Devan Hawkins1, Letitia Davis, Laura Punnett, David Kriebel. 1. Public Health Program, Schools of Arts and Sciences, MCPHS University (Mr Hawkins); Occupational Health Surveillance Program, Massachusetts Department of Public Health (Mr Davis), Boston; Department of Biomedical Engineering (Ms Punnett); Department of Public Health (Mr Kriebel), University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Massachusetts.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To explore mortality rates and trends according to the occupation of workers who died from the deaths of despair (DoD). METHODS: Death certificates for deaths due to poisonings (including opioid-related overdoses), suicides, and alcoholic liver disease occurring in Massachusetts from 2000 to 2015 were collected and coded according to the occupation of the decedent. Mortality rates and trends in mortality were calculated for each occupation. RESULTS: DoDs increased by more than 50% between 2000 to 2004 and 2011 to 2015. There were substantial differences in mortality rates and trends according to occupation. Blue collar workers were at a particularly elevated risk for DoD and had elevated trends for these deaths, notably: construction and farming, fishing, and forestry workers. CONCLUSIONS: Interventions should be targeted to occupations with elevated mortality rates and trends. Occupational risk factors that may contribute to these disparities should be explored.
OBJECTIVE: To explore mortality rates and trends according to the occupation of workers who died from the deaths of despair (DoD). METHODS: Death certificates for deaths due to poisonings (including opioid-related overdoses), suicides, and alcoholic liver disease occurring in Massachusetts from 2000 to 2015 were collected and coded according to the occupation of the decedent. Mortality rates and trends in mortality were calculated for each occupation. RESULTS: DoDs increased by more than 50% between 2000 to 2004 and 2011 to 2015. There were substantial differences in mortality rates and trends according to occupation. Blue collar workers were at a particularly elevated risk for DoD and had elevated trends for these deaths, notably: construction and farming, fishing, and forestry workers. CONCLUSIONS: Interventions should be targeted to occupations with elevated mortality rates and trends. Occupational risk factors that may contribute to these disparities should be explored.
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