Truck drivers and heart disease in the United States, 1979-1990.

Background: Studies of truck drivers and cardiovascular disease (CVD), myocardial infarction, or ischemic heart disease (IHD) are limited, although studies of other professional drivers reported increased risk.

Methods: US mortality data from 1979 to 1990 for ages 15-90 were used to calculate proportional mortality ratios (PMRs) for heart disease and lung cancer for short and long haul truck drivers. Analysis was performed for Black (998 short haul and 13,241 long haul) truck drivers and White (4,929 short and 74,315 long haul) truck drivers separately.

Proportionate mortality of crop and livestock farmers in the United States, 1984-1993.

Background: Livestock farmers are more likely to be exposed to a variety of different farming hazards than crop farmers. An analysis of occupation and industry-coded U.S.

The recording of demographic information on death certificates: a national survey of funeral directors.

Objective: The authors sought to ascertain the methods used by funeral directors to determine the demographic information recorded on death certificates.

Methods: Standardized questionnaires were administered to funeral directors in five urban locations in the U.S.