Work-Related Asthma: State-Based Surveillance
Work-related asthma: Primary occupations (COC 1990) associated with work-related asthma cases by state, 1993–2006
- indicates no cases ascertained.
n.e.c. - not elsewhere classified
COC - Census Occupation Code
1 Includes the following COC 1990 codes for major groupings with less than 10 total cases: 006, 008, 009, 013, 019, 026, 029, 033–035, 044, 045, 048, 053, 055, 057, 059, 068, 069, 076–078, 083, 085–089, 096, 097, 099, 103–106, 114, 116, 126, 127, 129, 134–139, 143, 144, 149, 153–155, 165, 166, 169, 175, 176, 178, 184, 185, 187–189, 194, 195, and 197.
2 Includes the following COC 1990 codes for major groupings with less than 10 total cases: 215, 217, 226, 228, 229, 233, 234, 253, 255, 257, 259, 263–266, 268, 269, 275, 277, 278, 304–309, 314, 317, 318, 323, 328, 335, 338, 343–345, 355–357, 366, 368, 373, 374, 378, 384, and 386.
3 Includes the following COC 1990 codes for major groupings with less than 10 total cases: 405, 407, 414–416, 425, 434, 438, 443, 455, 456, 459, 461–467, and 469.
4 Includes the following COC 1990 codes for major groupings with less than 10 total cases: 473–475, 477, 484, 485, 489, 495, and 496.
5 Includes the following COC 1990 codes for the major groupings with less than 10 total cases: 503, 508, 509, 515, 516, 523, 525–527, 529, 533–535, 538, 539, 543, 553, 555, 557, 558, 563, 565, 566, 569, 573, 576, 577, 584, 588, 589, 593–598, 616, 617, 635, 636, 643–645, 653, 655–657, 666–668, 675–679, 684, 686, 688, 694, 695, and 699.
6 Includes the following COC 1990 codes for major groupings with less than 10 total cases: 704–708, 713, 714, 717, 724, 725, 727, 729, 733, 736–739, 743, 745, 749, 753, 755, 758, 764–766, 769, 773, 787, 793, 798, 803, 806, 809, 814, 823–825, 829, 834, 843, 848, 849, 853, 864–866, 874, 875, and 885.
Note: Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding. Display of case data using the 1990 COC occupation code set is for transition purposes only. Future data tables will only display case data by the COC 2000 and SOC 2000 occupation code sets. 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: 2012T09-07
Date Posted: December 2012
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