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 rare of 9.03 injured farmers per 100 farmers (95% confidence interval (CI) = 7.03-11.03) over a 1-year period. The lending 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 stare are discussed. (C) 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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Colorado State Univ, Dept Environm Hlth, Colorado Injury Control Res Ctr, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USAColorado State Univ, Dept Environm Hlth, Colorado Injury Control Res Ctr, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
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Colorado State Univ, Dept Environm Hlth, Colorado Injury Control Res Ctr, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USAColorado State Univ, Dept Environm Hlth, Colorado Injury Control Res Ctr, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
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