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Test your knowledge about Occupational Disease in Connecticut.
March 2003

1. How many cases of occupational illnesses were reported in Connecticut in 2000?

a) 1,578
b) 6,396
c) 22,500
d) 14,726

2. Which conditions represent the greatest number of reports?

a) Poisonings
b) Lung
c) Musculo-skeletal disorders
d) Stress related

3. Women in Connecticut account for what portion of all reports?

a) Almost half
b) One third
c) More than half
d) Two thirds

4. Occupational illnesses primarily affect which group of workers?

a) Under age 20
b) Age 50 - 59
c) Ages 30-49
d) Over age 60

5. Which industry reported the greatest number of lung conditions?

a) Manufacturing
b) The State of Connecticut
c) Municipalities
d) All of the above

Information from Occupational Disease in Connecticut, 2000. Connecticut Medicine, Volume 66, No. 12, December 2002.

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