Chapter 15, Table 4 - For The Safety of Canadian Children And Youth
Chapter 15
Farm Injuries
Table
4
Farm Injuries by Age and Context of Occurrence,
0-19-Year-Old Children and Youth, CHIRPP,1 1992-1994
| Context of
occurence |
Age group (years) |
0-4 |
5-9 |
10-14 |
15-19 |
Total |
N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
| Total (N for 3 years) |
92 |
100.0 |
130 |
100.0 |
126 |
100.0 |
49 |
100.0 |
397 |
100.0 |
| Machinery |
30 |
32.6 |
37 |
28.4 |
26 |
20.6 |
12 |
24.5 |
105 |
26.5 |
| Tractor |
| Fall |
3 |
3.3 |
7 |
5.4 |
2 |
1.6 |
- |
0.0 |
12 |
3.0 |
| Other |
6 |
6.5 |
2 |
1.5 |
1 |
0.8 |
4 |
8.2 |
13 |
3.3 |
| Equipment, vehicle
(truck, wagon) |
| Entanglement |
11 |
11.9 |
9 |
6.9 |
9 |
7.1 |
- |
- |
29 |
7.3 |
Other (hit by,
collision
with, fall, failure) |
10 |
10.9 |
19 |
14.6 |
14 |
11.1 |
8 |
16.3 |
51 |
12.9 |
| Non-machinery |
62 |
67.4 |
93 |
71.6 |
100 |
79.4 |
37 |
75.5 |
292 |
73.5 |
| Animal |
| Bite |
8 |
8.7 |
3 |
2.3 |
6 |
4.8 |
- |
- |
17 |
4.3 |
| Kick, step on,
drag |
17 |
18.5 |
26 |
20.0 |
37 |
29.4 |
16 |
32.6 |
96 |
24.2 |
| Other |
Fall2 (barn, hay loft,
bale of straw, fence,
etc.) |
19 |
20.6 |
37 |
28.5 |
36 |
28.5 |
9 |
18.4 |
101 |
25.4 |
Hit by object,
cut,
foreign body, electric,
shock |
18 |
19.6 |
27 |
20.8 |
21 |
16.7 |
12 |
24.5 |
78 |
19.6 |
|
- : No cases.
-
Cases reported by 15
Canadian hospitals, of which 10 are pediatric, participating in
CHIRPP.
-
Includes slipped,
tripped.
Source: CHIRPP,
unpublished data 1992 to 1994.
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