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Changing patterns of pneumoconiosis mortality - United States, 1968 - 2000.

Attfield MD; Wood JM; Antao VC; Pinheiro GA

JAMA J Am Med Assoc 2004 Aug; 292(7):795-796

https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.292.7.795

20026182

Pneumoconioses are caused by the inhalation and deposition of mineral dusts in the lungs, resulting in pulmonary fibrosis and other parenchymal changes. Many persons with early pneumoconiosis are asymptomatic, but advanced disease often is accompanied by disability and premature death. Known pneumoconioses include coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), silicosis, asbestosis, mixed dust pneumoconiosis, graphitosis, and talcosis. No effective treatment for these diseases is available (1). This report describes the temporal patterns of pneumoconiosis mortality during 1968--2000, which indicates an overall decrease in pneumoconiosis mortality. However, asbestosis increased steadily and is now the most frequently recorded pneumoconiosis on death certificates. Increased awareness of this trend is needed among health-care providers, employers, workers, and public health agencies.

Respiratory-system-disorders; Pneumoconiosis; Pulmonary-system-disorders; Mortality-data; Mortality-rates; Asbestos-workers; Asbestosis; Mineral-dusts; Lung-disease; Epidemiology; Statistical-analysis

JAMAAP

1332-21-4

20040818

Journal Article

2004

7

0098-7484

DRDS

Journal of the American Medical Association

GA; WV