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THE IMPACT OF NON-FATAL WORKPLACE INJURIES AND ILLNESSES ON MORTALITY
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12 2016
Source: Am J Ind Med. 59(12):1061-1069 -
Alternative Title:Am J Ind Med
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Description: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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Pubmed ID:27427538
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC8576832
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