Table US-12. Average Annual Rate*
(per 100,000 workers) 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 |
0.5 |
0.9 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
1.6 |
2.5 |
|
Homicide |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
1.8 |
|
Machine |
0.4 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
1.1 |
3.7 |
|
Fall |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
1.7 |
|
Electrocution |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
|
Struck by Falling Object |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
|
Air Transport |
< 0.1 |
< 0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
|
Suicide |
< 0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
|
Nature/Environment |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
|
Explosion |
< 0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
|
Flying Object/Caught In |
< 0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
|
Water Transport |
< 0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
|
Suffocation |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
|
Fire |
< 0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
|
Poisoning |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
|
Drowning |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
|
Rail Transport |
--- |
< 0.1 |
< 0.1 |
< 0.1 |
< 0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
< 0.1 |
|
Other |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
*Rates not calculated for categories with less than 3 deaths or less than 20,000 employed.