A cohort study to estimate occupational mortality risks in Navarra.
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.
Ugarte
M Dolores
MD
Statistics and Operations Research Department. Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. lola@unavarra.es
Artieda
Liliana
L
Ibáñez
Berta
B
Militino
Ana F
AF
Lezáun
Mercedes
M
López-Sagaseta
Marina
M
Moreno-Iribas
Conchi
C
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