NORA services sector and asthma: Proportionate mortality ratio (PMR) adjusted for age, sex, and race by industry and occupation, U.S. residents age 15 and over, selected states and years, 1990-1999

NORA - National Occupational Research Agenda    CIC - Census Industry Code    COC - Census Occupation Code    n.e.c. - not elsewhere classified    LCL - lower confidence limit    UCL - upper confidence limit
* The total number of asthma deaths was 29,703 in these same selected states and years, and the comparable number of asthma deaths in the entire United States for this same time period was 115,729.

Note: See selected limitations for general cautions regarding inferences based on small numbers of deaths, and see appendices for source description, methods, ICD codes, industry and occupation codes, industrial sector groupings, and list of selected states and years.

Source: National Center for Health Statistics multiple cause-of-death data.

Citation:

NIOSH 2008. Work-Related Lung Disease Surveillance System (eWoRLD). 2008-259 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Respiratory Health Division, Morgantown, WV. Available at: <https://wwwn.cdc.gov/eWorld/Data/259> April 18, 2024.

Reference Number: 2008-259

Date Posted: June 2008