Table 2.
Mean annual frequencies and respective 95% Confidence Intervals (95%CI) of Occupational Eye Injuries per 1,000 workers employed in the Autonomous Province of Trento by age groups and working sector, as broken down by sex, with calculation of respective Incidence Rate Ratios IRR)
| Mean Incidence (N/1,000 worker-years) (95%CI) | IRR (95%CI) | P value | |||
| Total | Males | Females | |||
| Overall | 1.66 (1.45-1.87) | 2.61 (2.30-2.93) | 0.35 (0.30-0.40) | 8.009 (7.237-8.864) | <0.0001 |
| Age group (years) | |||||
| 15-24 | 2.82 (2.32-3.32) | 4.44 (3.67-5.21) | 0.45 (0.31-0.58) | 10.027 (7.383-13.939) | 0.0097 |
| 25-39 | 1.60 (1.44-1.77) | 2.54 (2.31-2.76) | 0.30 (0.26-0.34) | 8.748 (7.462-10.314) | |
| 40-54 | 1.34 (1.18-1.49) | 2.06 (1.84-2.28) | 0.29 (0.24-0.33) | 7.348 (6.200-8.746) | |
| 55-64 | 1.66 (1.47-1.85) | 2.31 (1.96-2.79) | 0.34 (0.24-0.45) | 6.571 (4.766-9.287) | |
| ≥65 | 1.65 (1.09-2.21) | 1.99 (1.20-2.79) | 0.66 (0.29-1.03) | 2.675 (1.228-6.911) | |
| Working Sector | |||||
| Agriculture | 6.04 (5.04-7.04) | 6.99 (5.96-8.02) | 2.26 (1.49-3.03) | 3.272 (2.490-4.377) | <0.0001 |
| Construction | 5.27 (4.65-5.89) | 5.59 (4.99-6.19) | 0.42 (0.14-0.69) | 101.8 (51.530-236.2) | |
| Manufacture and other industries | 3.85 (3.06-4.64) | 4.58 (3.75-5.41) | 0.96 (0.69-1.13) | 5.421 (4.514-72.699) | |
| Services | 0.36 (0.30-0.43) | 0.53 (0.43-0.63) | 0.23 (0.20-0.27) | 2.283 (1.956-2.671) | |