Abstract
Objective: To estimate the prevalence of occupational injury disability (OID) and to examine the socioeconomic status of OID in China. Methods: The data derived from the China National Sample Survey on Disability in 2006 involving people aged 16–59 years old. Descriptive statistics are used to measure OID’s prevalence, and a binary logistic regression is used to identify the risk factors. Results: The population-weighted prevalence of OID is 1.81 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.67–1.94). Socioeconomic risk factors include male sex, older age, living in urban areas, junior high school education, income below the poverty line, a lack of occupational injury insurance, living in the western region and working in high-risk occupations. Conclusions: OID is common among Chinese people aged 16–59 years old. Being male or older and having a lower income are risk factors for OID, similar to the results of previous research, but education is different. More training and education needs to be implemented to prevent OID.
Highlights
Occupational injuries are common, and worldwide approximately 313 million work accidents occur each year
Occupational injuries have gradually decreased in developed countries [2], the number of work accidents has markedly increased in developing countries, especially in China [3]
The prevalence of occupational injury disability (OID) was significantly lower among individuals with insurance than among individuals without insurance
Summary
Occupational injuries are common, and worldwide approximately 313 million work accidents occur each year. 400,000 people die each year due to work-related accidents. The burden of disease that results from injuries and related diseases accounts for 4% of global GDP annually [1]. Occupational injuries have gradually decreased in developed countries [2], the number of work accidents has markedly increased in developing countries, especially in China [3]. Previous research suggested that age, education level, insurance, gender and job position were associated with occupational injuries in developed countries [5,6,7,8,9,10]. Studies suggested that poverty, educational level and work training were related to occupational injuries [11,12,13]
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