Mortality in Miners with Coal-Workers' Pneumoconiosis in the
Czech Republic in the Period 1992-2013

J 2017

Mortality in Miners with Coal-Workers' Pneumoconiosis in the Czech Republic in the Period 1992-2013

TOMÁŠKOVÁ, Hana, Anna ŠPLÍCHALOVÁ, Hana ŠLACHTOVÁ, Pavel URBAN, Zdeňka HAJDUKOVÁ et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Mortality in Miners with Coal-Workers' Pneumoconiosis in the Czech Republic in the Period 1992-2013

Authors

TOMÁŠKOVÁ, Hana (203 Czech Republic), Anna ŠPLÍCHALOVÁ, Hana ŠLACHTOVÁ, Pavel URBAN (203 Czech Republic), Zdeňka HAJDUKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Irena LANDECKÁ (203 Czech Republic), Rostislav GROMNICA, Petr BRHEL (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Daniela PELCLOVÁ (203 Czech Republic) and Zdeněk JIRÁK (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Basel, MDPI AG, 2017, 1660-4601

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30304 Public and environmental health

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.145

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/17:00096288

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14030269

UT WoS

000398524100052

Keywords (in Czech)

lung cancer; chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases; coal dust; silica

Keywords in English

lung cancer; chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases; coal dust; silica

Abstract

V originále

While working underground, miners are exposed to a number of risk factors that have a negative impact on their health and may be a cause of an increased mortality in miners. The aim of the study was to compare total and specific mortality in black coal miners with acknowledged coal-workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) and without CWP, and the mortality of the general male population in the Czech Republic in the period 1992-2013. The sample consisted of 3476 coal miners with CWP and 6687 ex-coal miners without CWP, who were removed after achieving the maximum permissible exposure (MPE). The mortality risk differences were analyzed with the use of the standardized mortality ratio (SMR) and 95% confidence interval. Significantly higher total mortality (SMR = 1.10; 95% CI: 1.02-1.17), and mortality from malignant neoplasm (SMR = 1.16; 95% CI: 1.03-1.30), lung cancers (SMR = 1.70; 95% CI: 1.41-2.04), and non-malignant respiratory diseases (SMR = 2.78; 95% CI: 2.32-3.31) were found in the sample of coal miners with CWP. In this sample, the severity of CWP was assessed, and the SMR increased with the severity of CWP. The total (SMR = 0.86; 95% CI: 0.82-0.91) and specific mortality of miners without CWP were not higher compared with the general population. In the case where the miners were removed from underground work after achieving the MPE (without CWP), their mortality was not higher than that of the general population, but the mortality of miners with CWP was higher compared to the general population. This mortality was affected by malignant and non-malignant respiratory diseases.

Citovat

TOMÁŠKOVÁ, Hana, Anna ŠPLÍCHALOVÁ, Hana ŠLACHTOVÁ, Pavel URBAN, Zdeňka HAJDUKOVÁ, Irena LANDECKÁ, Rostislav GROMNICA, Petr BRHEL, Daniela PELCLOVÁ and Zdeněk JIRÁK. Mortality in Miners with Coal-Workers' Pneumoconiosis in the Czech Republic in the Period 1992-2013 (Mortality in Miners with Coal-Workers´ Pneumoconiosis in the Czech Republic in the Period 1992 – 2013). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Basel: MDPI AG, 2017, vol. 14, No 3, p. 1-12. ISSN 1660-4601. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14030269.

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N2  - While working underground, miners are exposed to a number of risk factors that have a negative impact on their health and may be a cause of an increased mortality in miners. The aim of the study was to compare total and specific mortality in black coal miners with acknowledged coal-workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) and without CWP, and the mortality of the general male population in the Czech Republic in the period 1992-2013. The sample consisted of 3476 coal miners with CWP and 6687 ex-coal miners without CWP, who were removed after achieving the maximum permissible exposure (MPE). The mortality risk differences were analyzed with the use of the standardized mortality ratio (SMR) and 95% confidence interval. Significantly higher total mortality (SMR = 1.10; 95% CI: 1.02-1.17), and mortality from malignant neoplasm (SMR = 1.16; 95% CI: 1.03-1.30), lung cancers (SMR = 1.70; 95% CI: 1.41-2.04), and non-malignant respiratory diseases (SMR = 2.78; 95% CI: 2.32-3.31) were found in the sample of coal miners with CWP. In this sample, the severity of CWP was assessed, and the SMR increased with the severity of CWP. The total (SMR = 0.86; 95% CI: 0.82-0.91) and specific mortality of miners without CWP were not higher compared with the general population. In the case where the miners were removed from underground work after achieving the MPE (without CWP), their mortality was not higher than that of the general population, but the mortality of miners with CWP was higher compared to the general population. This mortality was affected by malignant and non-malignant respiratory diseases.
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TOMÁŠKOVÁ, Hana, Anna ŠPLÍCHALOVÁ, Hana ŠLACHTOVÁ, Pavel URBAN, Zdeňka HAJDUKOVÁ, Irena LANDECKÁ, Rostislav GROMNICA, Petr BRHEL, Daniela PELCLOVÁ and Zdeněk JIRÁK. Mortality in Miners with Coal-Workers' Pneumoconiosis in the Czech Republic in the Period 1992-2013 (Mortality in Miners with Coal-Workers´ Pneumoconiosis in the Czech Republic in the Period 1992 – 2013). \textit{International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health}. Basel: MDPI AG, 2017, vol.~14, No~3, p.~1-12. ISSN~1660-4601. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14030269.

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