THE IMPACT OF NON-FATAL WORKPLACE INJURIES AND ILLNESSES ON MORTALITY

Boden, Leslie I.; O’Leary, Paul K.; Applebaum, Kate M.; Tripodis, Yorghos

doi:10.1002/ajim.22632

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THE IMPACT OF NON-FATAL WORKPLACE INJURIES AND ILLNESSES ON MORTALITY

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12 2016
By Boden, Leslie I. ; O’Leary, Paul K. ; Applebaum, Kate M. ; ...

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Am J Ind Med
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Boden, Leslie I. ; O’Leary, Paul K. ; Applebaum, Kate M. ; Tripodis, Yorghos
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Background

Little research has examined the relationship between non-fatal workplace injuries and illnesses and long-term mortality.

Methods

We linked non-fatal injury cases reported to the New Mexico workers’ compensation system 1994-2000 with Social Security Administration data on individual earnings and mortality through 2014. We then derived sex-specific Kaplan-Meier curves to show time to death for workers with lost-time injuries (n=36,377) and comparison workers (n=70,951). We fit multivariable Cox survival models to estimate the hazard ratio separately for male and female workers with lost-time injuries.

Results

The estimated hazard ratio for lost-time injuries is 1.24 for women and 1.21 for men. 95 percent confidence intervals were (1.15, 1.35) and (1.15, 1.27) respectively.

Conclusion

Lost-time occupational injuries are associated with a substantially elevated mortality hazard. This implies an important formerly unmeasured cost of these injuries and a further reason to focus on preventing them.
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Adolescent Adult Aged Article Cost Of Illness Female Humans Income Kaplan-Meier Estimate Male Middle Aged Multivariate Analysis New Mexico Occupational Diseases Occupational Injuries Proportional Hazards Models United States Workers' Compensation Workplace Young Adult
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Am J Ind Med. 59(12):1061-1069
Pubmed ID:

27427538
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC8576832
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Journal Article
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R21 OH010555/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/
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59
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12
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