NIOSH/Document/Fatal Injuries to Civilian Workers in the United States, 1980-1995 (National Profile)

Table MS-1. Number and Rate (per 100,000 workers)
of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities by Year, Mississippi, 1980-1995.

Table MS-2. Number^* and Rate^†(per 100,000 workers) of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities
by Year for Sex, Race, and Age Group, Mississippi, 1980-1995.

Table MS-3. Number and Average Annual Rate^* (per 100,000 workers)
of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities by Cause of Death, Mississippi, 1980-1995.

Table MS-4. Number^*† and Rate^†‡^§ (per 100,000 workers) of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities
by Year for Industry and Occupation Division, Mississippi, 1983-1995.

Table MS-5. Number^* and Average Annual Rate^†‡ (per 100,000 workers) of Traumatic
Occupational Fatalities by Detailed Industry Groupings, Mississippi, 1983-1995.

DETAILED INDUSTRY	NO. OF DEATHS	RATE
Ag/For/Fish
Ag Production	108	27.4
Ag Services	22	30.7
Forestry & Fisheries	16	34.3
Mining
Metal/Coal/Nonmetal Mining	4	---
Oil and Gas Extraction	29	13.7
Construction	189	19.4
Manufacturing
Food & Kindred Prod	22	6.3
Textile Mill Prod	---	---
Apparel & Other Textile Pr	---	---
Paper & Allied Products	7	5.4
Printing/Publishing/Allied	7	6.5
Chemical/Petroleum/Rubber	17	7.7
Lumber & Wood	134	33.8
Furniture	4	1.5
Stone/Clay/Concrete	6	9.4
Primary Metals	5	9.2
Fabricated Metals	7	5.5
Mach, Ex Elect	9	4.9
Elect Mach, Equip Supplies	5	2.0
Motor Vehicles Equip	3	2.6
Aircraft & Parts	---	---
Other Transport Equip	14	8.3
Prof & Photo Equip/Watches	---	---
Toys/Amusement/Sporting Goods	---	---
Misc & NEC Industries	24	47.1
Trans/Comm/PU
Trucking/Warehousing/Storage	134	44.7
Other Transportation	42	16.8
Telephone Communications	---	---
Other Communications	---	---
Electric Light and Power	10	7.2
Other Utility/Sanitary Service	18	16.6
Wholesale Trade	41	7.6

DETAILED INDUSTRY	NO. OF DEATHS	RATE
Retail Trade
Food Stores	58	13.1
Motor Veh/Auto Supply Dealer	23	7.1
Apparel & Accessory Stores	---	---
Eating & Drinking Places	19	3.5
Other Retail Trade	58	6.9
Finance/Insur/RE
Banking and Other Finance	4	1.2
Insurance and Real Estate	13	4.2
Services
Business Services	21	6.9
Automobile and Repair Services	27	11.4
Private Household Services	---	---
Pers Serv Exc Priv Household	20	6.1
Entertainment & Rec Services	8	5.8
Hospitals	5	0.8
Health Services, Exc Hosp	11	2.2
Educational Services	9	0.8
Other Professional Services	21	3.4
Public Admin
Justice, Pub Order, & Safety	49	24.7
Admin of Hum Res Programs	3	2.7
National Sec/Internal Affairs	---	---
Other Pub Admin	19	9.2
Not Classified	77	---
^*Numbers not reported for cells with less than 3 deaths. ^†Rates not calculated for "unknown" or "not classified" categories. ^‡Rates not calculated for categories with less than 3 deaths or less than 20,000 employed.

Table MS-6. Number^* and Average Annual Rate^†‡ (per 100,000 workers) of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities
by Detailed Occupation Groupings, Mississippi, 1983-1995.

DETAILED OCCUPATION	NO. OF DEATHS	RATE
Exec/Adm/Mgr
Officials & Administrators, Public Admin	7	8.8
Other Executive, Admin & Managerial	50	5.4
Management Related Occupations	8	2.6
Prof/Spec
Engineers	10	8.2
Mathematical and Computer Scientists	---	---
Natural Scientists	3	7.2
Health Diagnosing Occupations	6	8.7
Health Assessment and Treatment Occupations	7	2.6
Teachers, College and University	---	---
Teachers, Except College and University	4	0.7
Lawyers and Judges	3	5.0
Other Professional Specialty Occupations	13	3.7
Tech/Support
Health Technologists and Technicians	---	---
Engineering and Science Technicians	4	3.9
Technicians, Exc Health/Engineering/Science	9	10.2
Sales
Supervisors and Proprietors, Sales Occupations	78	15.9
Sales Reps, Finance and Business Services	8	4.2
Sales Reps, Commodities, Except Retail	9	6.2
Sales Workers, Retail & Personal Services	40	5.3
Sales Related Occupations	---	---
Clerical
Supervisors, Administrative Support	---	---
Computer Equipment Operators	---	---
Secretaries, Stenographers, and Typists	5	1.0
Financial Records Processing	---	---
Mail and Message Distribution	3	3.2
Other Admin. Support, Including Clerical	15	1.7

