Arseniasis prevalence and mortality in a multiethnic, endemic township in Guizhou, China.

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
Ji-Gang ChenJian-Hua Shen

Abstract

Farmers in Southwest Guizhou Autonomous Prefecture, China, represent a unique case of arseniasis, which is related to indoor combustion of high arsenic-containing coal instead of to arsenic-contaminated drinking water. A significant difference in the prevalence of arseniasis was observed in two neighboring ethnic clans in one village. The question arose whether the ethnicity-dependent difference observed in this village was more widely spread throughout the whole township. An epidemiologic investigation was designed to explore arseniasis distribution and mortality among all four ethnic groups in a multiethnic township. The cohort of arseniasis patients, diagnosed and registered in the overall field survey of 1991 as well as all the asymptomatic residents of the township, were enrolled in the present investigation. Indirect standardization was used for calculating the age-adjusted standardized incidence ratio (SIR) of arseniasis, the standardized mortality ratio (SMR) of various death causes (including some cancers), and their corresponding intervals of 95% confidence in both genders and in each local ethnic group. The descending rank of arseniasis SIRs among local ethnic groups was found as: Hui>Han>Bouyei>Hmong. The descending...Continue Reading

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