Table 5. Nonfatal agricultural injuries caused by non-machinery according to age group and gender in Fukuoka.
| Non-machinery | Age 20–64 | Age 65–89 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | |||||
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
| Type of accident | ||||||||
| Fall/slip | 67 | (17.5) | 66 | (34.9) | 263 | (28.9) | 217 | (44.6) |
| Fall from height | 77 | (20.1) | 29 | (15.3) | 223 | (24.5) | 98 | (20.1) |
| Struck by/against objects | 56 | (14.6) | 19 | (10.1) | 138 | (15.2) | 34 | (7.0) |
| Cut by objects | 54 | (14.1) | 19 | (10.1) | 96 | (10.6) | 43 | (8.8) |
| Others | 129 | (33.7) | 56 | (29.6) | 190 | (20.9) | 95 | (19.5) |
| Total | 383 | (100) | 189 | (100) | 910 | (100) | 487 | (100) |
| Source of injury | ||||||||
| Tree/tree branch | 54 | (14.1) | 19 | (10.1) | 143 | (15.7) | 30 | (6.2) |
| Ladder | 45 | (11.8) | 16 | (8.5) | 127 | (14.0) | 38 | (7.8) |
| Sickle | 59 | (15.4) | 20 | (10.6) | 83 | (9.1) | 42 | (8.6) |
| Gutter | 15 | (3.9) | 4 | (2.1) | 47 | (5.2) | 24 | (4.9) |
| Slope | 42 | (11.0) | 33 | (17.5) | 162 | (17.8) | 107 | (22.0) |
| Insects | 31 | (8.1) | 17 | (9.0) | 29 | (3.2) | 15 | (3.1) |
| Others | 137 | (35.8) | 80 | (42.3) | 319 | (35.1) | 231 | (47.4) |
| Total | 383a | (100) | 189b | (100) | 910a | (100) | 487b | (100) |
| Kind of injury | ||||||||
| Fracture | 90 | (23.5) | 62 | (32.8) | 256 | (28.1) | 218 | (44.8) |
| Cut wound | 65 | (17.0) | 21 | (11.1) | 115 | (12.6) | 40 | (8.2) |
| Contusions | 42 | (11.0) | 22 | (11.6) | 145 | (15.9) | 47 | (9.7) |
| Bruises | 45 | (11.8) | 23 | (12.2) | 132 | (14.5) | 69 | (14.2) |
| Sprain | 31 | (8.1) | 15 | (7.9) | 53 | (5.8) | 32 | (6.6) |
| Others | 110 | (28.7) | 46 | (24.3) | 209 | (23.0) | 81 | (16.6) |
| Total | 383 | (100) | 189 | (100) | 910a | (100) | 487b | (100) |
| Part of body injured | ||||||||
| Head/face | 36 | (9.4) | 21 | (11.1) | 92 | (10.1) | 24 | (4.9) |
| Hand/wrist | 97 | (25.3) | 50 | (26.5) | 196 | (21.5) | 99 | (20.3) |
| Shoulder/chest | 40 | (10.4) | 16 | (8.5) | 137 | (15.1) | 50 | (10.3) |
| Lumbar region | 30 | (7.8) | 8 | (4.2) | 97 | (10.7) | 69 | (14.2) |
| Upper extremity | 38 | (9.9) | 23 | (12.2) | 82 | (9.0) | 62 | (12.7) |
| Lower extremity | 73 | (19.1) | 40 | (21.2) | 157 | (17.3) | 119 | (24.4) |
| Ankle/toe | 43 | (11.2) | 23 | (12.2) | 95 | (10.4) | 42 | (8.6) |
| Others | 26 | (6.8) | 8 | (4.2) | 54 | (5.9) | 22 | (4.5) |
| Total | 383 | (100) | 189 | (100) | 910 | (100) | 487 | (100) |
a–b p < 0.05.