Table US-10. Number* and
Average Annual Rate (per 100,000 workers)
of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities by Cause of Death and Race, US, 1980-1995.
|
CAUSE OF DEATH |
RACE |
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|
WHITE |
BLACK |
OTHER |
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|
No. |
Rate |
No. |
Rate |
No. |
Rate |
|
|
Motor Vehicle |
19,128 |
1.2 |
2,139 |
1.2 |
359 |
0.7 |
|
Homicide |
9,138 |
0.6 |
2,479 |
1.4 |
1,106 |
2.0 |
|
Machine |
11,028 |
0.7 |
1,044 |
0.6 |
174 |
0.3 |
|
Fall |
7,862 |
0.5 |
835 |
0.5 |
175 |
0.3 |
|
Electrocution |
5,696 |
0.4 |
444 |
0.3 |
51 |
0.1 |
|
Struck by Falling Object |
5,075 |
0.3 |
769 |
0.4 |
70 |
0.1 |
|
Air Transport |
3,140 |
0.2 |
57 |
< 0.1 |
51 |
0.1 |
|
Suicide |
2,855 |
0.2 |
179 |
0.1 |
103 |
0.2 |
|
Nature/Environment |
2,072 |
0.1 |
255 |
0.1 |
41 |
0.1 |
|
Explosion |
2,025 |
0.1 |
264 |
0.1 |
41 |
0.1 |
|
Flying Object/Caught In |
1,847 |
0.1 |
256 |
0.1 |
41 |
0.1 |
|
Water Transport |
1,355 |
0.1 |
197 |
0.1 |
236 |
0.4 |
|
Suffocation |
1,504 |
0.1 |
172 |
0.1 |
26 |
< 0.1 |
|
Fire |
1,308 |
0.1 |
226 |
0.1 |
30 |
0.1 |
|
Poisoning |
1,254 |
0.1 |
162 |
0.1 |
23 |
< 0.1 |
|
Drowning |
1,002 |
0.1 |
274 |
0.2 |
61 |
0.1 |
|
Rail Transport |
561 |
< 0.1 |
81 |
< 0.1 |
8 |
< 0.1 |
|
Other |
2,153 |
0.1 |
370 |
0.2 |
71 |
0.1 |
*Numbers not reported for "unknown" or "not classified" categories.