DETAILED OCCUPATION	NO. OF DEATHS	RATE
Service
Private Household Service Occupations	---	---
Protective Service	57	25.5
Food Service	10	2.0
Health Service	4	1.6
Cleaning and Building Service	19	5.8
Personal Service	5	1.9
Farm/For/Fish
Farm Operators and Managers	84	45.2
Farm Workers and Related Occupations	40	14.1
Forestry and Fishing Occupations	98	122.3
Crafts
Mechanics and Repairers	46	8.0
Construction Trades	88	14.0
Other Precision Production, Craft, and Repair	41	6.6
Mach Operators
Machine Operators/Tenders, Except Precision	45	4.6
Fabricators, Assemblers, Inspectors, Samplers	24	5.3
Transport
Motor Vehicle Operators	222	38.3
Other Transport and Material Moving Occ	45	14.5
Laborers
Construction Laborers	73	77.1
Freight, Stock, & Materials Handlers	16	5.6
Other Handlers,Equip. Cleaner,Helper,Laborer	62	18.7
Other or Not Classified	65	---
^*Numbers not reported for cells with less than 3 deaths. ^†Rates not calculated for "unknown" or "not classified" categories. ^‡Rates not calculated for categories with less than 3 deaths or less than 20,000 employed.

YEAR OF DEATH	NUMBER OF DEATHS	RATE PER 100,000
1980	134	13.8
1981	116	12.1
1982	100	10.7
1983	85	9.2
1984	86	8.9
1985	93	9.2
1986	95	9.3
1987	120	11.5
1988	109	10.4
1989	117	10.8
1990	99	9.0
1991	87	8.0
1992	106	9.7
1993	111	9.7
1994	107	9.2
1995	118	10.0
Total	1,683	10.1

DEMOGRAPHICS	Total		YEAR OF DEATH
	Total		1980-85		1986-90		1991-95
	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate
Sex
Male	1,564	16.9	568	17.4	503	17.1	493	16.1
Female	119	1.6	46	1.8	37	1.6	36	1.4
Race
White	1,141	9.7	410	9.8	356	9.7	375	9.7
Black	507	10.4	194	12.6	173	10.9	140	8.0
Other	27	37.1	9	---	8	33.5	10	30.3
Age Group
16-17	23	7.8	10	8.7	8	9.4	5	5.3
18-19	40	7.3	17	8.3	12	7.2	11	6.3
20-24	160	7.7	65	8.4	66	10.0	29	4.5
25-34	373	7.7	137	8.3	133	8.3	103	6.4
35-44	397	9.9	135	11.3	119	9.3	143	9.3
45-54	303	11.1	96	10.4	91	10.8	116	12.0
55-64	242	14.6	96	14.4	66	13.5	80	16.2
65+	143	26.9	57	25.5	45	27.4	41	28.4
^*Numbers not reported for "unknown" categories. ^†Rates not calculated for categories with less than 3 deaths or less than 20,000 employed.

CAUSE OF DEATH	NUMBER OF DEATHS	RATE PER 100,000
Motor Vehicle	508	3.0
Homicide	246	1.5
Machine	178	1.1
Struck by Falling Object	164	1.0
Fall	95	0.6
Electrocution	90	0.5
Explosion	46	0.3
Nature/Environment	45	0.3
Suicide	44	0.3
Water Transport	33	0.2
Air Transport	29	0.2
Fire	27	0.2
Drowning	25	0.1
Suffocation	25	0.1
Flying Object/Caught In	24	0.1
Poisoning	24	0.1
Rail Transport	9	0.1
Other	62	0.4
Unknown\Undetermined	9	---
^*Rates not calculated for "unknown" or "not classified" categories.

INDUSTRY/ OCCUPATION DIVISION	Total		YEAR OF DEATH
	Total		1983-85		1986-90		1991-95
	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate
Industry Division
Ag/For/Fish	146	28.5	35	30.1	66	36.5	45	20.9
Mining	33	14.7	17	25.6	8	10.8	8	9.5
Construction	189	19.4	32	15.2	82	21.9	75	19.2
Manufacturing	269	8.8	49	7.3	110	9.4	110	9.1
Trans/Comm/PU	205	21.6	38	19.0	76	21.0	91	23.4
Wholesale Trade	41	7.6	6	5.5	16	7.0	19	9.5
Retail Trade	160	7.1	30	6.5	62	7.1	68	7.5
Finance/Insur/RE	17	2.7	3	2.2	8	3.2	6	2.4
Services	124	3.0	27	3.3	40	2.6	57	3.3
Public Admin	72	11.6	11	10.4	36	14.5	25	9.4
Not Classified	77	---	16	---	36	---	25	---

Occupation Division
Exec/Adm/Mgr	65	4.9	12	4.9	26	5.2	27	4.7
Prof/Spec	48	3.0	8	2.5	13	2.2	27	4.0
Tech/Support	13	3.3	---	---	8	5.1	---	---
Sales	135	8.5	24	7.1	49	8.0	62	9.8
Clerical	26	1.4	5	1.3	8	1.1	13	1.7
Service	97	5.6	17	4.8	41	6.4	39	5.3
Farm/For/Fish	222	40.3	49	36.0	98	49.2	75	34.8
Crafts	175	9.6	33	8.4	66	9.5	76	10.2
Mach Operators	69	4.8	16	4.9	23	4.3	30	5.2
Transport	267	30.0	45	23.6	114	31.2	108	32.3
Laborers	151	21.2	35	23.9	61	21.2	55	19.7
Not Classified	65	---	18	---	33	---	14	---
^*Numbers not reported for cells with less than 3 deaths. ^†Numbers and rates not reported for some cells with 3 or more deaths to meet confidentiality requirements. ^‡Rates not calculated for "unknown" or "not classified" categories. ^§Rates not calculated for categories with less than 3 deaths or less than 20,000 employed.