Worker Health Chartbook 2004

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1		Figure 2-59 Incidence rates for disorders associated with repeated trauma in private industry by State, 2001. Incidence rates for disorders associated with repeated trauma varied by State in 2001, from a low of 2.9 per 10,000 full-time workers in New Mexico to a high of 120.1 in Maine. The U.S. rate was 23.8 per 10,000 full-time workers. Lower rates were reported for States in the West, the Southwest, and the South. (Source: BLS [2002].)
2		Figure 2-169 Age-adjusted mortality rates for malignant mesothelioma in U.S. residents aged 15 or older by State, 1999. The highest malignant mesothelioma mortality rates occurred in Alaska and Maine in 1999. The rates for each of these States were more than twice the national rate of 11.7 per million. States in the next highest rate group were widely dispersed, with a concentration on the eastern seaboard and in the West. The rates in these States were nearly 1.5 to 2 times the U.S. rate. (Source: NIOSH [2002e].)
3		Figure 2-198 Incidence rates for dust diseases of the lungs in private industry by State, 2001. Rates for occupational dust diseases of the lungs varied by State in 2001, from a low of 0.1 per 10,000 full-time workers in most States to a high of 3.8 per 10,000 full-time workers in West Virginia. The U.S. rate was 0.1 per 10,000 full-time workers. Lower rates were reported for States in the South, the Southwest, and the West. (Source: BLS [2002].)
4		Figure 2-207 Incidence rates for skin diseases and disorders in private industry by State, 2001. In 2001, rates of occupational skin diseases and disorders varied by State from a low of 1.2 cases per 10,000 full-time workers in New Mexico to a high of 9.8 in Kansas. The U.S. rate was 4.3 cases per 10,000 full-time workers. Lower rates were reported for the West, the Southwest, and the Mid-Atlantic States. (Source: BLS [2002].)
5		Figure 3-22 Number and rate of all nonfatal on-farm injuries to youths under age 20 by region, 1998. In 1998, the Midwest region of the United States had the highest number of all nonfatal on-farm injuries to youths under age 20 (12,040 injuries), whereas the West had the highest rate of these injuries (1.38 per 100 youths). (Source: Myers and Hendricks [2001].)
6		Figure 3-23 Number and rate of occupational on-farm injuries to youths under age 20 by region, 1998. The Midwest region of the United States had the highest number of occupational on-farm injuries to youths in 1998 (6,107 injuries) as well as the highest occupational injury rate (0.95 per 100 youths). (Source: Myers and Hendricks [2001].)

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