Prevalence and influencing factors of agricultural injury among rersidents in mountain areas of southern Ningxia

ObjectiveTo explore the prevalence and influencing factors of agricultural injury among mountain dwellers in southern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and to provide evidence for prevention and control of agricultural injury in the population.MethodsA retrospective survey with multi-stage random sampling was conducted among residents living in mountainous areas of Xiji,Haiyuan,and Tongxin counties in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.ResultsTotally 4 611 eligible questionnaires were collected from 4 853 residents surveyed.In the participants 419 experienced agricultural injury,with an injury rate of 9.087%.Univariate analysis showed that there were siginificant differences in the prevalence of injury among the residents of different gender,age,nationality,education,marital status,occupation,activity in slack season,mode of production,degree of disability,use of medicine,use of sleeping pills,alcohol drinking,smoking,receiving agricultural safety education,and knowledge about injury prevention measures(P<0.05 for all).The top three injuries were knife / sharp object injuries(43.9%),motor vehicle injuries(15.8%),and fall / drop(14.8%).The results of logistic regression showed that the main protective factor of the injuries was being a student and the main risk factors were having activity other than farming in slack season,with disability,taking medicine,and use of sleeping pills.ConclusionStudents are key population for intervention on agricultural injury.