Evaluation of Occupational Diseases in Turkey in 2011-2015

Year 2017, Volume 2, Issue 1(4), 21 - 21, 01.11.2017

Elif Durmaz Ferdi Tanır Muhsin Akbaba

Abstract

Introduction


Our study was carried out with the aim of evaluating the patients diagnosed
with occupational diseases in 2011-2015 in Turkey.



Method

Our research is a descriptive study. The data are the records of the
Occupational Diseases cases registered in the Social Security Institution(SGK)
of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security in 2011-2015 and the records of
the Turkish Statistical Institute(TUIK) in 2013. Since the data were obtained
from the public internet sites, ethical requirements were not needed.



Results

According to the Turkish Statistical Institute, the labor force population in
Turkey in 2015 is 29,565,000. In 2015 there are approximately 21 million active
insured worker, about 14 million of them have 4/1-a insurance and only this
group's data are recorded for occupational disease and occupational disease
rate is 0.003%. None of the occupational diseases in 2013-2015 were resulted in
death. The most common sector for occupational diseases is the removal of coal
and lignite for men and manufacture of motor vehicles for women. The most
common occupational disease was arsenic and its compounds related diseases and
silicosis in 2011 and 2015 respectively. The TUIK study in 2013 shows that 2.1%
of the participants had a discomfort in the last 12 months due to their jobs.



Conclusion

Out of all insured workers only 4/1-a insured's data are in SGK database. Data
of the occupational diseases are given only because it brings legal
consequences such as criminal responsibility, compensation and incapacity
benefit. Occupational disease cases in Turkey are far below expectations. In
order for the diagnosis of occupational diseases to be at an expected level, it
would be appropriate to arrange the criteria and diagnosis codes to be included
in the Ministry of Health basic data.

 

 

Keywords:
occupational
disease, occupational health and safety, records

Keywords

Evaluation of Occupational Diseases in Turkey in 2011-2015

References

• Elif Durmaz, Ferdi Tanır, Muhsin Akbaba Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine Department of Public Health