Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020
Research
Risk for Coccidioidomycosis among Hispanic Farm Workers, California, USA, 2018
Table 2
Half time or more | 78 (71) | 52 (56) | 1.9 (1.0–3.5) |
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Work in crop category in past year†‡ | |||
Root and bulb vegetable crops†‡ | 23 (21) | 8 (9) | 3.0 (1.2–7.1) |
Near-ground crops†§ | 76 (69) | 76 (81) | 0.5 (0.3– 1.0) |
Tree crops†¶ |
60 (55) |
41 (44) |
1.4 (0.8–2.5) |
Work with specified crop in past year†# | |||
Grapes | 64 (58) | 67 (72) | 0.6 (0.3–1.0) |
Almonds | 24 (22) | 17 (18) | 1.1 (0.5– 2.3) |
Mandarin oranges | 23 (21) | 19 (20) | 1.1 (0.5– 2.1) |
Carrots |
14 (13) |
5 (5) |
2.9 (1.0. 8.6) |
Tasks performed in past year†** | |||
Harvest | 82 (75) | 68 (73) | 1.3 (0.7– 2.5) |
Pruning | 40 (36) | 39 (42) | 0.7 (0.4– 1.3) |
Packing (outdoor) | 39 (35) | 33 (35) | 1.2 (0.6– 2.1) |
Leaf removal | 25 (23) | 37 (40) | 0.4 (0.2– 0.8) |
Weeding | 14 (13) | 10 (11) | 1.3 (0.5– 3.1) |
Irrigation |
15 (14) |
7 (8) |
1.6 (0.6– 4.2) |
Mask use for most recent job | |||
Never or sometimes | 58 (53) | 40 (43) | Reference |
Half the time or more |
51 (47) |
53 (57) |
0.9 (0.5– 1.7) |
Soil wetting in dusty conditions for most recent job | |||
Never or sometimes | 63 (58) | 48 (52) | Reference |
Half the time or more | 46 (42) | 45 (48) | 0.8 (0.4– 1.3) |
*Adjusted for age and sex.
†Categories are not mutually exclusive; reference group is all participants not working in specified category.
‡Root and bulb vegetables growing underground: beets, carrots, garlic, onions, radishes, sweet potatoes.
§Near-ground crops: cotton and fruits and vegetables growing above ground and near the surface, including blueberries, chili peppers, grapes, kale, lettuce, spinach, strawberries, tomatoes, watermelon.
¶Tree crops: almonds, apples, apricots, cherries, kiwi, oranges and Mandarin oranges, pomegranates, pistachios.
#Limited to crops reported by >9% of participants; crops are not mutually exclusive.
**Limited to tasks reported by >9% of participants; tasks are not mutually exclusive.
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