generation of leads
as to potential occupational disease problems. Researchers
from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) have been working with the National Center for Health
Statistics, other federal agencies, and state health departments
on a number of programs to foster the development o standardized,
routine coding of occupation and industry entries on death
certificates by state health departments. Thirty-one states
and the District of Columbia are now doing such coding. These
data are being analyzed currently by investigators at NIOSH
and at individual state health departments for the purpose
of hypothesis generation on occupation-disease relationships.
The proportionate mortality ratio method is the predominant
method being used, as appropriate denominator data are not
generally available. This type of surveillance is particularly
useful for the study of occupation and industry groups for
which it is difficult to assemble cohorts, such as groups that
are predominantly non-union and in small workplaces. Limitations
of this surveillance include its inappropriateness for monitoring
those occupational diseases which are not often fatal, and
the limited scope and accuracy of death certificate information.
JOURNAL AND NATIONAL
LIBRARY OF MEDICINE ID#
JOURNAL:
Am J Ind Med. 1987; 11(3): 329-342.
Note:
American Journal of Industrial Medicine.
NLOM ID#:
87210161
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