title: [The incidence of asbestos-related diseases about on asbestos enterprises in Qingdao from 1988 to 2014].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  It can provide statistics reference for the prevention and treatment by analysising the status and characteristics related to the asbestos disease of an asbestos products enterprises from 1988 to 2014.
  
  
  METHODS
  We have collected the data concerning the case of asbestos-related disease between 1988 and 2014, then the data were arranged, collecteted and analyzed using statistical method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total of patients is 625 (male: 225, female: 400). Diagnosis of asbestosis is 617 cases, Accordingly, stage Ⅰis 500, stage Ⅱis 112 and stage Ⅲ is 5. Average age of morbidity is 64.84±9.87 and working age is 24.45±7.40 years; The patients of lung cancer caused by asbestos are 12 people, and average age of morbidity is 66.25±11.20 years, and the working age is 29.18±7.77years; The patients of mesothelioma are 4 people, average age of morbidity is 49-78 (M=60) and working age is 27years. Asbestosis patients with complications of pleural plaque is 37.44%, complications of pulmonary tuberculosis is 5.19%., and there are 239 patients lose their lives, motality is 38.74%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a high incidence of a disease about asbestos related disease in the asbestos products factory, it has close relationship with asbestos exposure time, the dust concentration of workplace and type of work et al. Asbestos related diseases are still the main problem in Qingdao.
authors.affiliation: Qing Dao Central Hospital, Dingdao 266042, China.
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Y X
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D001194:Asbestos; D001195:Asbestosis; D004391:Dust; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008175:Lung Neoplasms; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D010995:Pleural Diseases; D017132:Workplace
chemical_list: D004391:Dust; D001194:Asbestos