This Work-Related Lung Disease (WoRLD) Surveillance Report is the
seventh in a series of occupational respiratory disease
surveillance reports produced by the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). It presents summary tables
and figures of occupational respiratory disease surveillance data
focusing on various occupationally-relevant respiratory diseases,
including pneumoconioses, occupational asthma and other airways
diseases, and several other respiratory conditions. For many of
these diseases, selected data on related exposures are also
presented. The 2007 WoRLD Surveillance Report consists of two
volumes. Volume I has three major sections: (1) a section that
provides data highlights and data usage limitations; (2) a section
comprised of 17 subsections, each concerning a major disease
category and (where available) related occupational exposures, and
one subsection concerning smoking status; and (3) a section of
appendices that provide descriptions of data sources, methods, and
other supplementary information. Volume II has nine sections
presenting data on respiratory conditions by major industrial
sector, as defined by the National Occupational Research Agenda
(NORA). Similar to the 2002 WoRLD Surveillance Report, this report
includes data on hypersensitivity pneumonitis, asthma, chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease, respiratory conditions due to
chemical fumes and vapors, and other work-related respiratory
conditions, in addition to the pneumoconioses. This report updates
pneumoconiosis mortality data published in the 1999 WoRLD
Surveillance Report by the addition of currently available data for
2000 through 2004. Pneumoconiosis conditions highlighted include
asbestosis, coal workers' pneumoconiosis, silicosis, byssinosis,
and pneumoconioses coded as either "unspecified" or "other," and
all pneumoconioses aggregated. The current report presents data not
included in earlier reports (e.g., the estimated prevalence of
asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cigarette
smoking based on data from the 1997-2004 National Health Interview
Survey). For many of the conditions reported on, the 2007 WoRLD
Surveillance Report presents national and state summary statistics
such as counts, crude and age-adjusted mortality rates, and years
of potential life lost to age 65 and to life expectancy.
Proportionate mortality ratios by industry and occupation are based
on the most recent decade of data from a subset of states for which
usual industry and occupation have been coded for decedents. Also
presented are U.S. state- and county-level maps showing the
geographic distribution of mortality and, for the pneumoconioses,
tables and figures summarizing selected occupational exposure data
for asbestos, coal mine dust, silica dust, cotton dust, etc.
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