Taking the Final Exit: Exploring the Distribution, Risks, and Geospatial Attributes of Truck Driver At-Work Deaths in Harris County, Texas.
case_control · Level III
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Abstract
To characterize the distribution, risks, and geospatial attributes of truck driver at-work deaths. At-work medical examiner death data from Harris County, Texas were extracted and analyzed using a case-control design. Truck driver cases (n = 52) were matched on age characteristics to non-truck driver controls (n = 156). These data included place of injury/collapse, manner of death, anthropometrics, and demographics. Medical center and American Community Survey data were extracted for geospatial analyses. Truck driver at-work deaths differed from controls in the distribution of manners of death, and they occurred more commonly in underserved census tracts. Truck driver at-work deaths were predicted by both of these differences. These findings provide preliminary evidence for truck driver vulnerability to natural deaths at work and the characterization of truck driver worksites as medical deserts.