Table US-2. Number and Average Annual Rate (per 100,000 workers)
of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities by State of Death, US, 1980-1995.

STATE

NO. OF DEATHS

RATE PER 100,000

Alabama

1,864

6.8

Alaska

897

24.3

Arizona

590

2.4

Arkansas

1,335

8.2

California

9,670

4.7

Colorado

1,631

6.2

Connecticut

445

1.7

Delaware

203

4.0

Dist Columbia

296

6.3

Florida

5,596

6.5

Georgia

3,253

7.1

Hawaii

348

4.4

Idaho

784

10.7

Illinois

4,169

4.9

Indiana

2,284

5.5

Iowa

1,373

6.2

Kansas

1,177

6.1

Kentucky

2,037

8.0

Louisiana

2,288

8.3

Maine

404

4.6

Maryland

1,213

3.3

Massachusetts

990

2.1

Michigan

2,433

3.7

Minnesota

1,093

3.1

Mississippi

1,683

10.1

Missouri

1,815

4.8

STATE

NO. OF DEATHS

RATE PER 100,000

Montana

750

12.4

Nebraska

1,004

8.0

Nevada

678

7.7

New Hampshire

256

3.0

New Jersey

1,523

2.6

New Mexico

755

7.5

New York

3,567

2.8

North Carolina

2,657

5.4

North Dakota

441

8.9

Ohio

2,662

3.4

Oklahoma

1,328

5.8

Oregon

1,546

7.3

Pennsylvania

3,926

4.7

Rhode Island

194

2.6

South Carolina

1,408

5.8

South Dakota

495

9.2

Tennessee

1,970

5.7

Texas

9,423

7.7

Utah

926

7.8

Vermont

194

4.4

Virginia

2,495

5.4

Washington

1,783

5.2

West Virginia

1,142

10.4

Wisconsin

1,729

4.5

Wyoming

615

16.7

 

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