Table 5. Age distribution of workers involved in fatal and nonfatal workplace amputations, private industry, 1999(1)
Age of workers Percentage of
workers(2)		 Percentage of
fatal
amputations		 Percentage of
nonfatal
amputations

Less than 25 years

 18 6 15

25 to 44 years

 51 46 52

45 to 64 years

 29 35 31

65 years and older

 3 13 2

Footnotes:
(1) Percentages for fatal amputations cover the period 1992-99.
(2) Percentages based on 1999 CPS data of private wage and salary workers, age 16 years and older.

NOTE: Because of rounding, percentages may not sum to 100.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses and the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries