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Table 1 General characteristics of the study population

From: Estimated rate of agricultural injury: the Korean Farmers’ Occupational Disease and Injury Survey

Variables

Number (%)

 

8,064 (100.0)

Gender

 

  Male

4,324 (53.6)

  Female

3,740 (46.4)

Age (years)

 

  <50

1,124 (13.9)

  50-59

2,030 (25.2)

  60-69

2,460 (30.5)

  ≥70

2,450 (30.4)

Total years farming (years)

 

  <10

542 (6.7)

  10-19

742 (9.2)

  ≥20

6,780 (84.1)

Average months per year of farming (months)

 

  <7

1,667 (20.7)

  7-9

2,533 (31.4)

  ≥10

3,864 (47.9)

Average hours per day of farming (hours)

 

  <5

2,055 (25.5)

  5-9

4,825 (59.8)

  ≥10

1,184 (14.7)