TABLE III.

Type of Injury, Body Part, and Treatment Venue Among Hired CropWorkers in the United States During NAWS Period I (1999, 2002– 2004) and Period II (2008–2010)

Injury variable	Data collection years
	Period I		Period II
	Weighted percent n =374	95%CI	Weighted percent n = 141	95%CI
Type of injury
Sprain, strain	38.8	30.5–47.0	50.3	41.5–59.1
Cut, laceration	21.2	14.9–27.5	21.1	16.5–25.6
Fracture, dislocation	12.5	8.2–16.8	12.3	4.8–19.8
Bruise, contusion	8.1	5.4–10.7	7.3	4.1–10.5
Scrape, abrasion	2.8	1.3–4.3	5.0	3.0–7.0
All other	16.7	11.3–22.1	4.0	0.5–7.5
Body part injured
Head, face, neck	5.4	3.2–7.6	4.1	3.0–5.2
Eye	6.9	4.0–9.7	9.3	5.3–13.3
Back	24.5	17.3–31.7	26.8	19.3–34.3
Shoulder, arm, elbow	6.8	4.4–9.3	14.9	7.0–22.7
Hand, wrist, finger	32.8	24.9–40.8	22.0	15.4–28.6
Leg	8.9	5.2–12.5	11.9	7.0–16.3
Foot, ankle, toe	6.5	3.9–9.1	8.4	4.3–12.6
All other	8.2	4.8–11.6	2.5	0.0–5.2
Place of treatment
Hospital, emergency department, doctor’s office/clinic, or migrant health clinic	78.3	72.8–83.8	85.2	81.5–89.0
First aid at the scene only	5.2	3.0–7.4	9.4	6.1–12.6
All other	16.5	11.5–21.4	5.4	3.5–7.3

NAWS, National Agricultural Workers Survey; n, sample size; CI, confidence interval.