Table US-1. Number and Rate (per 100,000 workers)
of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities by Year, US, 1980-1995.

YEAR OF DEATH

NUMBER OF DEATHS

RATE PER 100,000

1980

7,343

7.4

1981

7,061

7.0

1982

6,378

6.4

1983

5,784

5.7

1984

6,113

5.8

1985

6,192

5.8

1986

5,624

5.1

1987

5,813

5.2

1988

5,710

5.0

1989

5,679

4.8

1990

5,384

4.6

1991

5,219

4.5

1992

5,032

4.3

1993

5,286

4.4

1994

5,406

4.4

1995

5,314

4.3

Total

93,338

5.2

 

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