NIOSH
HAZARD REVIEW
Health
Effects of Occupational Exposure
to
Respirable Crystalline Silica
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Table
14. Selected age-adjusted PMRs*,† for
pulmonary TB by usual occupation, sex, and race in 28 States, 1979–1990
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Occupation
of decedent and 1980 census code
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Male
decedents
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Female
decedents
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White
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Black
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White
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Black
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Number
|
PMR
|
95%
CI |
Number
|
PMR
|
95%
CI |
Number
|
PMR
|
95%
CI
|
Number
|
PMR
|
95%
CI
|
|
| Construction occupations (553–599, 865, and 869) |
169
|
134†
|
114–156
|
105
|
128†
|
104–155
|
0
|
—
|
—
|
0
|
—
|
—
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| Brick and stone mason (553 and 563–564) |
12
|
213†
|
110–371
|
11
|
159
|
80–285
|
0
|
—
|
—
|
0
|
—
|
—
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| Carpenter (554, 567, and 569) |
50
|
147†
|
109–194
|
9
|
97
|
44–184
|
0
|
—
|
—
|
0
|
—
|
—
|
| Roofer (595) |
6
|
290†
|
106–630
|
1
|
53
|
1–293
|
0
|
—
|
—
|
0
|
—
|
—
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| Construction laborer (869) |
34
|
175†
|
121–244
|
61
|
156†
|
120–201
|
0
|
—
|
—
|
0
|
—
|
—
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| Mining machine operator (616) |
54
|
276†
|
207–360
|
4
|
128
|
35–328
|
0
|
—
|
—
|
0
|
—
|
—
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| Grinding, abrading, buffing, or polishing machine operator (709) |
7
|
265†
|
107–547
|
1
|
94
|
2–523
|
0
|
—
|
—
|
0
|
—
|
—
|
| Mixing or blending machine operator (756) |
1
|
58
|
2–326
|
5
|
376†
|
122–878
|
0
|
—
|
—
|
0
|
—
|
—
|
| Furnace, kiln, or oven operator, except food (766) |
1
|
27
|
1–153
|
5
|
206†
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67–481
|
0
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
15,000
|
372–
82,842 |
| Laborer, except construction (889) |
85
|
159†
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127–196
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92
|
111
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89–136
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12
|
162
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84–283
|
8
|
147
|
64–291
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| 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. |
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