title: A cohort study to estimate occupational mortality risks in Navarra.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Few studies on occupational mortality have been conducted in Spain. The objective of this work was to analyse inequalities on global mortality and on mortality due to specific causes according to occupation in a historical cohort of males from the province of Navarra, Spain.
  
  
  METHODS
  The base population for this historical cohort comprised all employed men over age 34 from Navarra in the 1986 population register. Age-standardised point estimates and confidence intervals for occupational-specific mortality risks were computed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There exist differences in mortality risks with respect to the overall risk of Navarra in certain occupational activities for several major causes of mortality. Some of the results corroborate previous findings in other works, such as the significant high risk that presents in leather, clothing workers and shoemakers when analysing kidney, bladder and other urinary malignant tumours, while others present a certain degree of novelty.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This work contributes to filling the gap in the lack of works on occupational mortality in Spain. It also complements the information that other monitoring systems may provide on occupational health.
authors.affiliation: Statistics and Operations Research Department. Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. lola@unavarra.es
authors.forename: M Dolores
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Ugarte
authors.forename: Liliana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Artieda
authors.forename: Berta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ibáñez
authors.forename: Ana F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Militino
authors.forename: Mercedes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lezáun
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: López-Sagaseta
authors.forename: Conchi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moreno-Iribas
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000401:mortality*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002423:Cause of Death / Q000639:trends; D015331:Cohort Studies; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D004651:Employment / Q000145:classification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology