Nowadays, pneumoconiosis is a chronic occupational lung disease in China among coal, manufacture, building and other industries. However, information on the exact prevalence and characteristic of the disease is not available. Therefore, the aims of our investigation were to provide the significant original information and analyze the characteristics by conducting a systematic analysis in a city of China from 1980 to 2017.Based on predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria, 4797cases were selected and association analysis was further conducted. The prevalence was analyzed according to gender, age, nationality, industries, stages, disease type, age of diagnosis and time of dust exposure, etc.As a result, silicosis and coal workers' pneumoconiosis is the major type of pneumoconiosis in a Chinese city. It also showed a clear industry distribution and the age of diagnosis is large in recent decades.There conclusions suggested that occupational health monitoring and primary prevention should be strengthened. On the other hand, these results may provide a deeper understanding of the pneumoconiosis and government in China need to step up their efforts on implementing more rigorous policies to protect people from dust pollution.
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