title: Occupational disease in Connecticut, 2001.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To quantify the magnitude and patterns of occupational disease in Connecticut.
  
  
  METHODS
  Collecting and standardizing data on occupational diseases from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Survey, workers' compensation reports, and physician reports for the 2001 calendar year, and using capture-recapture analysis to estimate unreported cases.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The rate of occupational illnesses dropped to 35.1 cases per 10,000 workers in 2001 (from 6,396 cases reported in 2000 to 5,514 in 2001). Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) accounted for more than half of the cases. There was a low proportion of cases that were reported to both workers compensation and the Department of Public Health, indicating widespread under-reporting of cases; it is estimated that there are actually over 30,000 cases of occupational disease each year.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Occupational disease is one of the highest incident conditions of any type of medical condition, and there is a high level of under-reporting.
authors.affiliation: Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030-6210, USA. tmorse@nso.uchc.edu
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morse
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grey
authors.forename: Eileen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Storey
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kenta-Bib
mesh_terms: D003237:Connecticut / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014942:Workers' Compensation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data