Morbidity among Self-Employed Farmers in Norway

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Abstract
A health survey among 923 self-employed Norwegian farmers was carried out in 1982 to investigate the state of non-hospital morbidity in the agricultural community. 85% of the nation-wide representative sample of active farmers answered the questionnaire. A disease was recorded, according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD, 8th revision), when the farmer had (1) been confined to bed/had reduced activity, or (2) had consulted a medical practitioner, or (3) used medication, all during the last 14 days. (4) Congenital diseases were also recorded. The following findings were elicited: – 56% of all morbidity came under the three headings cardiovascular diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, injuries – the incidence of cardiovascular diseases is rising in spite of the reduced average age of the agricultural population – within agriculture the following groups have the highest work-related morbidity: full-time farmers, grain-growing farmers, those farmers who have the greatest daily work load, and farmers who are physically exhausted at the end of the day.

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