Fatal occupational injury rates

Quebec, 1981 through 1988

Bibliographic Data

ID11035617
AuthorsMichel Rossignol (Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health), Marc Pineault
Year1993
Volume83
Issue11
Pages1563-1566
Publication date1993-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.83.11.1563
PMID8238679
OpenAlexW2037677439
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited12

OBJECTIVES. The purpose of the study was to estimate the death rates from occupational injuries in the province of Quebec for the period 1981 through 1988. METHODS. Worker's compensation files were used to ascertain numbers of deaths, which were used as the numerators in figuring the rates (it was estimated that these files reported 83% of the true number of deaths among men). Annual average estimates of the labor force were used as denominators. RESULTS. From 1981 through 1988, compensation was awarded for 1227 fatal work injuries. Among men (96% of the victims), rates declined from 1981 to 1988 (from 12.7 to 8.1 per 100,000); women's rates were stable (

Compensation (psychology) · Environmental health · Injury prevention · Mortality rate · Occupational injury · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Suicide prevention · Workers' compensation · Agriculture and Farm Safety · Demography · Injury Epidemiology and Prevention · Medicine · Occupational Health and Safety Research · Psychology · Surgery

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