Annual Injury Rate of Farmers and Non-farmers in the Last 5 Years

Abstract

Objectives The occurrence of injury causes physical and mental health problems and socioeconomic losses. Identifying the extent of injury to farmers is an important basic data for preventing, treating and rehabilitating injuries to farmers. The purpose of this study was to comparison the injury rate and injury ratio by farmers and non-farmers by year, and to analyze the impact factor of injury occurrence. Methods The data sources used in this study are Community Health Survey as national accreditation statistics. The annual injury rates were estimated for farmers and non-farmers aged 19 or older in the past year occurred during daily life and work. The annual injury rates of farmers and non-farmers were weighted according to the guidelines for using raw data. The analysis method was frequency and percent analysis, weighted fraction (%), standard error (SE), chi-square, logistic regression. Results The annual injury rate of farmers was 8.6% (odds ratio, OR=1.14, 95% confidence interval, 95% CI=1.04-1.24) in 2013, 5.9% (OR=1.24, 95% CI=1.13- 1.36) in 2014, 9.1% (OR=1.23, 95% CI=1.14-1.33) in 2015, 9.5% (OR=1.23, 95% CI=1.14-1.33) in 2016, 8.9% (OR=1.33, 95% CI=1.23-1.44) in 2017. The annual injury rate of non-farmers was 6.9% in 2013, 4.9% in 2014, 7.6% in 2015, 7.9% in 2016, 6.6% in 2017. Conclusions The annual injury rate of farmers was higher than non-farmers. The annual rate of injury for farmers is about 1.2 times higher than non-farmers each year. For farmers at high risk of injury, safety education related to injury prevention is continuously needed. Key words: Annual injury rate, Farmer, Non-farmer, Community Health Survey