The University of Tennessee
Agricultural Extension Service

Agricultural Safety and Health

Sources of Information

Sources of statistics

UT Extension SUPER, Data Indicators (accessible only by UT Extension staff)

2002 Census of Agriculture, Tennessee, State and County Data. Volume 1, Geographic Area Series, Part 42. AC-02-A-42. June 2004. U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250.

2003 Sector Financial Indicators Cash Receipts Ranking Data, Tennessee. US Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 1800 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20036-5831. http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/FarmIncome/firkdmu.htm

A Time to Act - A Report of the USDA National Commission on Small Farms. January 1998. United States Department of Agriculture, National Commission on Small Farms, Research, Education, and Economics Small Farms Coordination, 14th & Independence Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20250-3810.

Assisting America’s Small Farmers and Ranchers in the 21st Century - Meeting the Challenge of A Time to Act. Miscellaneous Publication 1589. January 2003. United States Department of Agriculture, Research, Education, and Economics, Small Farms Coordination, 14th & Independence Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20250-3810.

Building On A Time to Act - A Report by the USDA Advisory Committee on Small Farms. Miscellaneous Publication No. 286. February 2003. United States Department of Agriculture, Research, Education, and Economics Small Farms Coordination, 14th & Independence Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20250-3810.

Castañares, T., M.D. Migrant Health Issues. Migrant Health Monograph Series, Monograph No. 5. October, 2001. National Center for Farmworker Health, Inc., Buda, TX. http://www.ncfh.org/docs/05 - outreach.pdf

Findings from the National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS) 1997-1998, A Demographic and Employment Profile of United States Farmworkers. Research Report No. 8. March 2000. U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Office of Program Economics, Frances Perkins Building, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210. http://www.dol.gov/asp/programs/agworker/report_8.pdf

Health Status of Tennesseans, Tennessee Health Status Report, 2001-2002. June 2003. Tennessee Department of Health, Cordell Hull Building, 3rd Floor, Nashville, TN 37247-0100. http://www2.state.tn.us/health/statistics/index.html

Healthy People 2010. Focus Area 6 – Disability and Secondary Conditions. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite LL100m, Rockville, MD 20852. http://www.healthypeople.gov/Document/HTML/Volume1/06Disability.htm

Madsen, Murray . 2004. Agricultural Tractor Safety, Perspective: History, Data. Presentation at National Institute for Farm Safety Annual Meeting. Murray D. Madsen, Program Consultant, Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health, University of Iowa, 100 Oakdale Campus, 124 IREH, Iowa City, IA 52242-5000.

National AgrAbility Project 2004-2008 Work Plan. National AgrAbility Project, Biological Systems Engineering Department, 460 Henry Mall, Madison, Wisconsin 53706

November 2003 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, Tennessee. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, DC. http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_tn.htm

Number of Occupational Therapists by Health Department Region (HDR) and County of Practice, Tennessee. October 2004. Division of Health Statistics, Office of Policy, Planning and Assessment, Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, TN.

Tennessee State Fact Sheet. 2004. US Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 1800 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20036-5831. http://www.ers.usda.gov/StateFacts/TN.HTM

Tennessee Farm and Farm-Related Employment, 2001. United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 1800 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20036-5831. http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/FarmandRelatedEmployment

Tennessee’s Health – Picture of the Present, 1999. Published 2002. Office of Health Statistics and Research, Bureau of Health Informatics, Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, TN.

The Hispanic Population in Tennessee. July 2004. Tennessee Department of Health, Division of Health Statistics, Cordell Hull Building, Nashville, Tennessee, 37247-5262. http://www2.state.tn.us/health/statistics/PdfFiles/TNHispanic00.pdf