Work-Related Asthma: State-Based Surveillance
Work-related asthma: Number of cases by ascertainment source and state, 1993–2006
- indicates no cases ascertained.
1 Massachusetts, Michigan, and New Jersey actively solicit reports from health care professionals; California uses an existing passive statewide, provider-based occupational injury and illness reporting
system to identify cases of work-related asthma.
2 Hospital data includes hospital discharge data and/or emergency department visit data.
3 Cases have been identified through death certificates, self-reports, or reports from the Mine Safety and Health Administration or Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Note: Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding. See Appendix for information about data source and methods.
Source: Provisional sentinel surveillance data as of December 2009, reported by R. Harrison and J. Flattery (California); L. Davis, E. Pechter, and K. Fitzsimmons (Massachusetts); K. Rosenman, MJ. Reilly, and D. Kalinowski (Michigan); and D. Schill and M. Pearson (New Jersey).
Reference Number: 2012T09-04
Date Posted: December 2012
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