Neukirch F, Perdrizet S, Bouvier-Colle M H, Pariente R
Rev Fr Mal Respir. 1983;11(1):47-55.
The mortality due to respiratory disease was studied in France between 1970 and 1974 as well as in seven other countries in the European Economic Community. The French results were presented as an index of mortality by cause of death, enabling a comparison of the mortality in different groups of the population. Data was supplied for 7 diagnostic groups defined according to List A of the International Classification of Diseases. The population studied consisted of men and women between 15 to 64 years, classified according to residence (urban or rural) and profession (agricultural worker or not). In addition the indices of mortality for farmers or agricultural employees were compared to men of the same social class, for the same period. The comparisons between the urban and the rural background revealed an excess mortality for respiratory tuberculosis, lung cancer, bronchitis, emphysema and asthma for those in urban areas. In the rural environment an excess mortality was noted for acute respiratory diseases in both men and women; this was also found comparing agricultural to non-agricultural workers. Lastly, if one compared agricultural and non-agricultural workers of the same social class, deaths due to acute and chronic respiratory infections were higher in the agricultural workers. These results show the relative importance already stressed in other studies, of acute respiratory diseases in agricultural workers.
1970年至1974年间，法国以及欧洲经济共同体的其他七个国家对呼吸系统疾病导致的死亡率进行了研究。法国的研究结果以死因死亡率指数呈现，以便对不同人群的死亡率进行比较。数据涵盖了根据《国际疾病分类》列表A定义的7个诊断组。所研究的人群为15至64岁的男性和女性，根据居住地（城市或农村）和职业（农业工人与否）进行分类。此外，还比较了同一时期农民或农业雇员与相同社会阶层男性的死亡率指数。城市和农村背景的比较显示，城市地区人群在呼吸性结核病、肺癌、支气管炎、肺气肿和哮喘方面的死亡率较高。在农村环境中，男性和女性的急性呼吸道疾病死亡率均较高；农业工人与非农业工人相比也存在这种情况。最后，如果比较相同社会阶层的农业工人和非农业工人，农业工人因急性和慢性呼吸道感染导致的死亡人数更多。这些结果表明了其他研究中已经强调的急性呼吸道疾病在农业工人中的相对重要性。
