Audrey F. Saftlas, Aaron Blair, Kenneth P. Cantor, Larry Hanrahan,
Henry A. Anderson
NIOSH Education and Information Division
AUTHOR ABSTRACT
Computerized
mortality listings for Wisconsin for 1968-1976 were used in
proportional mortality ratio (PMR) and proportional cancer
mortality ratio (PCMR) analyses to evaluate mortality patterns
among Wisconsin farmers. Examination of PCMR trends by per
capita county level of agricultural production was limited
to the youngest birth cohort (1905-1958) and cancer sites
associated with farming exposures in either the present or
previous analyses. Among all Wisconsin farmers, significantly
decreased PMRs were seen for tobacco- and alcohol-related
causes of death, while excesses occurred for accidental causes,
asthma, and cancer of the stomach, prostate, eye, and lymphatic
and hematopoietic systems. Elevated PCMR's for leukemia and
all lymphopoietic cancer and cancers of the stomach, rectum,
eye occurred in farmers born 1905-1958, while deficits were
observed for cancer of the pancreas and the category, "all
other cancers." Increases in PCMR's with level of various
agricultural activities were largely associated with cancers
of other lymphatic tissue (2/3 of which were multiple myeloma)
an the rectum. Certain agricultural exposures were also positively
associated with deaths due to cancers of the prostate, brain,
lymphosarcoma and reticulosarcoma, and all lymphopoietic cancers.
No positive PCMR gradients were observed for leukemia and
malignancies of the stomach and eye. Modern chemical practices
in farming may account for some of the patterns noted.
JOURNAL AND
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE ID#
JOURNAL: Am
J Ind Med. 1987; 11(2): 119-129.
Note:
American Journal of Industrial Medicine.
NLOM ID#:
87153364
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Farm Related Injuries: Bibliography With Abstracts, U.S.
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Safety and Health.
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