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WORKERS' HEALTH
WORKERS' HEALTH
(Health in the Americas, 1998 Edition, Vol. 1)
The relationship between the work environment and the health status of people is a priority health policy concern for some governments, international organizations (47), and social agencies. In 1995, it was estimated that the economically active population (EAP) in the Region of the Americas numbered 357.5 million people (46.3% of the total population), of which 226.5 million lived in Latin America and the Caribbean (47.7%) and 131 million (44.9%) lived in North America (48). The EAP is expected to increase to 399 million by the year 2000. During the 1990s, it will grow by 25.9% in Latin America and by 11.1% in North America (49).