Table US-6. Number* and Average Annual Rate (per 100,000 workers)
of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities by Age Group and Race, US, 1980-1995.

AGE GROUP

RACE

WHITE

BLACK

OTHER

No.

Rate

No.

Rate

No.

Rate

16-17

785

2.1

77

2.6

23

2.3

18-19

2,229

4.0

193

3.4

66

3.8

20-24

8,674

4.7

950

4.3

285

4.3

25-34

20,308

4.7

2,749

5.0

812

4.6

35-44

16,809

4.5

2,487

5.5

681

4.4

45-54

13,485

5.2

1,898

6.7

449

4.7

55-64

10,907

6.7

1,338

8.6

281

6.5

65+

6,234

13.5

560

14.6

90

9.5

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

 

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