title: [Mortality and occupation: theoretical problems and concrete illustrations].
abstract: This article reviews the methods generally used when studying occupational mortality. First, the different schemes of collecting data are cited; secondly, all the indexes (PMR, SMR, standardisation by direct method, etc.) that can be employed in this kind of analysis are studied, and each of them is critically evaluated. Finally, in order to compare the advantages of SMR over the effects of direct standardisation, these two indexes are combined in a brief study of the most recent data in France concerning occupational mortality. In illustration, an analysis is made of the most common causes of male deaths in 1982, among farmers, engineers, artists, teachers and those in the liberal professions.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000383:Agriculture; D004738:Engineering; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality; D009790:Occupations; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013663:Teaching
vernacular_title: Mortalité et profession : problèmes théoriques et illustration concrète.