Table 3

Agricultural injuries requiring hospitalisation in Canada† (1990–94 fiscal years), according to mechanism, age group, and gender

	Age 0–14				Age 15–59*				Age 60+
	Males		Females		Males		Females		Males		Females
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
†Data were unavailable for two provinces, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.
*p<0.05.
Machinery
Caught in/entanglement	123	30	28	27	874	38	69	28	256	28	10	23
Pinned or struck by machine or object	72	18	17	16	652	28	58	23	225	24	6	14
Fell from machine	76	19	22	21	269	12	52	21	180	19	12	27
Run-over	90	22	18	17	171	7	22	9	111	12	8	18
Roll-over	15	4	3	3	103	4	16	6	60	6	4	9
Motor vehicle collision	12	3	6	6	17	1	4	2	4	1	0	0
Other/unknown	21	5	10	10	222	10	29	12	91	10	4	9
Total	409	100	104	100	2308	100	250	100	927	100	44	100
Non-machinery*
Fall	121	32	60	29	427	20	131	20	207	31	88	48
Crushed or struck by animal	106	28	103	50	741	35	335	52	237	35	56	30
Struck by/against/between objects	75	20	16	8	477	22	92	14	111	16	17	9
Overexertion	0	0	1	1	163	8	42	6	50	7	9	5
Radiation/toxic/noxious substances	20	5	13	6	161	7	22	3	23	3	7	4
Fires	22	6	3	1	66	3	10	1	25	4	3	2
Temperature extremes/electric current	7	2	4	2	27	1	7	1	8	1	1	1
Other/unknown	23	6	7	3	71	3	8	1	15	2	3	2
Total	374	100	207	100	2133	100	647	100	676	100	184	100