Mortality Among US Physicians and Other Health Care Workers.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

National estimates of mortality among physicians and other health care workers are lacking. It is also unknown if distinct patterns exist across sex, race, and ethnicity.

Objective

To compare all-cause and cause-specific mortality rates among physicians, health care workers, and non-health care workers by sex, race, and ethnicity.

Design, setting, and participants

The National Vital Statistics System, a population-based registry of US death certificates, was used to obtain data on deaths among adults aged 25 to 74 years from January 2020 to December 2022 by usual occupation. Data were analyzed from January 2024 to December 2024.

Exposures

Usual occupation, sex, race, and ethnicity.

Main outcomes and measures

Overall and cause-specific mortalit

SUBMITTER: Patel VR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11851301 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature