OCCUPATIONAL MORTALITY--CALIFORNIA HISPANIC POPULATION

西班牙裔美国人的职业死亡率研究很少， 人口，尽管有证据表明，西班牙裔有更大的潜力， 在某些职业中的危险暴露，以及西班牙裔人有证据表明， 某些疾病的发病率异常高。 例如， 胆囊，胃，子宫颈和肝脏在西班牙裔中过度发生 美国的人口，但病因不明 缺乏西班牙裔职业死亡率研究的一个主要原因 很难计算死亡率。 分子 （西班牙裔死亡人数）和死亡人数（西班牙裔人口普查估计， 由于采用的方法不同， 确定西班牙裔。 例如，1980年的人口普查使用 自我报告的西班牙裔种族估计西班牙裔人口， 一种不能用来杀人的方法 我们建议计算西班牙裔职业的死亡率， 加州使用一种创新的方法来控制偏见造成的， 不同的西班牙裔种族确定方法。 具体的目标是 具体如下：1）？计算西班牙姓氏/自我报告的西班牙裔 每个职业的可比性，使用美国人口普查5%的微观数据 加州的样本，包含西班牙姓氏，西班牙裔，和 职业，2）计算西班牙姓氏人口估计， 职业在加州使用上述可比性计算和 美国人口普查局对加州的20%样本，其中包括职业和 自我报告的西班牙裔，3）选择西班牙姓氏死亡从 加州职业死亡率研究中有18万人死亡， 职业被编码为所有国家的死亡证明，为期3年 4）计算每个职业的年龄调整死亡率 对于92个标准的NIOSH死亡原因类别， 所有职业的失业率作为比较，以及5）比较 西班牙裔和非西班牙裔的死亡率。 由于这项研究将审查许多职业和死亡原因， 不会考虑吸烟和酒精，它将被视为一个 假设生成研究。 为今后的队列研究提供了方向 和基于登记的病例对照研究， 具体的疾病和伤害、暴露和混杂因素。

There has been little study of occupational mortality in Hispanic populations, despite evidence that Hispanics have greater potential for hazardous exposures in some occupations, and evidence that Hispanics have unusually high rates for certain diseases. For example, tumors of the gallbladder, stomach, cervix, and liver occur excessively in the Hispanic population of the U.S., but the etiology is unknown. A major reason for lack of study of occupational mortality in Hispanics has been difficulty in calculation of death rates. The numerators (Hispanic deaths) and denominators (census estimates of Hispanics by occupation) have not been comparable because of differing methods in ascertainment of Hispanic ethnicity. The 1980 census, for example, used self-reporting of Hispanic ethnicity to estimate Hispanic populations, a method that cannot be used for deaths. We propose to calculate Hispanic mortality rates for occupations in California using an innovative method of controlling for bias caused by differing methods of Hispanic ethnicity determination. specific aims are as follows: 1) ?Calculate Spanish surname/self-reported Hispanic origin comparability for each occupation, using the U.S. Census 5% microdata sample for California that contains Spanish surname, Hispanic origin, and occupation, 2) Compute Spanish surname population estimates for occupations in California using the above comparability calculations and the U.S. Census 20% sample for California that contains occupation and self-reported Hispanic origin, 3) Select Spanish surname deaths from the 180,000 deaths in the California Occupational Mortality Study in which occupations were coded for all state death certificates for a 3-year period, 4) Calculate age-adjusted mortality ratios for each occupation for the 92 standard NIOSH causes of death categories using mortality rates in all occupations combined as the comparison, and 5) Compare mortality rates for Hispanics and non-Hispanics in each occupation. Since the study will examine many occupations and causes of death, and will not account for smoking and alcohol, it will be considered a hypothesis generating study. It may provide direction for future cohort and registry-based case-control studies where it is possible to focus on specific illnesses and injuries, exposures, and confounding factors.