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About the National Data
Data
Baseline: 1,625 pneumoconiosis deaths among persons aged 15 years and over occurred in 2018
Target: 1,300 deaths
Methodology
Methodology notes
Pneumoconiosis death data are extracted directly from mortality data made available by the National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System-Mortality (NVSS-M). Deaths due to asbestosis, silicosis, coal workers' pneumoconiosis, other and unspecified pneumoconioses, or pneumoconiosis associated with tuberculosis are counted. Specifically, deaths with an ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision) code: Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis (J60), Asbestosis (J61), Pneumoconiosis due to other dust containing silica (J62.8), Other Pneumoconiosis (J63), Unspecified Pneumoconiosis (J64), and Pneumoconiosis associated with tuberculosis (J65). Data are restricted to decedents aged 15 years and older in order to more closely represent members of the working population. While pneumoconiosis is preventable through effective control of worker exposure to occupational dusts, there are still an average of about 2,200 pneumoconiosis deaths per year since 2000.