Effects of occupation on intracerebral hemorrhage-related deaths in Inner Mongolia

Abstract

This study assessed the relationship between occupation and Intracerebral Hemorrhage-related deaths and compared the differences in ICH-related deaths rates between the eastern and midwestern regions of Inner Mongolia. We used the case-control method. Cases included Intracerebral Hemorrhage-related deaths that occurred from 2009 to 2012 in Inner Mongolia while controls included non-circulatory system disease deaths that occurred during the same period. Odds ratios (ORs) for Intracerebral Hemorrhage-related deaths were calculated using logistic regression analysis, estimated according to occupation, and adjusted for marital status and age. The Intracerebral Hemorrhage mortality rate in the eastern regions (125.19/100000) was nearly 3 times higher than that in the midwestern regions (45.31/100000). ORs for agriculture-livestock workers, service professionals and general workers, professional workers and senior officials were in descending order. The age-adjusted OR for Intracerebral Hemorrhage-related deaths was lowest in unmarried men senior officials (OR 0.37, 95% CI 0.14-0.99). The Intracerebral Hemorrhage mortality rate in the eastern regions was much higher than that of the midwestern regions, since about 90% of Intracerebral Hemorrhage-related deaths in the eastern regions were those of agriculture-livestock workers who has the largest labor intensity of any other occupation assessed.

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“…This large variation could be associated with difference of the socioeconomic development between these two regions in Inner Mongolia, as the Midwest of Inner Mongolia is considered more developed than the East of Inner Mongolia, which could provide better health care system, medication, and treatment (Statistics, 2018). This is supported by previous studies with higher mortality rate of both pancreatic cancer and intracerebral hemorrhage from East Inner Mongolia than that from Midwest (Xiaoyan Gao et al, 2019). Apart from the difference of socioeconomic development, the ethnicity could also contribute to the difference.…”