Description of children injured by a farm work hazard while not engaged in farm work
| Descriptor | Fatalities (n = 129) | Hospitalized injuries (n = 178) | Restricted activity injuries (n = 63) | Total* (n = 370) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| *Given limitations on data sources, the relative contribution of fatal, hospitalized, and restricted activity injuries in these totals may not be representative of the actual population of injury events. | ||||||||
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 100 | 77.5 | 125 | 70.2 | 40 | 63.5 | 265 | 71.6 |
| Female | 29 | 22.5 | 53 | 29.8 | 19 | 30.2 | 101 | 27.3 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6.3 | 4 | 1.1 | ||
| Age (years) | ||||||||
| 1–6 | 91 | 70.5 | 117 | 65.7 | 25 | 39.7 | 233 | 63.0 |
| 7–9 | 14 | 10.9 | 27 | 15.2 | 14 | 22.2 | 55 | 14.9 |
| 10–11 | 7 | 5.4 | 19 | 10.7 | 5 | 7.9 | 31 | 8.4 |
| 12–13 | 3 | 2.3 | 10 | 5.6 | 10 | 15.9 | 23 | 6.2 |
| 14–15 | 7 | 5.4 | 4 | 2.2 | 5 | 7.9 | 16 | 4.3 |
| 16–17 | 7 | 5.4 | 1 | 0.6 | 4 | 6.3 | 12 | 3.2 |
| Child lives on farm | ||||||||
| Yes | 99 | 76.7 | 134 | 75.3 | 45 | 71.4 | 278 | 75.1 |
| No | 25 | 19.4 | 34 | 19.1 | 18 | 28.6 | 77 | 20.8 |
| Unknown | 5 | 3.9 | 10 | 5.6 | 0 | 15 | 4.1 | |
| Child’s relationship to farm owner | ||||||||
| Child of owner | 95 | 73.6 | 133 | 74.7 | 41 | 65.1 | 269 | 72.7 |
| Other relative of owner | 13 | 10.1 | 13 | 7.3 | 14 | 22.2 | 40 | 10.8 |
| Child/relative of hired employee | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.6 | 1 | 1.6 | 3 | 0.8 |
| Visitors to farm | 11 | 8.5 | 16 | 9.0 | 6 | 9.5 | 33 | 8.9 |
| Other/unknown | 9 | 7.0 | 15 | 8.4 | 1 | 1.6 | 25 | 6.8 |