Demographic considerations in analyzing decedents by usual occupation.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Public health research uses decedents' usual industry and occupation (I&O) from US death certificates to assess mortality incidence and risk factors. Of necessity, such research may exclude decedents with insufficient I&O information, and assume death certificates reflect current (at time of death) I&O. This study explored the demographic implications of such research conditions by describing usual occupation and current employment status among decedents by demographic characteristics in a large multistate data set. METHODS:Death certificate occupations classified by Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) (ie, compensated occupation) and other categories (eg, student) for 36?507 decedents (suicide, homicide, other, undetermined intent) age 22+ years from the 2016 National Violent Death Reporting System's (NVDRS) 32 US states were analyzed. Decedents not employed at the time of death (eg, laid off) were identified through nondeath certificate NVDRS data sources (eg, law enforcement reports). RESULTS:Female decedents, younger (age?

SUBMITTER: Peterson C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7354205 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature