Work-Related Lung Disease (eWoRLD) Surveillance System

The Work-Related Lung Disease (eWoRLD) Surveillance System, produced by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), presents up-to-date summary tables, graphs, and figures of occupationally-related respiratory disease surveillance data on the pneumoconioses, occupational asthma and other airways diseases, and several other respiratory conditions. For many of these diseases, selected data on related exposures are also presented.

The eWoRLD Surveillance System is offered in a user-friendly electronic format in which each table and figure is available for downloading in four file formats (html, gif, pdf, and csv). Previously published as a hardcopy report series, past versions of the Work-Related Lung Disease Surveillance Report are also available for viewing or downloading (see side panel).

Data contained in the eWoRLD Surveillance System originate from various publications, reports, data files, and tabulations provided by the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC), the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Labor (DOL), the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Social Security Administration (SSA), and the United States Bureau of Census (BOC). For more information see Appendix A: Sources of Data.

Diseases and Related Exposures
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Section 1.   Asbestosis and Related Exposures

Asbestosis:   Mortality
Asbestosis:   Morbidity
Asbestosis:   Exposure

Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis:   Mortality
Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis:   Morbidity
Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis:   Black Lung Benefits
Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis:   Coal Mine Dust Exposures

Silicosis:   Mortality
Silicosis:   Morbidity
Silicosis:   SENSOR
Silicosis:   Respirable Quartz Exposures
Silicosis:   Respirable Cristobolite Exposures

Byssinosis:   Mortality
Byssinosis:   Cotton Dust Exposure

Unspecified and Other Pneumoconiosis:   Mortality
Unspecified and Other Pneumoconiosis:   Selected Agents Exposure

All Pneumoconiosis:   Mortality
All Pneumoconiosis:   Morbidity
All Pneumoconiosis:   Pneumoconiotic Agents Exposure

Malignant Mesothelioma:   Mortality

Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis:   Mortality

Asthma:   Mortality
Work-Related Asthma:   SENSOR
Asthma:   Morbidity

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:   Mortality
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:   Morbidity

Occupational Respiratory Conditions Due to Toxic Agents:   Morbidity

Respiratory Tuberculosis:   Mortality

Lung Cancer:   Mortality

Other Interstitial Pulmonary Disease:   Mortality

Various Work-Related Respiratory Conditions:   Morbidity

Smoking Status

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Limitations
Appendix A. Sources of Data
Appendix B. Methods
Appendix C. International Classification of Diseases (ICD) Codes
Appendix D. Changes in Bureau of Census Industry and Occupation Codes and Titles
Appendix E. States (and Years for which Industry and Occupation Codes from Death Certificates
Met NCHS Quality Criteria, 1985-1999
Appendix F. Exposure Categories
Appendix G. Surveillance Guidelines for State Health Departments
Appendix H. Split, Merged, or Renamed Counties and County Equivalents

Contact Information:

Surveillance Branch
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
NIOSH
1095 Willowdale Road
Morgantown, WV 26505
WoRLD@CDC.gov

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