The Relationship between Free Press and Under-Reporting of Non-Fatal Occupational Injuries with Data from Representative National Indicators, 2015: Focusing on the Lethality Rate of Occupational Injuries among 39 Countries

Sung-Shil Lim, Jin-Ha Yoon, Jeongbae Rhie, Suk Won Bae, Jihyun Kim and Jong-Uk Won
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Sung-Shil Lim: The Institute for Occupational Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea
Jin-Ha Yoon: The Institute for Occupational Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea
Jeongbae Rhie: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan 31116, Korea
Suk Won Bae: The Institute for Occupational Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea
Jihyun Kim: The Institute for Occupational Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea
Jong-Uk Won: The Institute for Occupational Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 12, 1-12

Abstract: The epidemiology of occupational injuries is reported worldwide, but suspicions of under-reporting prevail, probably associated with free press. We examined the association between freedom of the press and lethality rate of occupational injuries based on the most comprehensive International Labour Organization database on labour statistics (ILOSTAT) among 39 countries. The occupational injury indices, national indicators, and information on freedom of the press in 2015 were sourced from ILOSTAT, World Bank open data, World Health Organization and Freedom House. The lethality rate was the number of fatal occupational injuries per 10,000 total occupational injuries. The relationship among fatal and total occupation injury rates, lethality rate, and national statistics were analysed using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients. Multivariable linear regression models with bootstrap estimation to manage non-normality determined freedom of the press associated with lethality rate. Freedom of the press was significantly correlated with fatal and total occupational injury rate and lethality rate of occupational injuries. Adjusting for national indicators, only freedom of the press was associated with lethality rate per 10,000 occupational injuries in the report of ILOSTAT. The lethality rate of occupational injury reported by each country might not reflect the actual lethality, but under-reported nonfatal occupational injuries, probably relating to freedom of the press.

Keywords: occupational injury; ILOSTAT; freedom of the press; national indicator; under-report (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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