%0 Journal Article
%T Farm-related fatalities among children in California, 1980 to 1989
%J American journal of public health
%D 1995
%A Wintemute, Garen J.
%A Lopez, Raquel
%A Schenker, M. B.
%V 85
%N 1
%P 89-92
%X To evaluate farm-related deaths among children in California and to identify specific risk factors, this study used death certificate tapes to identify 40 farm-related deaths among children under age 15 in California for 1980 to 1989. Mortality rates and odds ratios for cause-specific unintentional farm deaths were calculated. While California's farm-related mortality rate was lower than those in the midwestern states studied, the rate for Hispanic boys was 70% higher than that for non-Hispanics. The odds of death from machinery (81.3), animals (10.1), electricity (5.2), and nontraffic motor vehicles (3.4) were significantly greater than those in nonfarm locations; those from drowning were significantly lower (0.2). Specific factors associated with the lower California mortality rate need to be identified.
%G 
%I American Public Health Association
%@ 0090-0036
%U http://dx.doi.org/