title: Prevalence Characteristics of Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis (CWP) in a State-Owned Mine in Eastern China.
abstract: Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis (CWP) is the primary occupational disease in China. However, information about the definite prevalence of CWP is only partially available. The aims of our study were to assess the prevalence characteristics of CWP in a state-owned coal mine, evaluate the effects of control measures and develop further preventive strategies for CWP. The total study population included 495 cases who were diagnosed with CWP from the construction of this coal mine to the end of October 2014. Individuals' information, including duration of dust exposure, job titles, age as first diagnosis, stages of CWP, CWP progress, complications with pulmonary tuberculosis, death and others were collected and analyzed. The results showed that 71.11% of 495 CWP cases were stage I and 90.71% were involved in tunneling or coal mining. The mean dust exposure period in CWP patients was 26.7 years, the mean latent period was 29.3 years and the mean diagnosed age was 50.3 years old. The proportion of CWP diagnosed after ending dust exposure were remarkably increased with the time passing. Among the CWP cases, 36 (7.27%) were complicated with pulmonary tuberculosis. The mortality of patients with stage III was the highest (60.71%) (p < 0.0001). Our data obviously show that more strict policies to protect coal miners are needed to be implemented in China, especially for tunneling and mining workers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China. hanlei@jscdc.cn.|Institute of Occupational Disease Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing 210009, China. hanlei@jscdc.cn.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China. hanruhui007@163.com.
authors.forename: Ruhui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China. jxmnjmu@163.com.
authors.forename: Xiaoming
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China. wangti08@163.com.
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China. njmujj@126.com.
authors.forename: Jingjin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China. njmujj@126.com.
authors.forename: Jiali
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China. xjwqy922@163.com.
authors.forename: Qiuyun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Occupational Disease Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing 210009, China. blzhunjmu@163.com.
authors.forename: Baoli
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Occupational Disease Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing 210009, China. hd-zhang@263.net.
authors.forename: Hengdong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Occupational Disease Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing 210009, China. dingbangmei@163.com.
authors.forename: Bangmei
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China. chni@njmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Chunhui
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ni
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D055008:Anthracosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003032:Coal Mining; D004391:Dust / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010067:Ownership; D015995:Prevalence; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004391:Dust
keywords: China; coal workers’ pneumoconiosis; prevalence characteristics