Relative Risk of Involuntary Injuries Among Currently Employed Adults in the U.S

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• Personal Author:
  Bang KM ; Choi JW ; Wright RA
• Description:
  It can be very informative to compare the risk of injury for different occupations, places where accidents happen, demographic variables, and other characteristics. However, most epidemiologic literature shows that multiple logistic regression or odds ratio were commonly used to compare the relationship between the variables on two or more levels. A multiple logistic regression could be used for multiple comparisons assuming that the model correctly reflects the situation at hand. But it might not be a true assumption. Assuming no model, we defined the relative risk to compare risks of injury for different occupations, and applied this method to the data collected by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). This application showed that the relative risk of injury varied by occupation and by place of accident, sex, race, and age. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Demography Epidemiology Men Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Race Factors Safety Women
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Author Keywords: Occupational Injuries Demographic-characteristics Model Independent Analysis Models Occupational-accidents Occupational-hazards Racial-factors Sample Estimation Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs Test Of Hypothesis

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• ISSN:
  1080-7039
• Publisher:
  CRC Press Incorporated
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies ; DSR - Division of Safety Research ; EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  4
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025867
• Citation:
  Hum Ecol Risk Assess 1998 Dec; 4(6):1353-1370
• Contact Point Address:
  National Center for Health Statistics, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782
• Editor(s):
  Wassell JT; Bailer AJ
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Human and Ecological Risk Assessment
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:359223da00cfc6e0e67492b0c7712bb413ee6a1239e0d9dacd30af64ff6f9380ace3a2a83963ae9e7821b27ae2bfe36cab889160880c7c547176be8459b38093
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197067/cdc_197067_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 232.73 KB ]