The impact of specific occupation on mortality in the U.S. National Longitudinal Mortality Study

From: Demography | Date: August 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

THE IMPACT OF SPECIFIC OCCUPATION ON MORTALITY IN THE U.S. NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL MORTALITY STUDY*

We compare mortality differences for specific and general categories of occupations using a national cohort of approximately 380,000 persons aged 25-64 from the U.S. National Longitudinal Mortality Study. Based on comparisons of relative risk obtained from Cox proportional-hazards model analyses, higher risk is observed in moving across the occupational spectrum from the technical, highly skilled occupations to less-skilled and generally more labor-intensive occupations. Mortality differences ...

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