Worker Health Chartbook 2004

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1		Figure 1-6 Employment by major industry division, 1990, 2000, and projected to 2010. BLS projects employment to increase by 22 million workers (to a total of 167.7 million) during 2000-2010. The largest numbers of workers will be employed in the services and wholesale and retail trade sectors. BLS estimates that these industrial sectors will have the greatest growth between 2000 and 2010, with employment increasing to 52.2 million for services and 34.2 million for wholesale and retail trade. (Source: BLS [2002a].)
2		Figure 2-31 Distribution and number of permanent hearing loss cases reported by clinicians in Michigan, by industry, 2000. Manufacturing accounted for 50.9% of permanent hearing loss cases reported in Michigan in 2000, and construction industry sectors accounted for 15.0%. (Source: Rosenman and Reilly [2002].)
3		Figure 2-32 Percentage of companies in Michigan in major industry divisions that tested for hearing loss as part of a hearing conservation program (when worker was most recently exposed to noise), as reported by patient interviews, 1992-2000. Companies were most likely to have tested for hearing loss as part of a hearing conservation program (when worker was most recently exposed to noise) in the transportation, manufacturing, and mining industries. (Source: Rosenman and Reilly [2002].)
4		Figure 2-158 Distribution and number of pesticide-related illnesses by industry, 1998-1999. Employer or industry data were available for 911 of the 1,009 pesticide-related illness cases during 1998-99. Most of these cases (51.5% or 469 cases) were from the agricultural sector. Services accounted for 19.4% (177 cases) and transportation, communication, and public utilities accounted for 9.3% (85) cases. (Sources: NIOSH [2002d]; Calvert [2002].)
5		Figure 2-163 Distribution and number of WRA cases for all four SENSOR reporting States (California, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey) by industry, 1993-1999. Manufacturing and services accounted for the largest proportions of WRA cases (41.4% and 34.2%, respectively). (Sources: Harrison and Flattery [2002b]; Tumpowsky and Davis [2002]; Rosenman et al. [2002a]; Valiante and Schill [2002a]; Filios [2002a].)
6		Table 1-4 Number of employed workers by major industry sector and percentage of female, black, and Hispanic workers, 2001. Most workers (71.9%, or 97.1 million) were employed by the services, wholesale and retail trade, and manufacturing sectors. Female workers accounted for nearly half of all workers (46.6%) and for more than half the workers in services; finance, insurance, and real estate; and retail trade. Black workers accounted for 11.3% of all workers, but public administration and transportation and public utilities had the greatest proportions of black workers (16.2% and 15.8%, respectively). Hispanic workers accounted for 10.9% of all workers, but agriculture and construction had the greatest proportions of Hispanic workers (20.3% and 15.8%, respectively). (Source: BLS [2001].)

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