Academic Journal
Scottish Firefighters Occupational Cancer and Disease Mortality Rates: 2000-2020
| العنوان: | Scottish Firefighters Occupational Cancer and Disease Mortality Rates: 2000-2020 |
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| المؤلفون: | Stec, Anna A, Robinson, Andrew, Wolffe, Taylor A M, Bagkeris, E |
| بيانات النشر: | Oxford University Press (OUP) |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| المجموعة: | University of Central Lancashire: CLOK - Central Lancashire Online Knowledge |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | B920 - Occupational health |
| الوصف: | Background Increased mortality from cancers and other diseases has been reported in USA, Canadian, and Nordic firefighters. However, UK firefighters are understudied. Aims To determine whether UK firefighters suffer increased mortality from cancers and other diseases when compared with the general population. Methods Mortality from cancer and other diseases in Scottish male firefighters between 2000 and 2020 was compared with the general Scottish male population and expressed as standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) (with 95% confidence intervals, CI). Results Significant overall excess cancer mortality was found for Scottish firefighters compared with the general population (SMR 1.61, CI 1.42-1.81). Scottish firefighters were nearly three times more likely to die of malignant neoplasms (unspecified sites) (SMR 2.71, CI 1.71-4.00). Excess cancer mortality was also found for several site-specific cancers, including prostate (SMR 3.80, CI 2.56-5.29), myeloid leukaemia (SMR 3.17, CI 1.44-5.58), oesophagus (SMR 2.42, CI 1.69-3.29) and urinary system (kidney and bladder) (SMR 1.94, CI 1.16-2.91). Mortality from neoplasms of unknown behaviour was over six times greater in Scottish firefighters (SMR 6.37, CI 2.29-12.49). Additionally, significantly higher mortality was found for: acute ischaemic heart diseases (SMR 5.27, CI 1.90-10.33), stroke (SMR 2.69, CI 1.46-4.28), interstitial pulmonary diseases (SMR 3.04, CI 1.45-5.22), renal failure (SMR 3.28, CI 1.18-6.44) and musculoskeletal system diseases (SMR 5.64, CI 1.06-13.83). Conclusions UK firefighters suffer significant excess mortality from cancer and other diseases when compared with the general population. Preventative health monitoring and presumptive legislation are urgently required to protect UK firefighters’ health. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | https://clok.uclan.ac.uk/45287/1/kqac138.pdf; Stec, Anna A orcid iconorcid:0000-0002-6861-0468 , Robinson, Andrew, Wolffe, Taylor A M and Bagkeris, E (2023) Scottish Firefighters Occupational Cancer and Disease Mortality Rates: 2000-2020. Occupational Medicine . ISSN 0962-7480 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/occmed%2Fkqac138 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/occmed/kqac138 |
| الاتاحة: | https://clok.uclan.ac.uk/45287/ https://clok.uclan.ac.uk/45287/1/kqac138.pdf https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed%2Fkqac138 https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqac138 |
| Rights: | cc_by_4 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.FD1DBDF9 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1093/occmed%2Fkqac138 |
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