Medical repatriation of migrant farm workers in Ontario: a descriptive analysis

Aaron M. Orkin; Morgan Lay; Janet McLaughlin; Michael Schwandt; Donald Cole

doi:10.9778/cmajo.20140014

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Annual rate of medical repatriation of migrant farm workers in Ontario, 2001–2011 (n = 787).
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Rate of medical repatriation of migrant farm workers in Ontario, 2001–2011, by country of origin (n = 787).
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Diagnostic reasons for medical repatriation of migrant farm workers in Ontario, 2001–2011 (n = 787).

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Table 1: Sociodemographic characteristics of 787 migrant farm workers repatriated for health-related reasons, Ontario, 2001–2011

Characteristic	No. workers (%)																						Total, no. (%) n = 787
Characteristic	2001 n = 74		2002 n = 112		2003 n = 119		2004 n = 90		2005 n = 77		2006 n = 67		2007 n = 51		2008 n = 68		2009 n = 56		2010 n = 38		2011 n = 35		Total, no. (%) n = 787
Age, yr*
20–29	8	(10.8)	17	(15.2)	24	(20.2)	18	(20.0)	19	(24.7)	12	(17.9)	7	(13.7)	10	(14.7)	8	(14.3)	5	(13.2)	6	(17.1)	134	(17.0)
30–39	21	(28.4)	49	(43.8)	43	(36.1)	31	(34.4)	31	(40.3)	30	(44.8)	26	(51.0)	27	(39.7)	24	(42.9)	14	(36.8)	15	(42.9)	311	(39.5)
40–49	21	(28.4)	27	(24.1)	40	(33.6)	29	(32.2)	19	(24.7)	19	(28.3)	16	(31.4)	22	(32.4)	19	(33.9)	10	(26.3)	10	(28.6)	232	(29.5)
≥ 50	7	(9.5)	11	(9.8)	11	(9.2)	12	(13.3)	8	(10.4)	6	(8.9)	2	(3.9)	9	(13.2)	5	(8.9)	9	(23.7)	4	(11.4)	82	(10.4)
Country of origin
Barbados	7	(9.5)	8	(7.1)	5	(4.2)	7	(7.8)	3	(3.9)	0		0		0		0		0		1	(2.9)	31	(3.9)
Eastern Caribbean†	3	(4.1)	3	(2.7)	0		1	(1.1)	4	(5.2)	2	(3.0)	2	(3.9)	2	(2.9)	4	(7.1)	4	(10.5)	2	(5.7)	27	(3.4)
Jamaica	27	(36.5)	28	(25.0)	43	(36.1)	30	(33.3)	30	(39.0)	23	(34.3)	14	(27.5)	26	(38.2)	22	(39.3)	16	(42.1)	13	(37.1)	272	(34.6)
Mexico	24	(32.4)	61	(54.5)	62	(52.1)	47	(52.2)	32	(41.6)	35	(52.2)	33	(64.7)	36	(52.9)	24	(42.9)	15	(39.4)	11	(31.4)	380	(48.3)
Trinidad and Tobago	13	(17.6)	12	(10.7)	9	(7.6)	5	(5.6)	8	(10.4)	7	(10.4)	2	(3.9)	4	(5.9)	6	(10.7)	3	(7.9)	8	(22.9)	77	(9.8)

*For 2001–2003, totals do not equal 100% because of missing data. †East Caribbean includes Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.