Goodman R A, Smith J D, Sikes R K, Rogers D L, Mickey J L
Public Health Rep. 1985 May-Jun;100(3):329-33.
Death certificates were used as a source of information to characterize fatalities associated with farm tractor injuries in Georgia for the period 1971-81. In this period, 202 tractor-associated fatalities occurred among residents of Georgia; 198 of these persons were males. The annual tractor-associated fatality rate for males based on the population of male farm residents was 23.6 per 100,000; rates of fatal injury increased with age for this population. Persons whose primary occupation was other than farming accounted for more than half of all tractor-associated deaths. Fatal injuries occurred throughout the year but predominantly during the planting and harvesting months. Injuries occurred throughout the day (7 a.m. to midnight), with a peak at 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Most fatal injuries, 76 percent, resulted when tractors overturned. Fatalities were attributed to crushed chest, exsanguination, strangulation or asphyxia, drowning, and other injuries. Current safety standards for the operation of farm tractors are limited; rollover protective canopies are not required for farm owners or their family members. Descriptive epidemiologic information obtained from death certificates can be used to define injury determinants and to suggest approaches for the further study and prevention of specific types of injuries.
死亡证明被用作信息来源，以描述1971年至1981年期间佐治亚州与农用拖拉机伤害相关的死亡情况。在此期间，佐治亚州居民中发生了202起与拖拉机相关的死亡事件；其中198人是男性。基于男性农场居民人口计算的男性年度拖拉机相关死亡率为每10万人23.6人；该人群的致命伤害率随年龄增长而增加。主要职业不是务农的人员占所有与拖拉机相关死亡人数的一半以上。全年都有致命伤害发生，但主要集中在种植和收获月份。伤害发生在全天（上午7点至午夜），下午4点至5点达到高峰。大多数致命伤害（76%）是拖拉机翻车导致的。死亡原因包括胸部挤压、失血、窒息或勒死、溺水以及其他伤害。目前农用拖拉机操作的安全标准有限；农场主及其家庭成员无需配备翻车保护罩。从死亡证明中获得的描述性流行病学信息可用于确定伤害决定因素，并为进一步研究和预防特定类型伤害提供方法建议。
