NATIONAL HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SUPPLEMENT

Healthcare and Social Assistance Industries

These charts summarize the 2010 NHIS-OHS data for the Healthcare and Social Assistance industries in an effort to provide industry leaders with information so they can better understand health and exposure burdens specific to their workforce.

Survey Sample

In the 2010 NHIS-OHS, the sample of those employed in the Healthcare and Social Assistance industries consisted of 2,478 persons, representing approximately 20.5 million workers. The charts linked below show the prevalence (rates) of selected health outcomes; work organization and psychosocial factors; and physical and chemical exposures among workers in the Healthcare and Social Assistance industries.  All Healthcare and Social Assistance workers are compared to all U.S. workers combined, and comparisons are made among specific Healthcare and Social Assistance industries.

Charts

• Description of Healthcare and Social Assistance workers in the US
  • Table A. Number of workers by specific industry
  • Table B. Number of workers by job type
• All US workers vs. Healthcare and Social Assistance workers
  • Figure 1. Selected health conditions; work organization factors; and psychosocial, physical and chemical exposures
• Health conditions
  • Figure 2. Dermatitis
  • Figure 3. Carpal tunnel syndrome
  • Figure 4. Asthma
• Work organization factors
  • Figure 5. Long work hours
  • Figure 6. Non-standard work arrangements
  • Figure 7. Temporary employment
  • Figure 8. Non-standard shifts
• Psychosocial exposures
  • Figure 9. Job insecurity
  • Figure 10. Work-family imbalance
  • Figure 11. Hostile work environments
• Physical and chemical exposures
  • Figure 12. Potential skin hazards
  • Figure 13. Outdoor work
  • Figure 14.Vapors, gas, dust, or fumes
  • Figure 15a. Secondhand smoke
    • Figure 15b. Smoking rates

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