Mortality study in a cohort of coal miners with occupational diseases

Abstract

Analytic epidemiologic study of mortality covered a cohort of coal miners in Rostov region, who were diagnosed as having occupational disease in various years. The cohort included 9980 individuals. Observation period lasted over 26 years (01/01/1990-31/12/2015). Reference group: adult male population of Rostov region. Consideration covered work conditions, analysis of mortality causes structure in the cohort and general population, calculation of standardized relative risk of death with main nosologic types of diseases. Findings are that the mortality risk in the miners cohort was 1.5-2.2 times higher than the population level, with the causes that are etiologically connected with occupational factors - respiratory diseases, cardio-vascular diseases, malignancies of respiratory organs.