Alzheimer's disease mortality among taxi and ambulance drivers: population based cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analyze mortality attributed to Alzheimer's disease among taxi drivers and ambulance drivers, occupations that demand frequent spatial and navigational processing, compared with other occupations.

Design

Population based cross-sectional study.

Setting

Use of death certificates from the National Vital Statistics System in the United States, which were linked to occupation, 1 January 2020-31 December 2022.

Participants

Deceased adults aged 18 years and older.

Main outcomes measures

Among 443 occupations studied, percentage of deaths attributed to Alzheimer's disease for taxi drivers and ambulance drivers and each of the remaining 441 occupations, adjusting for age at death and other sociodemographic factors.

Results

Of 8 972 221 people

SUBMITTER: R Patel V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11648082 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature