Worker Health Chartbook 2004

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1		Figure 2-38 Rates of MSD cases involving days away from work in private industry by State, 2001. The rate of new MSD cases within reporting States ranged from 35.0 to 141.5 per 10,000 full-time workers in 2001. The States with the highest rates include West Virginia (141.5), Alaska (123.5), and Washington (112.1). BLS reported an overall rate of 57.5 per 10,000 full-time workers for the United States in 2001. (Source: BLS [2003d].)
2		Figure 2-197 Number of cases of dust diseases of the lungs in private industry by State, 2001. The number of dust diseases of the lungs within reporting States ranged from fewer than 50 cases to 200 in 2001. BLS reported 1,300 cases of dust diseases of the lung in 2001. Eight States (California, Illinois, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia) reported 100 or more cases. (Source: BLS [2002].)
3		Figure 3-16 Rates of nonfatal occupational farming injuries by State, 1993-1995. Mississippi had the highest rate of nonfatal occupational farming injury (14.5 per 100 full-time workers), followed by Alaska and Washington (combined injury rate of 14.3), Arizona (13.7), Ohio (13.1), and Colorado (11.3). (Note: For reporting purposes, the following States were combined: Alaska and Washington; Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island; Delaware and Maryland; Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont; Montana and Wyoming; and Nevada and Utah.) (Sources: BLS [2002b]; NIOSH [2001b]; Myers [2001c].)

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