Proceedings of the Workshop on Needs and Resources for Occupational Mortality Data

By Feldman, Jacob J., Ph. D.

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Title:	Proceedings of the Workshop on Needs and Resources for Occupational Mortality Data
Author:	Feldman, Jacob J., Ph. D.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Medical research, Medical reports
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Citation APA MLA Chicago J. Feldman, Ph. D, B. J. (n.d.). Proceedings of the Workshop on Needs and Resources for Occupational Mortality Data. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Excerpt
Foreword: This report includes the proceedings of a Workshop devoted to the improvement of statistical data related to occupational safety and health. These activities were sponsored by the three agencies that entered into the formal tripartite Memorandum of Understanding at this Workshop: the Bureau for Labor Statistic the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and the National Center for Health Statistics. The Workshop was organized by the National Center for Health Statistics. Special thanks go to Dr. Patricia Buffler. Other members of the Workshop planning group include Dr. Bruce Cohen, Dr. Harry Rosenberg and Mr. Jeffrey Maurer from the National Center for Health Statistic; Dr. Gilbert Beebe and Dr. Thomas Mason from the National Cancer Institute Mr. Harvey Hilaski from the Bureau of Labor Statistic and Mr. Todd Frazier from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. The Workshop proceedings were prepared under the direction of Dr. Diane Wagener.

Table of Contents
Contents Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . m... Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Plenary Session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Needs and resources for occupational mortality data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Review of activities National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Review of activities Bureau of Labor Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Review of activities and conference objectives:National Center for Health Statistic Figure 1. U.S. Standard Certificate of Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tables 1. Deaths of men 20-64 years of age of races other than white with work experience, from selected causes of death, by major occupation group, age, and standardized mortality ratiox United State%1950. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Observed numbers of deaths and standardized mortality ratios (SMR) for selected occupational groups exhibitingexcessmortality from malignant and nonmalignant rcspirato~ disease for males aged 20-64 yearx United States, 1950 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. Growth in number of reporting areas adopting uniform occupation and industry coding procedures . . . . . . . . Utah’s experience in building an occupational health surveillanceprogram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 2237 9 11 13 12 14 14 16 Chapter IL Review of options for producing ~upational mortality data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Option No. 1 Existing system: Occupational mortality coding at the National Center for Health Statistics for 20. States (Annual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Option No. 2. 13qxmdingthe existingsystem to all States (Annual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Option No. 3. Data for all States in census years only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Option No. 4. Subsets of causes or subsets of States (Annual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Option No. 5. Mortality followbacksumys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Option No. 6. Followup of general population surveysusing the National Death Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Option No. 7. Followup of targeted National Center for Health Statistics surveys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Option No. 8. Cohort followup of national study groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Option