OBJECTIVES: To compare and contrast the prevalence of @entity3673 in two groups of former migrant mineworkers in southern Africa, and to examine the effectiveness of the South African compensation system for occupational @entity358 . DESIGN: Comparison of two cross-sectional studies and follow-up data on compensation results. SETTING: The village of Thamaga, Botswana and the rural area of Libode, Eastern Cape, South Africa. SUBJECTS: Two hundred and thirty-four former underground mineworkers in Thamaga, and 238 in Libode. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Prevalence and severity of @entity3673 , prevalence of radiological signs of @entity378 ( @entity378 ), Medical Bureau for @entity3675 (MBOD) certification committee decisions, and compensation results. RESULTS: Prevalence of @entity3673 > or = 2/1 was 15.4% in Libode and 13.6% in Thamaga. Significantly more Libode than Thamaga subjects (51.1% versus 29.0%) reported past @entity378 treatment. Radiological signs of @entity1907 were also more prevalent in Libode (33.3% v. 23.9%). Twenty-six per cent of Libode @entity1 and 16.1% of Thamaga @entity1 were certified with compensable disease. Libode payments were finalized within 30 months, whereas Thamaga cases only began receiving payments 52 months after medical examination, with 11 cases still pending 66 months after medical examination. CONCLUSION: There was a high prevalence of @entity3673 in both study groups. Many @entity1 were eligible for compensation but were previously uncompensated. The higher rate of compensable disease in the Libode group may relate to the higher prevalence of @entity378 , as well as more active follow-up by the study group, including a large number of appeals. Socio-political changes in South Africa between 1994 and 1996 may also have influenced compensation results.

Occupational XXXX among former goldminers in two labour sending areas.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['men'] @entity3675 :: ('MESH:D009784', 'Disease') :: ['Occupational Diseases'] @entity3673 :: ('MESH:D011009', 'Disease') :: ['pneumoconiosis'] @entity358 :: ('MESH:D008171', 'Disease') :: ['lung diseases'] @entity378 :: ('MESH:D014376', 'Disease') :: ['TB', 'tuberculosis'] @entity1907 :: ('MESH:D014397', 'Disease') :: ['pulmonary TB']
@entity358 :: (MESH:D008171,Disease) :: ['lung diseases']
