Trends and Characteristics of Occupational Suicide and Homicide in Farmers and Agriculture Workers, 1992–2010

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• Alternative Title:
  J Rural Health
• Personal Author:
  Ringgenberg, Wendy ; Peek-Asa, Corinne ; Donham, Kelley ; Ramirez, Marizen
• Description:
  Objective
  
  We examined work-related homicides and suicides among farm operators/workers in the United States from 1992 to 2010.
  
  Methods
  
  Work-related homicide and suicide cases from 1992 to 2010 were obtained from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. To calculate rates, denominator data on the US working population were also obtained from 2003 to 2010 Current Population Survey. Logistic regression was used to identify factors that were differentially associated with homicide and suicide.
  
  Results
  
  Over these 19 years, 171 farm operators/workers died from homicide and 230 died from suicide. When compared to rates of all workers, suicide rates were higher while homicide rates were lower among farm operators/workers. Males (OR = 6.1), whites (OR = 4.7), and 35- to 54-year-old (OR = 2.3) farm operators/workers had increased odds of suicide over homicide compared with their respective counterparts (ie, females, nonwhites, <35-year-olds). Those working in smaller farm operations with <11 employees had 1.7 times the odds of suicide over homicide.
  
  Conclusions
  
  Suicide and homicide are both present in the agricultural industry, with suicide being more common than homicide. Translation of suicide prevention programs should be explored for the agricultural industry.
  
  
• Keywords:
  Adult Age Distribution Farmers Female Homicide Humans Logistic Models Male Middle Aged Population Surveillance Suicide United States

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• Source:
  J Rural Health. 34(3):246-253
• Pubmed ID:
  28464402
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7069527
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  T42 OH008491/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U54 OH007548/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  34
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a2139907cb1959c39d77131a4069473e0fce42b49f1c67a1391e6ebe08609911
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/85862/cdc_85862_DS1.pdf
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