Department of Sociology and Social Work, Aalborg University, DK Aalborg Ø, Denmark.
Occup Med (Lond). 2019 Jun 24;69(4):283-286. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqz064.
Denmark and Sweden are in many respects two very similar countries with similar welfare state systems and work environment authorities. Nevertheless, marked differences in the incidence of fatal occupational accidents have been found in earlier comparisons of the two countries.
To investigate differences in the incidence of fatal occupational accidents in the period from 1993 to 2012 to establish to what extent characteristics of the deceased can explain some of the difference between the two countries.
Analyses of the accident registers of the two countries' national work environment authorities with supplemental linkages to official registers on employment status are used to determine the incidence of fatal occupational accidents for different groups. The analysis is based on 2375 accidents (1068 in Denmark and 1307 in Sweden) over the period of 20 years. Poisson regression is used to derive incidence rates over time for specific groups.
In the study period, the incidence of fatal occupational accidents decreased in both countries (incidence rate ratio [IRR]: 0.95), although the incidence was on average higher in Denmark (IRR: 1.20) and grew larger over time. This difference did not disappear after adjusting for age, sex and industry among the deceased (IRR: 1.12).
The incidence of fatal occupational accidents was slightly higher in Denmark in the entire period. The difference could not be explained completely by sociodemographic differences or differences related to the labour market structure in the two countries, i.e. other factors (e.g. cultural) may play a role in producing the difference.
丹麦和瑞典在许多方面非常相似，两国都拥有相似的福利制度和工作环境管理部门。然而，在两国之前的对比中，致命职业事故的发生率却存在显著差异。
研究丹麦和瑞典两国在 1993 年至 2012 年期间致命职业事故发生率的差异，以确定死者的特征在多大程度上可以解释两国之间的部分差异。
利用两国国家工作环境管理局的事故登记数据，并辅以就业状况的官方登记数据进行分析，以确定不同群体的致命职业事故发生率。该分析基于 20 年间的 2375 起事故（丹麦 1068 起，瑞典 1307 起）。使用泊松回归分析特定群体随时间的发生率。
在研究期间，两国的致命职业事故发生率均有所下降（发病率比 [IRR]：0.95），尽管丹麦的平均发病率更高（IRR：1.20），且随着时间的推移呈上升趋势。在调整死者的年龄、性别和行业后，这一差异仍然存在（IRR：1.12）。
在整个研究期间，丹麦的致命职业事故发生率略高。这种差异不能完全用社会人口统计学差异或两国劳动力市场结构差异来解释，即其他因素（如文化）可能在产生差异方面发挥作用。
