[Risk of occupational injury in foreign workers in Spain [2003 and 2004]].
OBJECTIVE
To compare the risk of occupational injury (OI) by nationality in 2003 and 2004.


METHODS
OI were grouped into those occurring in Spaniards and those occurring in foreigners. For 2003, the first year in which this variable was available and there were a significant number of OI without a nationality code, classification of OI was as follows: (A) consideration of OI without a nationality code as occurring in foreigners, and (B) exclusion of OI without a nationality code from the analysis.


RESULTS
According to definition A, the relative risk (Spaniards as reference) of non-fatal OI was 4.39 (95%CI, 4.38-4.42) and 5.0 (4.5-5.6) for fatal OI. According to definition B, the relative risk of non-fatal OI was 0.72 (95%CI, 0.71-0.73) and 1.2 (95%CI, 0.9-1.5) for fatal OI. In 2004, when there were no codification problems, the relative risk was 0.95 (95%CI, 0.94-0.96) for non-fatal OI and 1.2 (95%CI, 0.9-1.4) for fatal OI.


CONCLUSIONS
These highly contradictory results indicate the need to continue to monitor this occupational health problem, as well as to seek adequate management of data quality.
Benavides
Fernando G
FG
Unitat de Recerca en Salut Laboral, Departament de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, España. fernando.benavides@upf.edu
Ahonen
Emily Q
EQ
Bosch
Cristina
C
D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health; D012306:Risk; D012307:Risk Factors; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control