Citation

Zhao G, Regidor E, Astasio P, Ortega P, Barrio G, Ronda E. J. Occup. Environ. Med. 2019; 61(5): e212-e216.

Affiliation

Department of Community Nursing, Preventive Medicine and Public Health and History of Science, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain (Zhao, Ronda); Department of Public Health and Maternal & Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain (Regidor, Astasio, Ortega); Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain (Regidor, Astasio, Ortega); CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain (Regidor, Ronda); and National School of Public Health, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain (Barrio).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/JOM.0000000000001571

PMID

30855521

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To compare mortality from the leading causes of death in farmers and in all other workers.

METHODS: Mortality by cause of death was calculated from a longitudinal study in which 9.5 million men were followed up for 10 years. We estimated the contribution of the causes of death to the difference in all-cause mortality.

RESULTS: Most of the excess in all-cause mortality in farmers was due to cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases and external causes, which contributed 22.3%, 17.2% and 53.3% to the difference in all-cause mortality, respectively. Traffic accidents and suicide were the main contributors to the excess mortality from external causes.

CONCLUSIONS: Farmers are a vulnerable group in terms of health, thus there is a need to identify the factors that influence excess mortality from cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, traffic accidents and suicide.

Language: en