Table 4: Occupational exposure to chemical and petrochemical industries and bladder cancer risk in four western Canadian provinces – Occupational categories by gender and nature of injury, Ontario, 1997
| Men | Rate | 95% CI | Women | Rate | 95% CI |
| Carpal tunnel syndrome Rates | |||||
| Fishing, hunting, trapping & related | a298.15 | - | Mining & quarrying | 2146.29 | - |
| Stenographic & typing | 284.21 | (0.00, 766.62) | Other machining occupations | 714.68 | (258.67, 1,170.70 |
| Textiles, furs & leather goods | 215.95 | (103.87, 328.04) | Mechanics & repairmen | 297.75 | (33.29, 562.21) |
| Mining & quarrying | 128.65 | (51.37, 205.93) | Food, beverage & related processing | 254.16 | (164.74, 343.58) |
| Food, beverage & related processing | 93.15 | (53.55, 132.75) | Other construction | 247.28 | (0.00, 508.28) |
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| Metal products, not elsewhere classified | 57.16 | (41.54, 72.79) | Food, beverage & related processing | 254.16 | (164.74, 343.58) |
| Other machining occupations | 92.23 | (59.52, 124.93) | Textiles, furs & leather goods | 202.87 | (133.54, 272.21) |
| Textiles, furs & leather goods | 215.95 | (103.87, 328.04) | Wood products, rubber, plastics & related & other | 171.48 | (108.03, 234.93) |
| Food, beverage & related processing | 93.15 | (53.55, 132.75) | Other machining occupations | 714.68 | (258.67, 1,170.70) |
| Metal shaping & forming | 58.42 | (34.58, 82.25) | Other service | 112.27 | (67.03, 157.50) |
| Epicondylitis Rates | |||||
| Textiles, furs & leather goods | 215.95 | (103.87, 328.04) | Other machining occupations | 372.88 | (93.78, 615.97) |
| Other machining occupations | 67.07 | (40.37, 93.77) | Other transportation operators | 168.86 | (0.00, 455.47) |
| Other transportation operators | 56.31 | (11.43, 101.20) | Other processing | 144.91 | (57.86, 231.95) |
| Food, beverage & related processing | 51.75 | (23.67, 79.84) | Textiles, furs & leather goods | 128.35 | (76.64, 180.06) |
| Metal products, not elsewhere classified | 50.38 | (35.82, 64.94) | Wood products, rubber, plastics & related & other | 105.52 | (58.51, 152.54) |
| Prevention index | |||||
| Other machining occupations | 67.07 | (40.37, 93.77) | Textiles, furs & leather goods | 128.35 | (76.64, 180.06) |
| Metal products, not elsewhere classified | 50.38 | (35.82, 64.94) | Wood products, rubber, plastics & related & other | 105.52 | (58.51, 152.54) |
| Textiles, furs & leather goods | 215.95 | (103.87, 328.04) | Other machining occupations | 372.88 | (93.78, 651.97) |
| Wood products, rubber, plastics & related & other | 43.51 | (27.37, 59.65) | Other processing | 144.91 | (57.86, 231.95) |
| Food, beverage & related processing | 51.75 | (23.67, 79.84) | Metal products, not elsewhere classified | 56.12 | (29.18, 83.06) |
| Rotator cuff syndrome/tear Rates | |||||
| Fishing, hunting, trapping & related | 298.15 | - | Other transportation operators | 84.43 | (0.00, 269.44) |
| Textiles, furs & leather goods | 61.70 | (9.10, 114.30) | Other crafts and equipment operators & NEC | 20.92 | (0.00, 50.56) |
| Other transportation operators | 56.31 | (11.43, 101.20) | Other service | 18.11 | (1.84, 34.37) |
| Other machining occupations | 16.77 | (4.96, 28.84) | Textiles, furs & leather goods | 16.56 | (0.01, 33.11) |
| Other construction | 15.96 | (8.21, 23.71) | Nursing, therapy & related | 13.94 | (6.76, 21.13) |
| Prevention index | |||||
| Other construction | 15.96 | (8.21, 23.71) | Other service | 18.11 | (1.84, 34.37) |
| Other service | 14.59 | (5.85, 23.33) | Nursing, therapy & related | 13.94 | (6.76, 21.13) |
| Other machining occupations | 16.77 | (4.96, 28.84) | Textiles, furs & leather goods | 16.56 | (0.01, 33.11) |
| Other transportation operators | 56.31 | (11.43, 101.20) | Other crafts and equipment operators & NEC | 20.92 | (0.00, 50.56) |
| Metal products, not elsewhere classified | 10.66 | (4.27, 17.04) | Food, beverage & related processing | 11.30 | (0.00, 27.11) |
| Textiles, furs & leather goods | 61.70 | (9.10, 114.30) | |||
Note: Only first-allowed, lost-time claims have been considered. Confidence intervals were not calculable when "at-risk" estimates were less than 500 full-time equivalents because approximate coefficients of variation for estimates of annual averages for Ontario, 1997 were not available. |
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aRate per 100,000 full-time equivalents (1 full-time equivalent = 50 wks/year * 40 hours/week = 2,000 hours) with 95% CI. |
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| Textiles, furs & leather goods | patternmaking, marking and cutting; tailors and dressmakers; furriers; milliners; shoemaking and repairing; upholsterers; sewing machine operators |
| Other machining occupations | tool and die making; machinist and machine tool setting-up occupations; machine tool operating occupations; wood patternmaking occupations; wood sawing and related occupations; planing, turning, shaping and related; wood sanding; cutting and shaping clay, glass, stone; abrading and polishing clay, glass, stone; engravers, etchers and related occupations, nec; filing, grinding, buffing, cleaning and polishing, nec; patternmakers and mouldmakers, nec; inspecting, testing, grading, and sampling |
| Other transportation operators | air pilots, navigators, and flight engineers; air transport operating support; air transport operating occupations, nec; locomotive operating occupations; conductors and brake workers; railway transport operating support; railway transport operating occupations, nec; deck officer; engineering officers, ship; deck crew, ship; engine and boiler-room crew, ship; water transport operating occupations, nec; subway and street railway operating occupations; rail vehicle operators, except rail transport; other transport equipment operating occupations, nec |
| Food, beverage & related processing | flour and grain milling occupations; baking, confectionery making and related occupations; slaughtering and meat cutting, canning, curing and packing occupations; fish canning, curing and packing occupations; fruit and vegetable canning, preserving and packing occupations; milk processing and related occupations; sugar processing and related occupations; inspecting, testing, grading, and sampling; beverage processing and related occupations |
| Metal products, nec | engine and related equipment fabricating and assembling occupations, nec; motor vehicle fabricating and assembling occupations, nec; aircraft fabricating and assembling occupations, nec; industrial, farm, construction, and other mechanized equipment and machinery fabricating and assembling occupations, nec; business and commercial machines fabricating and assembling occupations, nec; inspecting, testing, grading and sampling occupations; precision instruments and related equipment |
Note: NEC = not elsewhere classified. |
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