Occupational diseases and traumatism in developing countries
Meditsina truda i promyshlennaia ekologiia 2010(12): 14-18
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 1026-9428 PMID: 21442935 Document Number: 639157
Due to industrial factors in most of developing countries, the mortality values average 160-168 per 100,000, and the mortality level in Asia is 4 times higher than in developed countries. Medical insurance in developing countries is used only by 10% of workers, and indemnity for disease or accident is very limited. There is direct correlation between poverty, poor health and quality of occupational safety. Children's labour is widely spread in developing countries and mostly applied in nonofficial economy sector--textile industry, clothes production, some industrial branches and agriculture.