Work-Related Lung Disease Surveillance Report 1999: Asbestosis and Related Exposures

Section 1, 'Asbestosis and Related Exposures', of NIOSH's Work-Related Lung Disease Surveillance Report 1999 (printed pp. 13–30). It tabulates US asbestosis deaths from 1968 to 1996, rising to 1,176 in 1996 and totalling 9,614 for 1987–1996, by sex, race, age and state. It also shows years of life lost and the most frequent occupations and industries on death certificates. Ship and boat building had the highest proportionate mortality ratio, followed by insulation workers. The section adds hospital discharge estimates and MSHA and OSHA inspector samples exceeding the asbestos exposure limit, by industry and state, from 1974 to 1996.