Silicosis: Mortality
Silicosis: Proportionate mortality ratio (PMR) adjusted for age, sex, and race by usual occupation, U.S. residents age 15 and over, selected states and years, 1990-1999
COC - Census Occupation Code
n.e.c. - not elsewhere classified
LCL - lower confidence limit
UCL - upp
Note: The total number of deaths with silicosis reported was 881 in these same selected states and years, and the comparable number of silicosis deaths in the entire United States for this same time period was 2,407. See selected limitations for general cautio
Source: National Center for Health Statistics multiple cause-of-death data.
Reference Number: 2007T03-09
Date Posted: June 2008
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