| Abstract [eng] |
Purpose of Study Describe tendencies of occupational diseases in Lithuania in 1973-1978. Objectives 1. Set the number of occupational diseases and the incidence rate of change in Lithuania in 1973-1978. 2. Determine the distribution of occupational diseases according to risk factors, disease groups, industry and region in Lithuania in 1973-1978. 3. Determine the distribution of occupational diseases by sex and total experience of working in Lithuania in 1973-1978. Methodology Data on occupational diseases about 1303 cases were collected from LCVA of 6 files, in which Lithuanian SSR Ministry of Health quarterly reports and territorial Sanitary Epidemiological Station reports about occupational diseases are archived. Descriptive statistics performed in Microsoft Excel 2003, Microsoft Excel 2007, WinPepi 11.18, SPSS 17.0 programs using χ2 and Fisher's exact test. Conclusions about the relative signs of the difference between statistical significance were made at p ≤ 0.05. Conclusions and Results The average incidence rate of occupational diseases in Lithuania in 1973-1978 was 16.3 / 100 000 workers. Most occupational diseases have been influenced by physical factors (51.04%). Majority of them was ear (35.5%) and connective tissue and musculoskeletal system (17.2%) diseases. Most occupational diseases registered in Kaunas (31.2%) and for manufacturing workers (64.1%). There have been registered more acute occupational disease for men, and chronic for women. Women had more ear and nervous system diseases, and men of connective tissue and skeletal muscle disorders. Most occupational diseases were diagnosed for those persons, who had experience of working from 11 to 20 years. |
