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Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc 2008; 46 (2)

Pneumoconiosis in Affiliated Workers Have Irreversible Sequels

López-Rojas P, Nava-Larraguivel R, Salinas-Tovar S, Santos-Celis R, Marín-Cotoñieto IA, Méndez-Vargas MM

Language: Spanish
References: 24
Page: 163-170
PDF size: 400.58 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Objective: to analyze the frequency and importance of pneumoconiosis in affiliated workers to Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social.
Material and methods: it was carried out a transverse, observational and comparative study; the behavior of the qualified pneumoconiosis was revised 1994-2004. The analyzed variables were sex, age, occupation, permanent disability and economic activity. It was carried out the analysis of absolute frequencies and rates.
Results: it was registered 14 827 cases; the rate for 10,000 workers oscillated from 0.48 to 2.39. The 99% were presented in males, with 14 262 cases with permanent disability (rate: 96.89 per 100 cases of pneumoconiosis); employments with more frequency were miners, quarry workers and bricklayers. The average of permanent disability for pneumoconiosis in the period was of 11.09 to 15%. States with more number of cases were Coahuila, Zacatecas and Hidalgo. Economic activities with incidence were the extraction and benefit of mineral coal, graphite and metallic and not metallic minerals.
Conclusion: cases of pneumoconiosis have decreasing, even the determination in diagnosis is belated, and due to this situation most workers have irreversible sequels.


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