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Excessive Proportion of Disabilities among Airline Pilots and Navigators Due to Cardiovascular Diseases: A Surveillance Lead.

PB95200424

Publication Date	1984
Personal Author	Crouse, W.; Fischbach, T.
Page Count	10
Abstract	The incidence of cardiovascular disability in white, male airline pilots and navitagors was compared to that of the general white male population of the United States. Data for the study were taken from the Social Security Administration disabled worker file for 1975 and 1976. In pilots and navigators, proportional morbidity ratios (PMRs) for heart and hypertensive disease, and for ischemic heart disease were 1.99 and 2,28, respectively. The authors suggest that this finding supports the theory that airline pilots have jobs which have high stress levels, resulting in high cardiovascular disability incidence. Other possible causes of the high PMRs were discussed, including nonoccupational factors associated with pilots and navigators, low levels of noncardiovascular disorders in this group, and early diagnosis because of frequent physical examinations.
Keywords	Occupational safety and health Cardiovascular diseases Flight crews Stress(Physiology) Pilots(Personnel) Navigators Mortality Risk factors Risk assessment Epidemiology Stress(Psychology) Attitudes Air transportation Health risks
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57W - Stress Physiology 44G - Environmental & Occupational Factors 44C - Community & Population Characteristics 92B - Psychology 94D - Job Environment
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH. Surveillance Branch.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199513

Excessive Proportion of Disabilities among Airline Pilots and Navigators Due to Cardiovascular Diseases: A Surveillance Lead.

Excessive Proportion of Disabilities among Airline Pilots and Navigators Due to Cardiovascular Diseases: A Surveillance Lead.
PB95200424

Publication Date	1984
Personal Author	Crouse, W.; Fischbach, T.
Page Count	10
Abstract	The incidence of cardiovascular disability in white, male airline pilots and navitagors was compared to that of the general white male population of the United States. Data for the study were taken from the Social Security Administration disabled worker file for 1975 and 1976. In pilots and navigators, proportional morbidity ratios (PMRs) for heart and hypertensive disease, and for ischemic heart disease were 1.99 and 2,28, respectively. The authors suggest that this finding supports the theory that airline pilots have jobs which have high stress levels, resulting in high cardiovascular disability incidence. Other possible causes of the high PMRs were discussed, including nonoccupational factors associated with pilots and navigators, low levels of noncardiovascular disorders in this group, and early diagnosis because of frequent physical examinations.
Keywords	Occupational safety and health Cardiovascular diseases Flight crews Stress(Physiology) Pilots(Personnel) Navigators Mortality Risk factors Risk assessment Epidemiology Stress(Psychology) Attitudes Air transportation Health risks
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57W - Stress Physiology 44G - Environmental & Occupational Factors 44C - Community & Population Characteristics 92B - Psychology 94D - Job Environment
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH. Surveillance Branch.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199513