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Shin and Lee: Accidental Mortality and Compensation Payment in School Activities among Elementary, Middle and High School Students in Seoul over Twenty Years (1988-2007)
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2012; 42(2): 248-257.

Published online: 30 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2012.42.2.248

Accidental Mortality and Compensation Payment in School Activities among Elementary, Middle and High School Students in Seoul over Twenty Years (1988-2007)

Sun Mi Shin1, Hee Woo Lee2

1Full-time Instructor, Department of Nursing, Joongbu University, Chungnam, Korea.

2Deputy Director, Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, Seoul, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Lee, Hee Woo. 408-506 Hyundai Apt. Seohyun-dong, Boondang-gu, Seongnam-city, Gyeonggi 463-777, Korea. Tel: +82-31-709-9333, 010-8736-5203, Fax: +82-41-750-6416, healthteam1@sen.go.kr

Received 16 April 2011       Accepted 26 April 2012

© 2012 Korean Society of Nursing Science

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to identify accidental mortality during school activities of students in elementary, middle or high school in Seoul and consequent compensation payment.

Methods

Fifty-eight students died due to accidents during the period 1988 through 2007. Data were obtained from the Seoul School Safety and Insurance Association, and Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education. Chi-square, t test, and ANCOVA were used in the data analysis.

Results

Among students, 75.9% were male and 37.9% were high school students. Accidental mortality was 1.61 per one million students (2.33 for male, and 0.82 for female students, and 0.93, 2.13 and 2.31 for elementary, middle and high school students, respectively). Mortality caused by drowning and falls per one million student was 0.85 and 0.74 for male, and 0.23 and 0.35 for female students. After age, year and cause were adjusted using ANCOVA, the mean compensation payment was 40,615 thousand won for male, and 62,000 thousands for female students. Highest compensation payment was 127,137 thousand for cerebral concussion after age, gender, year and cause were adjusted.

Conclusion

To decrease student accidental mortality, especially drowning and falls, development of efficient safety-enforcing education is essential to prevent injuries and avoid preventable compensation costs.

Keywords: School, Students, Mortality, Compensation, Payment

Figures and Tables

Table 1
Distribution of Accidental Death in Students Over 20 Years in School
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CI=Confidence interval.

Table 2
Accidental Mortality per Million Students in School
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*(Number of students' accidental death÷student population)×1,000,000; †Standardized mortality based on elementary (49.27%), middle (26.27%), and high school student (24.46%) population in 2005; ‡(Number of male students' accidental death÷male student population)×1,000,000; §(Number of female students' accidental death÷female student population)×1,000,000; ∥(Number of accidental death among elementary school students÷elementary school student population)×1,000,000; (Number of accidental death among middle school students÷middle school student population)×1,000,000; #(Number of accidental death among high school students÷high school student population)×1,000,000; **(Number of students' accidental death inside school÷student population)×1,000,000; ††(Number of students' accidental death outside school÷student population)×1,000,000.

Table 3
Accidental Mortality per Million Students by Month, Day, and Cause for 20 years
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*(Number of students' accidental death÷student population)×1,000,000; †(Number of male students' accidental death÷male student population)×1,000,000; ‡(Number of female students' accidental death÷female student population)×1,000,000; §(Number of elementary school students' accidental death÷elementary school student population)×1,000,000; ∥(Number of middle school students' accidental death÷middle school student population)×1,000,000; (Number of high school students' accidental death÷high school student population)×1,000,000; #(Number of students' accidental death inside school÷student population)×1,000,000; **(Number of students' accidental death outside school÷student population)×1,000,000.

Table 4
Compensation Cost for Students' Accidental Death for 20 Years in School by ANCOVA (unit, 1,000 KRW)
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*Excluding 4 persons who were not eligible for compensation money; †Adjusting for age and significant covariates with ANOVA, 4 discrete years (1988-1992, 1993-1997, 1998-2002 and 2003-2007), type of death; ‡Adjusting for age, gender, 4 discrete years and type of death; §Adjusting for age, gender, type of death; ∥Adjusting for age, gender, 4 discrete years.

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