|
Table
14. Selected age-adjusted PMRs*, for
pulmonary TB by usual occupation, sex, and race in 28 States, 19791990
|
Occupation
of decedent and 1980 census code
|
Male
decedents
|
Female
decedents
|
White
|
Black
|
White
|
Black
|
Number
|
PMR
|
95%
CI
|
Number
|
PMR
|
95%
CI
|
Number
|
PMR
|
95%
CI
|
Number
|
PMR
|
95%
CI
|
Construction
occupations (553599, 865, and 869) |
169
|
134
|
114156
|
105
|
128
|
104155
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
Brick
and stone mason (553 and 563564) |
12
|
213
|
110371
|
11
|
159
|
80285
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
Carpenter
(554, 567, and 569) |
50
|
147
|
109194
|
9
|
97
|
44184
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
Roofer
(595) |
6
|
290
|
106630
|
1
|
53
|
1293
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
Construction
laborer (869) |
34
|
175
|
121244
|
61
|
156
|
120201
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
Mining
machine operator (616) |
54
|
276
|
207360
|
4
|
128
|
35328
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
Grinding,
abrading, buffing, or polishing machine operator (709) |
7
|
265
|
107547
|
1
|
94
|
2523
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
Mixing
or blending machine operator (756) |
1
|
58
|
2326
|
5
|
376
|
122878
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
Furnace,
kiln, or oven operator, except food (766) |
1
|
27
|
1153
|
5
|
206
|
67481
|
0
|
|
|
1
|
15,000
|
372
82,842
|
Laborer,
except construction (889) |
85
|
159
|
127196
|
92
|
111
|
89136
|
12
|
162
|
84283
|
8
|
147
|
64291
|
Source:
Adapted from CDC [1995]. This data file includes death records from
28 States (Alaska, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana,
Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont,
Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin).
*Abbreviations: PMRs = proportionate mortality ratios;
TB = tuberculosis; CI = confidence interval.
Selection criteria: (1) at least four TB deaths in
race- and sex-specific group and (2) either a PMR >200 or a PMR
with a 95% CI excluding 100. |
|