Prevalence Rate of Silicosis: A Rising Public Health Crisis

This research aims to look into the prevalence of silicosis in industry workers in North America. Looking specifically at construction workers and those others exposed to high levels of silica dust daily. Occupational respiratory diseases are the primary cause of occupation-associated illnesses in the United States, based on the frequency, severity, and preventability of the different types of diseases. Unfortunately, these preventable diseases, that cause irreversible lung injury in many high-income countries across the world, remain under-recognized and under-researched. I wanted to look at the most prevalent issues within the working industry listed above, with various respiratory diseases. Occupational respiratory diseases account for up to 30% of all work-related diseases, and respiratory complications cause 10 – 20% of deaths. Breathing in vapors, gas, dust, and fumes at work may put workers at risk of developing a work-related lung issue. Sadly, this is a preventable issue that, by time of diagnosis, essentially has no cure. Various datasets have been examined to determine the chilling rate of silicosis diagnosis' in industrial workers and some suggestions made to better address this continuing problem