堪萨斯州的男性农场和农业工人自杀,2016-2020年
Sophia Ringering1, Lauren Gracy1, Danielle Sass1
1Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Topeka, KS, USA.
Journal of agromedicine
|January 22, 2024
概括
堪萨斯州的男性农场和农业工人自杀率是平均男性工人的三倍. 这项研究强调了由于心理,身体和财务健康问题的风险增加,强调了针对性预防的必要性.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
背景情况:
- 有限的研究存在于农业部门的自杀风险因素.
- 农民和农业工人自杀是严重的公共卫生问题,需要集中调查.
研究的目的:
- 检查堪萨斯州农场和农业工人自杀风险的社会人口特征和情况.
- 通过详细的州级数据,在这个职业群体内确定特定的自杀风险因素.
主要方法:
- 从堪萨斯州暴力死亡报告系统 (KS-VDRS) 获取2016-2020年农场/农业工人自杀的数据.
- 农业工人和其他职业群体 (不包括女性) 之间的年龄调整率计算和趋势比较.
主要成果:
- 堪萨斯州的男性农场/农业工人自杀率为每10万人中147.5人,是平均男性工人的三倍.
- 在农业中自杀的死者比非农业工人更老 (平均年龄54岁) 和受教育程度更低.
- 常见的情况包括抑郁情绪 (58.6%),心理健康问题 (41.4%) 和身体健康问题 (31.4%).
结论:
- 堪萨斯州暴力死亡报告系统 (KS-VDRS) 提供了宝贵的数据,以告知预防自杀的努力.
- 身体健康,家庭和财务问题是更普遍的情况,有助于这一群体的自杀风险.
- 调查结果强调了农业中自杀风险的复杂性,以及需要国家特定的,定制的预防策略.
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