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Stress and late diagnosis  the silent killers for farmers

Ken Whelan
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   Stress and late diagnosis  the silent killers for farmers
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   The statistical evidence is stark - farmers have a higher death risk
   than any other occupation in Ireland, with the main causes being heart
   disease, cancers and farm accidents.
   http://www.independent.ie/business/farming/rural-life/stress-and-late-d
   iagnosis-the-silent-killers-for-farmers-35233471.html
   http://www.independent.ie/business/farming/article35188032.ece/98819/AU
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   disease, cancers and farm accidents.
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       Stress and late diagnosis  the silent killers for farmers
       FarmIreland.ie
       The statistical evidence is stark - farmers have a higher death
       risk than any other occupation in Ireland, with the main causes
       being heart disease, cancers and farm accidents.
       http://www.independent.ie/business/farming/rural-life/stress-and-la
       te-diagnosis-the-silent-killers-for-farmers-35233471.html
       http://www.independent.ie/business/farming/article35188032.ece/9881
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   "Added to these on-farm dangers are the time pressures, bureaucracy,
   tightening finance availability and decreasing social supports for the
   farmer, and these factors are adding to the stress within farming
   communities."

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   "If you talk, solutions will emerge. Don't let the stress grow into
   something more serious or wait for something serious to happen, like a
   farm accident," he emphasised.

   On the enterprise side of the stress question, he urged farmers to grow
   their businesses efficiently through prudent investment and low
   overheads. The alternative would only create a huge amount of stress.

   "Bills need to be paid, tax needs to be paid, loans need to be paid,
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   inception last year, told their audience that farmers should not be
   afraid to admit that they were affected by isolation, coping problems
   or stress brought on by the loneliness of their job or by financial
   pressures.

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   friends, community activists and the Gardai themselves.

   "Farmers are afraid to admit they have a problem and often the stress
   they are under is the cause of the farm accidents which can kill or
   main, and most of these accidents are caused by simple on-farm mistakes