Fatal Farm Accidents in the U. S., 1949-53

Excerpts: A little more than a fourth of the fatal accidents to farm people during 1949-53 occurred on the farm but outside the home. Far too many were young people who either had not acquired the skills necessary to avoid accidents or were not properly safeguarded by their parents. Farm machinery ranked first as a cause of these fatalities. Other major causes of fatalities included drownings, firearms, and falls. The age group 15 to 19 suffered the greatest number of fatal accidents, followed in order by the 10 to 14 and the under 5 age groupings. Males sustained about 91 percent, and females 9 percent, of the fatalities. Fatal accidents to girls under 5 years of age occurred at more than twice the average rate of 2.1 per 100,000 females. For boys in the same age group, the accident rate was only half the average rate of 18.5 for all males. Women 75 and older sustained fatalities nearly 4 times the 2.1 average for all females. For men in this older age group, the accident rate was nearly 3 times the average of 18.5 for all males. Of all females, women from 20 to 60 had the lowest fatality rates.

内容节选：1949年至1953年间，农业从业者的致命事故中，逾四分之一发生在农场范围内但住宅之外的区域。其中绝大多数为青少年，他们要么尚未掌握规避事故所需的技能，要么未得到父母妥善的安全看护。农用机械是此类致命事故的首要诱因，其他主要致死原因还包括溺水、枪支走火及坠落事故。15至19岁年龄段的致命事故数量最多，其次依次为10至14岁以及5岁以下年龄段。在所有致命事故中，男性占比约91%，女性占比约9%。5岁以下女童的致命事故发生率，是每10万名女性2.1例的平均水平的两倍以上；而同年龄段的男童，其事故发生率仅为全体男性18.5例平均水平的一半。75岁及以上的老年女性，其致命事故发生率约为全体女性2.1例平均水平的4倍；而该年龄段的老年男性，事故发生率则约为全体男性18.5例平均水平的3倍。在全体女性群体中，20至60岁的女性的致死率最低。