Agricultural injuries among older Kentucky farmers: The farm family health and hazard surveillance study
| Autor: | Helena Truszczynska, Steven R. Browning, Deborah B. Reed, Robert H. McKnight |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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Gerontology
medicine.medical_specialty education.field_of_study business.industry Population Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health food and beverages Odds ratio Beef cattle Confidence interval Occupational medicine Environmental health Epidemiology Medicine Cumulative incidence Risk factor business education |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 33:341-353 |
| ISSN: | 1097-0274 0271-3586 |
| Popis: | This population-based study reports the cumulative incidence of agricultural injuries during a 1-year period in a sample of 998 farmers aged 55 years and older living in Kentucky. A total of 98 farm-related injuries were reported among 88 older farmers for a crude injury rate of 9.03 injured farmers per 100 farmers (95% confidence interval (CI) = 7.03–11.03) over a 1-year period. The leading external causes of farm injury were falls (24.9%), machinery (22.5%), wood-cutting (14.6%), and animal-related events (14.3%). Farmers working on farms with beef cattle (alone) (odds ratio = 1.90; 95% CI = 1.02–3.55) or farms with beef cattle and tobacco (odds ratio = 2.15; 95% CI = 1.00–4.59) had a statistically significant increased risk for a farm-related injury. Farmers reporting a prior injury that limited their ability to farm were at increased risk for a farm-related injury. Approaches to using farm injury surveillance data for injury control programs in the state are discussed. Am. J. Ind. Med. 33:341–353, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc. |
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