【摘要】 目的　探讨老年尘肺死亡病例的流行病学特点。方法　回顾性调查广东省１ ０６１ 例老年尘肺（ 死亡年龄≥６０ 岁） 患者的死亡情况。结果　老年尘肺组开始接尘平均年龄、平均发病工龄及年龄、尘肺晋期时间和确诊后的存活时间都明显比尘肺对照组延长（ Ｐ＜ ０ ．０１） 。结论　提示接尘工人开始接尘年龄大，较易适应生产环境的不良因素，对生产性粉尘的危害抵抗力较强更多还原

【Abstract】 Objective To explore the epidemiological features of death cases among the old people with pneumoconiosis. Methods The conditions of 1 061 death cases among the old people (death age ≥60 year old) suffering from pneumoconiosis in Guangdong province were retrospectively reviewed. Results The results showed that the average age of initial exposure, the average length of service and age when diagnosis was established, the promoting stage, the surviving time in the aged group appeared to be longer than that in the control group ( P <0.01). Conclusion It suggested that the older workers firstly exposed to the dust, the easier for them to adopt the environmental harmful factors and the stronger their defending ability would be.更多还原