a Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics , School of Public Health, Curtin University , Perth , Australia.
b School of Population Health , University of Western Australia , Perth , Australia.
Ethn Health. 2018 Jul;23(5):480-487. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2017.1280138. Epub 2017 Jan 17.
Australia's use and consumption of asbestos occurred at the same time as its immigration boom. Our objective was to investigate mesothelioma death rates among migrants and Australian-born between 1981 and 2012.
Australian national mesothelioma deaths from 1981 to 2002 and 2006 to 2012 together with national censuses from 1981 to 2011 were extracted and combined. Directly standardised rates and negative binomial regression were applied examining differences in mesothelioma death rates with regard to country of birth.
Migrants from the UK and Ireland, Italy and Germany had significantly higher mesothelioma death rates than Australian-born; lower rates were observed among migrants from other countries.
Our findings suggest there may have been differences in occupational health and safety between foreign and Australian-born. Because of changes in the demographics of migrants to Australia since the 1970s and changes in occupational circumstances over time, further comparisons of occupational-related health outcomes between foreign and Australian-born could identify potential occupational inequalities that may still exist today.
澳大利亚在使用和消费石棉的同时也经历了移民潮。我们的目的是调查 1981 年至 2012 年间移民和澳大利亚出生的人群中间皮瘤的死亡率。
从 1981 年至 2002 年和 2006 年至 2012 年提取澳大利亚全国间皮瘤死亡数据，并结合 1981 年至 2011 年的全国人口普查数据。应用直接标准化率和负二项回归分析了出生国与间皮瘤死亡率之间的差异。
来自英国和爱尔兰、意大利和德国的移民间皮瘤死亡率明显高于澳大利亚出生的人；来自其他国家的移民间皮瘤死亡率较低。
我们的研究结果表明，外国出生者和澳大利亚出生者在职业健康和安全方面可能存在差异。由于自 20 世纪 70 年代以来移民到澳大利亚的人口结构发生了变化，以及随着时间的推移职业环境发生了变化，因此对外国出生者和澳大利亚出生者之间与职业相关的健康结果进行进一步比较，可以确定今天可能仍然存在的潜在职业不平等现象。
