This Work-Related Lung Disease (WoRLD) Surveillance Report is the
fifth 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 1999
WoRLD Surveillance Report has three major sections: 1) a section
that provides data highlights and data usage limitations; 2) a
section comprised of 13 subsections, each concerning a major
disease category and (where available) related occupational
exposures; and 3) a section of appendices that provide descriptions
of data sources, methods, and other supplementary information.
Similar to the 1994 WoRLD Surveillance Report, this report includes
data on malignant neoplasm of the pleura, 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 1996 WoRLD Surveillance Report by addition of
currently available data for 1993 through 1996. Pneumoconiosis
conditions highlighted include asbestosis, coal workers'
pneumoconiosis, silicosis, byssinosis, and pneumoconioses
classified as either "unspecified" or "other," and all
pneumoconioses aggregated. For many of the conditions reported on,
the 1999 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-level maps
showing the geographic distribution of mortality and, for the
pneumoconioses, tables and figures summarizing selected
occupational exposure data for asbestos, coal and coal mine dust,
silica dust, cotton dust, etc.
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