Table 3 Associations between occupation and the three-year incidence of chronic cough, chronic phlegm, wheezing, and airway obstruction
| Â | Total | Chronic Cough | Chronic Phlegm | Wheezing | Airway Obstruction | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | No. | No. (%) | RR (95% CI)1 | No. (%) | RR (95% CI)1 | No. (%) | RR (95% CI)1 | No. (%) | RR (95% CI)1 |
Total | 8,967 | 317 (3.5) | Â | 304 (3.4) | Â | 301 (3.4) | Â | 196 (2.2) | Â |
Managerial and Administrative Support Occupations | 2,474 | 70 (2.8) | 1.00 (referent) | 62 (2.5) | 1.00 (referent) | 74 (3.0) | 1.00 (referent) | 52 (2.1) | 1.00 (referent) |
Professional Specialty Occupations | 1,407 | 29 (2.1) | 0.73 (0.48, 1.13) | 28 (2.0) | 0.80 (0.51, 1.26) | 36 (2.6) | 0.93 (0.63, 1.38) | 23 (1.6) | 0.99 (0.61, 1.61) |
Technical and Sales Occupations | 1,035 | 25 (2.4) | 0.88 (0.56, 1.38) | 18 (1.7) | 0.68 (0.41, 1.15) | 31 (3.0) | 1.01 (0.67, 1.53) | 22 (2.1) | 1.04 (0.64, 1.68) |
Service Occupations | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Private household occupations | 417 | 22 (5.3) | 1.45 (0.89, 2.37) | 20 (4.8) | 1.79 (1.07, 3.01) | 14 (3.4) | 1.29 (0.72, 2.33) | 9 (2.2) | 1.24 (0.59, 2.60) |
Protective service | 90 | 2 (2.2) | 0.87 (0.22, 3.50) | 3 (3.3) | 1.31 (0.42, 4.11) | 3 (3.3) | 1.13 (0.37, 3.43) | 3 (3.3) | 1.64 (0.53, 5.02) |
Food preparation and service | 226 | 7 (3.1) | 0.85 (0.39, 1.87) | 9 (4.0) | 1.56 (0.78, 3.13) | 13 (5.8) | 1.88 (1.03, 3.41) | 4 (1.8) | 0.95 (0.34, 2.62) |
Health service | 202 | 9 (4.5) | 1.23 (0.61, 2.50) | 13 (6.4) | 2.58 (1.43, 4.68) | 7 (3.5) | 1.17 (0.54, 2.53) | 4 (2.0) | 1.23 (0.45, 3.35) |
Cleaning and building service | 188 | 12 (6.4) | 1.85 (1.01, 3.37) | 13 (6.9) | 2.28 (1.27, 4.08) | 9 (4.8) | 1.68 (0.85, 3.32) | 1 (0.5) | 0.33 (0.05, 2.42) |
Other service occupations | 164 | 6 (3.7) | 1.16 (0.51, 2.67) | 10 (6.1) | 2.59 (1.35, 4.95) | 7 (4.3) | 1.50 (0.70, 3.22) | 4 (2.4) | 1.55 (0.56, 4.30) |
Farming, Forestry, and Fishing Occupations | 94 | 5 (5.3) | 1.85 (0.76, 4.49) | 2 (2.1) | 0.76 (0.19, 3.11) | 4 (4.3) | 1.32 (0.49, 3.56) | 3 (3.2) | 1.51 (0.49, 4.69) |
Precision Occupations | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Mechanics and repairers | 250 | 14 (5.6) | 1.81 (1.02, 3.21) | 17 (6.8) | 2.10 (1.23, 3.57) | 7 (2.8) | 0.81 (0.37, 1.77) | 8 (3.2) | 1.26 (0.59, 2.66) |
Construction and extractive trades | 282 | 13 (4.6) | 1.62 (0.90, 2.91) | 15 (5.3) | 1.70 (0.97, 2.97) | 9 (3.2) | 1.02 (0.52, 2.03) | 8 (2.8) | 1.33 (0.63, 2.80) |
Other precision occupations | 297 | 15 (5.1) | 1.55 (0.91, 2.66) | 17 (5.7) | 1.89 (1.13, 3.16) | 13 (4.4) | 1.26 (0.70, 2.30) | 7 (2.4) | 0.93 (0.44, 1.99) |
Machine Operating Occupations | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Textile, apparel, furnishing machine operators | 93 | 7 (7.5) | 2.62 (1.20, 5.72) | 7 (7.5) | 3.72 (1.75, 7.91) | 3 (3.2) | 1.07 (0.34, 3.40) | 1 (1.1) | 0.68 (0.10, 4.79) |
Machine operators, assorted materials | 192 | 10 (5.2) | 1.66 (0.88, 3.14) | 9 (4.7) | 1.71 (0.87, 3.36) | 7 (3.6) | 1.13 (0.53, 2.38) | 8 (4.2) | 2.02 (0.96, 4.23) |
Hand working occupations | 93 | 3 (3.2) | 1.09 (0.35, 3.39) | 6 (6.5) | 2.63 (1.16, 6.00) | 2 (2.2) | 0.72 (0.18, 2.85) | 3 (3.2) | 1.68 (0.52, 5.39) |
Motor vehicle operation | 221 | 14 (6.3) | 1.91 (1.07, 3.41) | 12 (5.4) | 1.61 (0.87, 2.97) | 11 (5.0) | 1.45 (0.76, 2.74) | 8 (3.6) | 1.53 (0.72, 3.27) |
Transportation, excl. motor vehicle | 83 | 4 (4.8) | 1.63 (0.61, 4.35) | 3 (3.6) | 1.10 (0.35, 3.43) | 4 (4.8) | 1.42 (0.52, 3.83) | 4 (4.8) | 1.89 (0.70, 5.14) |
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, laborers | 171 | 8 (4.7) | 1.46 (0.71, 3.00) | 9 (5.3) | 1.89 (0.95, 3.73) | 9 (5.3) | 1.70 (0.86, 3.34) | 6 (3.5) | 1.69 (0.75, 3.85) |
Other machine operating occupations | 164 | 8 (4.9) | 1.62 (0.80, 3.27) | 9 (5.5) | 1.95 (0.97, 3.94) | 6 (3.7) | 1.14 (0.50, 2.57) | 2 (1.2) | 0.58 (0.14, 2.32) |
Homemaker, no other job reported | 824 | 34 (4.1) | 1.51 (0.99, 2.31) | 22 (2.7) | 1.57 (0.94, 2.60) | 32 (3.9) | 1.26 (0.81, 1.94) | 16 (1.9) | 1.06 (0.59, 1.88) |