Table US-4. Number* and Rate (per 100,000 workers) of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities
for Sex, Race, and Age Group, by Year, US, 1980-1995.

DEMOGRAPHICS

YEAR OF DEATH

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

Sex

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Male 

No.

6,914

6,677

6,007

5,461

5,758

5,807

5,258

5,428

5,334

5,285

5,035

4,836

4,688

4,908

4,970

4,888

Rate

12.3

11.6

10.7

9.6

9.7

9.7

8.6

8.7

8.4

8.2

7.8

7.6

7.3

7.5

7.5

7.3

      Female 

No.

429

384

371

323

355

385

366

385

376

394

349

381

343

378

433

426

Rate

1.0

0.9

0.9

0.7

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.7

Race

                                 

      White

No.

6,312

6,128

5,522

5,002

5,313

5,302

4,837

4,955

4,901

4,865

4,486

4,284

4,200

4,389

4,516

4,475

Rate

7.3

6.9

6.3

5.6

5.8

5.7

5.1

5.1

4.9

4.8

4.4

4.2

4.1

4.3

4.3

4.2

      Black

No.

841

739

661

594

629

689

614

689

585

644

611

616

531

591

628

611

Rate

9.2

7.9

7.2

6.3

6.2

6.6

5.7

6.1

5.0

5.4

5.1

5.2

4.4

4.9

4.9

4.6

      Other

No.

126

141

137

139

138

167

123

145

142

147

147

203

222

266

252

198

Rate

7.0

6.0

5.6

5.4

5.0

5.7

3.9

4.3

4.1

3.9

3.8

5.1

5.3

6.1

5.0

3.9

Age Group

                                 

      16-17

No.

125

100

86

45

53

52

60

53

48

47

47

28

39

34

40

35

Rate

4.0

3.5

3.4

1.9

2.2

2.1

2.3

1.9

1.8

1.8

2.0

1.3

1.8

1.5

1.6

1.4

      18-19

No.

320

267

207

204

180

155

171

146

141

123

137

101

80

86

89

101

Rate

6.9

6.1

5.1

5.0

4.4

3.9

4.4

3.7

3.4

2.9

3.3

2.7

2.3

2.4

2.4

2.6

      20-24

No.

1,051

988

843

721

786

728

614

615

568

509

495

445

408

410

444

387

Rate

7.4

7.0

6.1

5.2

5.5

5.2

4.5

4.5

4.3

3.9

3.7

3.4

3.2

3.2

3.5

3.1

      25-34

No.

1,842

1,896

1,641

1,472

1,644

1,682

1,519

1,550

1,550

1,561

1,403

1,332

1,241

1,294

1,296

1,186

Rate

6.8

6.7

5.8

5.1

5.4

5.4

4.7

4.7

4.6

4.6

4.1

4.0

3.8

4.0

4.0

3.7

      35-44

No.

1,281

1,190

1,204

1,193

1,237

1,331

1,201

1,217

1,230

1,257

1,242

1,290

1,274

1,351

1,346

1,340

Rate

6.6

5.9

5.8

5.4

5.2

5.4

4.6

4.5

4.4

4.3

4.0

4.1

4.0

4.1

4.0

3.9

      45-54

No.

1,176

1,178

1,068

939

971

939

917

913

939

970

942

926

945

1,001

1,055

1,104

Rate

7.2

7.2

6.7

5.9

6.0

5.7

5.4

5.2

5.1

5.0

4.8

4.7

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

      55-64

No.

1,026

963

865

805

824

895

747

857

795

777

692

692

627

673

700

695

Rate

8.8

8.4

7.6

7.1

7.2

7.8

6.5

7.5

7.0

6.8

6.2

6.3

5.7

6.1

6.2

6.1

      65+

No.

509

472

458

402

414

398

387

457

436

427

424

401

417

432

429

459

Rate

17.0

15.8

15.5

13.5

14.4

14.1

13.2

15.0

13.6

12.7

12.6

12.1

12.4

12.9

11.6

12.4

*Numbers not reported for "unknown" or "not classified" categories.

 

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