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. 2021 Mar 16;11(3):e044633. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044633

Table 1.

Number of cases, seafarer-years, incidence rates and incidence rate ratios (IRR) of injury and disease by rank and worksite of seafarers from 2016 to 2019

Variable Injury (n=78) Seafarer-years Injury incidence rate
(95% CI)
IRR*
(95% CI)
P value
Total 78 12 365 6.31 (4.98 to 7.86) N/A
Rank
 Officer 19 4451 4.27 (2.57 to 6.66) 1
 Non-officer 59 7914 7.45 (5.68 to 9.61) 1.75 (1.02 to 3.10) 0.029
Worksite
 Deck 43 4946 8.69 (6.29 to 11.69) 1.99 (1.21 to 3.34) 0.004
 Engine 28 6430 4.35 (2.89 to 6.29) 1
 Galley 7 989 7.07 (2.85 to 14.53)
Disease (n=301) Seafarer-years Disease incidence rate (95% CI) IRR*
(95% CI)
Total 301 12 000 25.00 (22.36 to 28.04) N/A
Rank
 Officer 84 4320 19.44 (15.54 to 24.02) 1
 Non-officer 217 7680 28.25 (24.66 to 32.21) 1.45 (1.12 to 1.89) 0.003
Worksite
 Deck 171 4800 35.63 (30.56 to 41.26) 2.12 (1.65 to 2.72) 0.001
 Engine 105 6240 16.83 (13.78 to 20.33) 1
 Galley 25 960 26.00 (16.92 to 38.20)

*IRR only reported the result with a significant comparison at p<0.05 for non-officer versus officer, deck versus engine, deck versus galley and engine versus galley.

N/A, not applicable.