From: Prevalence and changes in chronic diseases among South Korean farmers: 1998 to 2005
 |  | 1998 |  | 2001 |  | 2005 |  |
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 | Cases | ASP (95%CI)a | Cases | ASP (95% CI) | Cases | ASP (95% CI) | Change (95% CI)b |
Men | |||||||
Overall chronic diseases c | |||||||
Farmers | 1,029 | 37.4 (34.1, 40.8) | 533 | 35.2 (32.1, 38.5) | 506 | 34.8 (29.6, 40.5) | -2.6 (-8.6, 3.6) |
Manual | 1,064 | 33.6 (31.4, 35.9) | 1,209 | 34.4 (32.2, 36.7) | 1,362 | 39.1 (37.1, 41.1) | 5.5 (2.5, 8.5) |
Non-manual | 1,294 | 30.5 (28.5, 32.5) | 1,532 | 33.3 (31.4, 35.2) | 1,503 | 37.1 (35.3, 38.9) | 6.6 (3.9, 9.3) |
Totald | 4,634 | 34.6 (33.3, 35.9) | 4,585 | 35.4 (34.4, 36.5) | 4,799 | 38.2 (37.2, 39.2) | 3.6 (2.0, 5.3) |
Self-rated health "good to excellent" | |||||||
Farmers | 252 | 42.7 (35.7, 45.0) | 89 | 62.3 (55.6, 68.5) | 312 | 57.7 (51.4, 63.8) | 15.0 (5.4, 24.7) |
Manual | 513 | 45.8 (42.4, 49.2) | 498 | 50.3 (46.9, 53.7) | 1,709 | 51.2 (49.1, 53.3) | 5.4 (1.3, 9.5) |
Non-manual | 758 | 50.8 (47.3, 54.3) | 855 | 55.2 (52.2, 58.1) | 2,624 | 58.0 (56.0, 60.0) | 7.2 (3.2, 11.2) |
Total | 1,916 | 46.6 (44.9, 48.3) | 1,784 | 50.5 (48.7, 52.4) | 5,825 | 52.7 (51.6, 53.9) | 6.1 (4.0, 8.2) |
Doctor visits (past 2 weeks) | |||||||
Farmers | 592 | 25.4 (22.2, 28.8) | 276 | 20.5 (15.9, 26.1) | 326 | 29.5 (22.3, 37.8) | 4.1 (-3.1, 11.3) |
Manual | 819 | 25.5 (23.5, 27.6) | 573 | 16.3 (14.9, 17.9) | 705 | 21.3 (19.7, 23.0) | -4.2 (-6.9, -1.6) |
Non-manual | 1,035 | 23.1 (21.3, 25.1) | 639 | 15.1 (13.6, 16.7) | 841 | 21.0 (19.4, 22.7) | -2.1 (-4.6, 0.3) |
Total | 3,212 | 24.7 (23.7, 25.6) | 2,164 | 16.7 (16.0, 17.4) | 2,723 | 21.5 (20.7, 22.4) | -3.2 (-4.4, -1.9) |
Hospitalizations (past 12 months) | |||||||
Farmers | 146 | 6.2 (4.7, 8.3) | 50 | 7.0 (4.4, 11.1) | 106 | 6.8 (5.2, 8.8) | 0.6 (-2.2, 3.4) |
Manual | 150 | 4.7 (3.8, 5.7) | 138 | 4.4 (3.4, 5.8) | 307 | 9.8 (8.3, 11.5) | 5.1 (3.3, 7.0) |
Non-manual | 162 | 3.6 (2.9, 4.5) | 154 | 3.5 (2.7, 4.6) | 261 | 6.1 (5.2, 7.1) | 2.5 (1.2, 3.6) |
Total | 668 | 4.9 (4.5, 5.4) | 539 | 4.2 (3.8, 4.5) | 1,031 | 8.5 (7.9, 9.1) | 3.6 (2.8, 4.2) |
Women | |||||||
Overall chronic diseases | |||||||
Farmers | 1,306 | 52.7 (49.6, 55.8) | 610 | 57.4 (53.6, 61.0) | 622 | 61.3 (50.1, 71.5) | 8.6 (0.1, 17.2) |
Manual | 623 | 43.9 (40.8, 47.0) | 669 | 48.9 (46.1, 51.8) | 787 | 51.4 (48.1, 54.6) | 7.5 (3.0, 12.0) |
Non-manual | 1,093 | 41.3 (39.0, 43.6) | 1,312 | 43.5 (41.7, 45.2) | 1,433 | 48.0 (46.3, 49.7) | 6.7 (3.9, 9.6) |
Total | 6,934 | 46.9 (45.7, 48.2) | 6,548 | 46.4 (45.5, 47.4) | 7,029 | 50.4 (49.5, 51.4) | 3.5 (1.9, 5.0) |
Self-rated health "good to excellent" | |||||||
Farmers | 200 | 37.9 (32.1, 44.0) | 53 | 39.2 (29.3, 50.1) | 144 | 28.7 (19.5, 40.2) | -9.2 (-22.2, 3.9) |
Manual | 190 | 41.8 (36.4, 47.5) | 139 | 37.3 (31.7, 43.2) | 481 | 35.1 (31.7, 38.7) | -6.7 (-13.7, 0.3) |
Non-manual | 514 | 45.5 (41.9, 49.1) | 601 | 44.1 (41.0, 47.3) | 1,993 | 45.8 (43.5, 48.1) | 0.3 (-4.3, 5.0) |
Total | 1,801 | 38.4 (36.7, 40.0) | 1,696 | 39.8 (38.0, 41.6) | 5,158 | 40.3 (39.3, 41.3) | 1.9 (-0.0, 3.9) |
Doctor visits (past 2 weeks) | |||||||
Farmers | 718 | 32.9 (29.1, 37.0) | 299 | 23.6 (19.7, 27.9) | 395 | 40.5 (33.2, 48.2) | 7.6 (-0.1, 15.3) |
Manual | 485 | 33.4 (30.6, 36.3) | 377 | 27.3 (24.4, 30.4) | 453 | 28.7 (25.8, 31.9) | -4.7 (-8.8, -0.4) |
Non-manual | 1,015 | 35.7 (33.0, 38.5) | 722 | 23.4 (20.5, 26.5) | 920 | 30.2 (28.0, 32.5) | -5.5 (-9.0, -1.9) |
Total | 4,939 | 34.0 (32.9, 35.1) | 3,486 | 24.6 (23.8, 25.4) | 4,356 | 31.5 (30.6, 32.4) | -2.5 (-3.9, -1.1) |
Hospitalizations (past 12 months) | |||||||
Farmers | 96 | 6.7 (4.5, 10.0) | 44 | 3.8 (2.3, 6.2) | 83 | 16.2 (14.5, 18.0) | 9.5 (5.2, 13.6) |
Manual | 41 | 3.3 (2.3, 4.6) | 36 | 1.7 (1.2, 2.4) | 112 | 7.0 (5.6, 8.8) | 3.7 (1.7, 5.7) |
Non-manual | 202 | 5.3 (4.4, 6.5) | 99 | 4.0 (2.4, 6.6) | 258 | 8.4 (6.6, 10.6) | 3.1 (0.8, 5.4) |
Total | 1,133 | 7.9 (7.4, 8.4) | 493 | 3.5 (3.2, 3.9) | 1,423 | 10.6 (10.0, 11.2) | 2.7 (1.9, 3.5) |