![]() When injuries occur, farm children who reside in rural areas may have limited access to health services, which may increase the potential for severe injuries to result in fatality 13. Further, farm children generally live in rural areas where there may be elevated rates of motor vehicle accidents 11, 12. Farm children face additional potential health problems, such as long-term exposures to animals, pesticides, solvents, and particulate airborne material, which some studies suggest may be associated with increased respiratory disease 9 and cancer 10. While these specific farm-related causes of injury mortality have been identified, other causes of mortality among farm children are possible but have not been as fully explored. Other farm-related deaths were due to drowning 3, 5, firearms 3, falls from farm structures and buildings 2, 6, 7, toxic ingestions and exposures 8, and animal-associated injuries 4, 6. ![]() ![]() Previous studies have examined specific causes of childhood farm deaths and attributed many to agricultural machinery, especially tractors 2 – 4. ![]() For farm children, injury-related morbidity and mortality are substantial: for every 100,000 farm children, 8 deaths and 1717 nonfatal injuries were reported between 19 3. More than one million children live on farms 1 and are at risk for injury and death as they participate in farm work and share their residential and recreational environments with machinery, livestock, and hazardous materials. ![]()
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