Table US-5. Number* and Average Annual Rate (per 100,000 workers)
of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities for Race and Age Group, by Sex, US, 1980-1995.

DEMOGRAPHICS

SEX

MALE

FEMALE

No.

Rate

No.

Rate

Race

 

 

 

 

      White

74,446

8.6

5,037

0.7

      Black

9,521

10.7

752

0.8

      Other

2,446

7.8

245

0.9

Age Group

 

 

 

 

      16-17

814

3.8

78

0.4

      18-19

2,321

7.1

186

0.6

      20-24

9,262

8.2

750

0.7

      25-34

22,439

8.0

1,668

0.8

      35-44

18,869

7.9

1,313

0.7

      45-54

15,012

9.0

970

0.7

      55-64

11,966

11.4

667

0.9

      65+

6,480

21.5

442

2.1

*Numbers not reported for "unknown" or "not classified" categories.

 

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