Intentional self-harm associated mortality among U.S. White physicians, nurses, lawyers & judges
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The mortality associated factors can be quantified in terms of proportionate mortality ratios (PMR) per National Occupational Mortality Surveillance (NOMS) data. Therefore, we explored NOMS data for the United States (U.S.) occupational workers’ mortality during 1999, 2003-2004, 2007-2014 to compare physicians’ mortality associated factors to the mortality associated factors among nurses vs. the mortality associated factors among lawyers & judges. Due to lack of adequate sample sizes of decedents being concurrently present among physicians, nurses, and lawyers & judges of Black race, we were able to tabulate 25 causes of death with significant PMRs among physicians, nurses, and lawyers & judges only of White race. Therein, intentional self harm associated mortality was found to be common among U.S. White physicians, nurses, lawyers & judges.Abstract
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Gupta D, Kumar S, Chakrabortty S. SOHAM: Searching Our-Own Health After Medicine by Understanding Physician Mortality Data From The United States. Indian J Comm Health 2020;32:154-60. NIOSH (2020). National Occupational Mortality Surveillance (NOMS). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluation and Field Studies, Surveillance Branch. Available at: https://wwwn.cdc.gov/niosh-noms/occupation2.aspx (Last Accessed on 2020 Dec 20) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). National Occupational Mortality Surveillance (NOMS). Frequently Asked Questions. Information about Proportionate Mortality Ratios (PMRs). Available at https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/noms/faqs.html (Last Accessed on 2020 Dec 20) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). National Occupational Mortality Surveillance (NOMS). Where NOMS Data Come from and How the Data are Analyzed. Available at https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/noms/method.html 2020 (Last Accessed on 2020 Dec 20) Egan B: Southern New Hampshire University. The Male Nurse: Benefits and Percentages of Men in Nursing. Available at https://www.snhu.edu/about-us/newsroom/2019/05/male-nurse (Last Accessed on 2020 Dec 20) American Medical Association. Timeline of women in medicine. Available at https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/physician-diversity/timeline-women-medicine (Last Accessed on 2020 Dec 20) Day JC: United States Census Bureau. Number of Women Lawyers At Record High But Men Still Highest Earners: More Than 1 in 3 Lawyers Are Women. Available at https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2018/05/women-lawyers.html (Last Accessed on 2020 Dec 20)
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