Table US-11. Number*† of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities
by Cause of Death and Age Group, US, 1980-1995.

CAUSE OF DEATH

AGE GROUP (IN YEARS)

16-17

18-19

20-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65+

Motor Vehicle

223

567

2,235

5,708

4,757

3,961

2,950

1,298

Homicide

113

312

1,314

3,379

3,031

2,207

1,572

908

Machine

143

392

1,261

2,591

2,089

1,911

2,038

1,906

Fall

53

187

810

2,072

1,776

1,678

1,619

867

Electrocution

92

265

1,094

2,223

1,332

735

385

104

Struck by Falling Object

34

157

596

1,473

1,355

1,161

827

380

Air Transport

4

18

258

1,035

943

636

301

62

Suicide

19

61

282

626

752

668

536

210

Nature/Environment

30

66

231

538

523

374

360

265

Explosion

15

59

249

698

612

391

251

68

Flying Object/Caught In

20

63

283

565

459

382

295

105

Water Transport

16

60

295

568

393

267

164

45

Suffocation

30

76

220

502

363

255

188

77

Fire

10

33

165

441

331

268

194

143

Poisoning

23

56

198

467

350

198

110

53

Drowning

33

60

235

380

264

169

151

65

Rail Transport

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10

29

145

174

163

129

10

Other

26

52

201

531

548

466

478

316

*Numbers not reported for cells with less than 3 deaths.
Numbers not reported for "unknown" or "not classified" categories.

 

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