Trends in fatal occupational injuries in Latino/a workers relative to other groups, North Carolina 2000–2017

Richey, Morgan; Golightly, Yvonne M.; Novicoff, Wendy M.; Keil, Alexander P.; Nocera, Maryalice; Richardson, David B.

doi:10.1002/ajim.23331

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“…Information on ethnicity of decedents was not collected in the early years under study, but for more recent years we have information available indicating that among Hispanic decedents the race of the decedent often was left blank on the death certificate (or a national origin was indicated in the space designated to record race). A separate report describes trends in fatal occupational injury among Hispanic workers in the more recent period, 2000–2017 35 …”

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Forty‐year trends in fatal occupational injuries in North Carolina

Richardson,

Martin,

McClure

et al. 2023

American J Industrial Med

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BackgroundWe describe progress in the control of deaths on‐the‐job due to fatal occupational injury in North Carolina over the period 1978–2017.MethodsForty years of information on fatal occupational injuries in North Carolina has been assembled from medical examiners' reports and death certificates, supplemented by newspaper and police reports. Cases were defined as unintentional fatal occupational injuries among adults. Annual estimates of the population at risk were derived from US Census data, and rates were quantified using Poisson regression methods.ResultsThere were 4434 eligible deaths. The unintentional fatal occupational injury rate at the beginning of the study period was more than threefold the rate at the end of the study. The fatal occupational injury rate among men declined from 9.6 per 100,000 worker‐years in the period 1978–1982 to 3.1 per 100,000 worker‐years in the period 2013–2017. The fatal occupational injury rate among women declined from 0.3 per 100,000 worker‐years in the period 1978–1981 to 0.1 per 100,000 worker‐years in the period 2013–2017. Declines in rates were observed for young adults as well as older workers and were observed across all major industry categories. Average annual declines in rates were greatest in those industries and occupations that had the highest fatal injury rates at the start of the study period.ConclusionsThe substantial decline in fatal injury rates underscores the importance of injury prevention and demonstrates the ability to make meaningful reductions in unintentional fatal injury.

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“…A separate report describes trends in fatal occupational injury among Hispanic workers in the more recent period, 2000-2017. 35 The study spans a period of increasing national occupational…”

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Forty‐year trends in fatal occupational injuries in North Carolina

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McClure

et al. 2023

American J Industrial Med

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“…Race and ethnicity are also recorded in the medical examiner's record, in addition to the death certificate, if the death is investigated by the medical examiner. The investigated deaths are those due to homicide, suicide, unintentional injury, trauma, disaster, violence, unnatural, unknown, or suspicious circumstances (31)(32)(33). The investigating medical examiner also reports whether the death, or injury resulting in death, occurred at work.…”

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Challenges with misclassification of American Indian/Alaska Native race and Hispanic ethnicity on death records in North Carolina occupational fatalities surveillance

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Gartner²,

Bell³

et al. 2022

Front. Epidemiol.

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As frequently segregated and exploitative environments, workplaces are important sites in driving health and mortality disparities by race and ethnicity. Because many worksites are federally regulated, US workplaces also offer opportunities for effectively intervening to mitigate these disparities. Development of policies for worker safety and equity should be informed by evidence, including results from research studies that use death records and other sources of administrative data. North Carolina has a long history of Black/white disparities in work-related mortality and evidence of such disparities is emerging in Hispanic and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) worker populations. The size of Hispanic and AI/AN worker populations have increased in North Carolina over the last decade, and North Carolina has the largest AI/AN population in the eastern US. Previous research indicates that misidentification of Hispanic and AI/AN identities on death records can lead to underestimation of race/ethnicity-specific mortality rates. In this commentary, we describe problems and complexities involved in determining AI/AN and Hispanic identities from North Carolina death records. We provide specific examples of misidentification that are likely introducing bias to occupational mortality disparity documentation, and offer recommendations for improved data collection, analysis, and interpretation. Our primary recommendation is to build and maintain relationships with local community leadership, so that improvements in the ascertainment of race and ethnicity are grounded in the lived experience of workers from communities of color.

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“…In addition, the recategorization of “essential” occupations during initial U.S. pandemic response placed Latinx adults at higher risk of work-related COVID-19 infection. Furthermore, U.S. Latinx adults have experienced persistent occupational (Chantarat et al, 2022; Kearney & Imai, 2023; Mintz & Krymkowski, 2010; Queneau, 2009; Richey et al, 2022; Whitaker, 2022) and residential segregation (Galaskiewicz et al, 2021; Hess, 2021; White & Lawrence, 2019). These types of work environments, overrepresented by U.S. Latinx adults, include service-related work like grocery stores, transportation, agriculture, and meatpacking.…”

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COVID-19-Associated Food Insecurity and Mental Health Symptoms Among Latinx Adults in the United States

Trabilsy,

Ortiz,

Camacho-Rivera

2023

Hisp Health Care Int

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Introduction: U.S. Latinx adults were disproportionately burdened by COVID-19 infection, as well as food insecurity compared to their non- Hispanic white adults. It is less clear if within-group variations among U.S. Latinx adults exist in food insecurity and mental health outcomes. Methods: We conducted a secondary data analysis of repeated cross-sectional survey waves from the Understanding America Study (UAS) study ( N = 182,865). We computed multivariable generalized linear regression models to examine associations between food insecurity, demographic characteristics, and depressive symptoms. Results: Participants with a history of food insecurity had a higher prevalence of depressive symptoms compared to those without a history of food insecurity (21.1% compared to 5.23%, p < .0001). Mexican participants reported a significantly higher prevalence of depression compared to Latino participants of Puerto Rican, Central American, or another Latino ethnicity (8.94% compared to 2.84%, 1.76%, and 2.91%, respectively, p < .0001). Associations of self-reported food insecurity among men and women varied by asthma status. Conclusions: Our study demonstrates that participants with a history of food insecurity had a higher prevalence of depressive symptoms compared to those without a history of food insecurity. Our findings also illuminate the importance of disaggregating U.S. Latinx adults when examining associations between food insecurity and mental health.

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Trends in fatal occupational injuries in Latino/a workers relative to other groups, North Carolina 2000–2017

Cited by 7 publications

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Forty‐year trends in fatal occupational injuries in North Carolina

Forty‐year trends in fatal occupational injuries in North Carolina

Challenges with misclassification of American Indian/Alaska Native race and Hispanic ethnicity on death records in North Carolina occupational fatalities surveillance

COVID-19-Associated Food Insecurity and Mental Health Symptoms Among Latinx Adults in the United States

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