TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Occupational injury in rural Bangladesh: Data gathering using household survey
JO  - International journal of occupational and environmental health
A1  - Davies, Hugh
A1  - Koehlmoos, Tracy Pérez
A1  - Courtice, Midori N.
A1  - Ahmad, S. Akhtar
SP  - 214
EP  - 222
VL  - 17
IS  - 3
N2  - Occupational injuries are estimated to cause over 300,000 deaths per year worldwide. Many low- and middle-income countries often lack effective injury surveillance systems. We attempted to utilize household surveys to collect occupational injury data to develop more accurate injury incidence data. We undertook a pilot study of this approach in the rural area of Mirsarai, Bangladesh. Surveys were administered to 2,017 males and 120 females. Sixty-five percent were self-employed and over 80% worked in work places with less than six employees; over 60% worked seven days per week. Just over 50% of subjects reported at least one injury at work in the prior year. Incidence of lost-time injuries was 31%. The median number of work days lost was 7. The injury rates were higher than ILO estimates for Bangladesh, perhaps because of our study's focus on a rural population. We recommend expanding to larger and a more representative sample of the Bangladesh working community.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-3525
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -