NORA healthcare and social assistance sector and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Proportionate mortality ratio (PMR) adjusted for age, sex, and race by industry and occupation, U.S. residents age 15 and over, selected states, 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 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease deaths was 57,073 in the same selected states and year, and the comparable number of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease deaths in the entire United States for this same time period was 245,415.
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). 2008-366 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/366> March 28, 2024.
Reference Number: 2008-366
Date Posted: June 2008