PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Zaloshnja, E
AU  - Miller, Ted R
TI  - Annual incidence and cost of non-fatal farm youth injury in the United States, 2001–2006
AID  - 10.1136/ip.2010.029215.749
DP  - 2010 Sep 01
TA  - Injury Prevention
PG  - A210--A210
VI  - 16
IP  - Suppl 1
4099  - http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/16/Suppl_1/A210.2.short
4100  - http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/16/Suppl_1/A210.2.full
SO  - Inj Prev2010 Sep 01; 16
AB  - Objective Estimate the annual incidence and cost of non-fatal farm youth injury in the United States for the period 2001–06. Methods We used 2001–06 Childhood Agricultural Injury Survey data to estimate the annual incidence of farm youth non-fatal injury. To estimate the costs of injuries suffered by youth working/living on the farm, we multiplied the number of injuries times published unit costs by body part, nature of injury and age group. Results The annual number of non-fatal injuries to farm youth (ages 0–19) in 2001–2006 was 26 570. Of those, 45.1% occurred to household youth not working (95% CI: 39.6 to 50.6). The annual cost of non-fatal farm youth injuries was $119.9 million (in 2005 dollars). The bulk of it ($92.1 million) was comprised of medical costs. The mean cost was $4515 per case (95 CI $4273 to $4757).