Özet:

Occupational disease is defined in the Social Insurance and General Health Insurance Law No. 5510 as a temporary or permanent illness, physical or mental disability that the insured is exposed to due to a recurring reason due to the nature of his work or due to the operating conditions of the work. The material and moral losses that occur as a result of occupational diseases that are completely preventable have reached significant dimensions, especially in developing societies. In this study, the 10-year occupational diseases profile of Turkey between the years 2011-2021 was examined on the basis of economic activity and city. By determining the economic activities and cities with the most and least occupational diseases, the areas to focus on for the prevention of occupational diseases were determined. By drawing attention to these economic activities, it is aimed to create the necessary policies in terms of occupational health and safety by taking province-specific health measures so that workers do not have occupational diseases. As the basis of this study for further academic studies; it is important to systematically collect data on occupational diseases, to analyze and interpret them, to convey them to the relevant units, and to update occupational diseases prevention policies.

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