Worker exit and suicide and overdose mortality in a cohort of male non-metal mine workers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Suicides, overdoses, and drug-related liver diseases (deaths of despair) are greatly elevated in the mining and extraction industries compared to other industries. To better understand the drivers of these deaths, we examined suicide or overdose mortality in relation to age at worker exit among a retrospective cohort of 11,009 male mine workers from the Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study II.

Methods

We calculated age-adjusted mortality rates (1947-2015) and estimated hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) for suicide or overdose death in relation to age at worker exit (leaving work). The mining industry curtailed its workforce in the early 1980s due to economic downturn; therefore, separate models were fit for worker exit pre- and post-1980.

Results<

SUBMITTER: Colbeth HL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11905158 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature