Mortality of army cooks.

Coggon, David; Wield, Graham

doi:10.5271/sjweh.1493

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“…[2][3][4][5] Preliminary findings from the Brazilian Navy, using the same database as in the present study, revealed greater proportional mortality due to digestive tract, genitourinary tract and nervous system diseases than in the reference population. 15 These results motivated the continuation of the analysis, to form the subject of the present study.…”

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“…Servicemen have generally presented low estimates of mortality for this group of diseases. 2,3,5 The exception to this is a study made among hospitalized Gulf War veterans, which showed a slight increase in the incidence of such diseases. 8 A review of occupations in relation to genitourinary tract diseases has shown that chronic kidney diseases were the main causes of death for industrial workers.…”

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“…3,5 In particular, increased risk of death due to cirrhosis of the liver has been found, 4 which is related to abusive consumption of alcohol. 3,5,13 However, the greater proportion of deaths due to genitourinary tract and nervous system diseases estimated for Brazilian servicemen differs from the results found by other authors. 2,5 For example, a higher -3.81) Obs: number of deaths observed among servicemen *Number of deaths expected, on the basis of the total deaths that occurred between 1991 and 1995 for the male population of the State of Rio de Janeiro, which was utilized as the reference **Number of deaths expected, on the basis of the age distribution of the deaths that occurred between 1991 and 1995 for the male population of the State of Rio de Janeiro, which was utilized as the reference PMR: Proportional mortality ratio 95% CI: 95% confidence interval calculated in the basis of Poisson's distribution ICD-9: International Classification of Diseases, 9 th Revision estimate for the incidence of genitourinary diseases among hospitalized servicemen has only been made in one study, which dealt with the period following the Gulf War.…”

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“…Social isolation is another occupational risk described among Navy servicemen, particularly on combat training trips, 8 which may lead to changes in lifestyle, 6 for example increased smoking and alcohol consumption. 3,4 Consequently, high rates of hospitalization due to alcohol-related disturbances, 8 increased numbers of premature deaths due to digestive tract diseases, 3,5 vio-between death certificates and declarations, the diagnoses of 106 records selected randomly from among those that made up the study population were compared. Concordance of 89.62% was estimated for groups of causes of death that were defined in accordance with the International Classification of Diseases, 9 th Revision (ICD-9), with a weighted Kappa index of 0.61 and 95% confidence interval (CI) of 0.51-0.72, which was considered acceptable.…”

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Ocupação e mortalidade na Marinha do Brasil

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Santana

2004

Rev. Saúde Pública

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ObjectivesTo describe the distribution of mortality due to digestive tract, genitourinary and nervous system diseases according to occupation among Brazilian Navy servicemen. MethodsThis was an exploratory study of proportional mortality among male servicemen in the Brazilian Navy who died between 1991 and 1995. The study population comprises the entire contingent of servicemen during this same time period. Data were obtained from death certificates submitted in order to obtain dependents' pensions, and from the corresponding occupational histories of these individuals. Basic causes of death were coded in accordance with the International Classification of Diseases (9 th Revision). Results Servicemen presented increased proportional mortality for liver diseases related to alcohol consumption (age-adjusted proportional mortality ratio, PMR adj =2.03; 95% confidence interval, CI: 1.26-3.00), pancreatitis (PMR adj =2.03; 95% CI: 1.06-3.38), digestive hemorrhage (PMR adj =1.61; 95% CI: 1.10-2.23), chronic kidney diseases (PMR adj =2.82; 95% CI: 1.98-3.84), Parkinson's disease (PMR adj =3.00; 95% CI: 1.27-5.72) and degenerative brain diseases (PMR adj =2.88; 95% CI: 1.14-5.70), in relation to the reference population. A statistically non-significant association was observed between radar operators (PMR=6.50; 95% CI: 1.43-29.56) and nervous system diseases was observed. ConclusionsThe results indicate the existence of possible occupational risk factors in the working environment of the Brazilian Navy, and the need for studies using quantitative measurement of such exposure.

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