Ahonen Emily Q, Benavides Fernando G
Pompeu Fabra University, Occupational Health Research Unit, CEXS, Carrer Doctor Aiguader 80, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
J Epidemiol Community Health. 2006 May;60(5):424-6. doi: 10.1136/jech.2005.044099.
In the past decade, Spain has experienced dramatic growth of its immigrant population. Available information on the occupational conditions of foreign workers is scarce. This study aims to add to this information by describing occupational injuries in foreign workers in Spain.
DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS: Data were analysed from the 2003 Ministry of Labour and Social Issues registry of non-fatal and fatal occupational injury in insured workers. The population at risk was estimated from the Social Security Affiliation Registry as of 31 December 2003. Comparing Spanish with foreign workers and also considering age and sex, incidence rates and relative risks, and their confidence intervals at 95%, were calculated within each population group.
In women and in men, and in every age group, foreign workers had an increased risk of non-fatal and fatal occupational injury compared with Spanish workers. The differences were especially notable in foreign women workers and in older workers.
Many factors probably combine to cause the differences found in this study. Better data collection on the situation of foreign workers is needed to understand these facts and apply appropriate public health solutions.
在过去十年中，西班牙的移民人口急剧增长。关于外国工人职业状况的现有信息匮乏。本研究旨在通过描述西班牙外国工人的职业伤害来补充这方面的信息。
设计、地点、参与者：分析了2003年劳动和社会事务部登记的参保工人非致命和致命职业伤害数据。根据2003年12月31日的社会保障参保登记册估算了风险人群。在每个群体中，比较西班牙工人和外国工人，并考虑年龄和性别，计算发病率、相对风险及其95%的置信区间。
在女性和男性以及每个年龄组中，外国工人遭受非致命和致命职业伤害的风险均高于西班牙工人。这些差异在外国女工和老年工人中尤为明显。
许多因素可能共同导致了本研究中发现的差异。需要更好地收集有关外国工人状况的数据，以了解这些情况并采取适当的公共卫生解决方案。
