Table US-7. Number and Average Annual Rate*
(per 100,000 workers)
of Traumatic Occupational Fatalities by Cause of Death and Sex, US, 1980-1995.
|
CAUSE OF DEATH |
TOTAL |
MALE |
FEMALE |
|||
|
No. |
Rate |
No. |
Rate |
No. |
Rate |
|
|
Motor Vehicle |
21,715 |
1.2 |
20,175 |
2.0 |
1,539 |
0.2 |
|
Homicide |
12,863 |
0.7 |
10,302 |
1.0 |
2,560 |
0.3 |
|
Machine |
12,334 |
0.7 |
12,053 |
1.2 |
281 |
< 0.1 |
|
Fall |
9,070 |
0.5 |
8,760 |
0.9 |
308 |
< 0.1 |
|
Electrocution |
6,233 |
0.3 |
6,190 |
0.6 |
43 |
< 0.1 |
|
Struck by Falling Object |
5,984 |
0.3 |
5,917 |
0.6 |
67 |
< 0.1 |
|
Air Transport |
3,261 |
0.2 |
3,043 |
0.3 |
218 |
< 0.1 |
|
Suicide |
3,155 |
0.2 |
2,907 |
0.3 |
248 |
< 0.1 |
|
Nature/Environment |
2,394 |
0.1 |
2,280 |
0.2 |
114 |
< 0.1 |
|
Explosion |
2,344 |
0.1 |
2,254 |
0.2 |
90 |
< 0.1 |
|
Flying Object/Caught In |
2,172 |
0.1 |
2,130 |
0.2 |
42 |
< 0.1 |
|
Water Transport |
1,813 |
0.1 |
1,779 |
0.2 |
34 |
< 0.1 |
|
Suffocation |
1,715 |
0.1 |
1,674 |
0.2 |
41 |
< 0.1 |
|
Fire |
1,591 |
0.1 |
1,449 |
0.1 |
142 |
< 0.1 |
|
Poisoning |
1,455 |
0.1 |
1,389 |
0.1 |
66 |
< 0.1 |
|
Drowning |
1,358 |
0.1 |
1,292 |
0.1 |
66 |
< 0.1 |
|
Rail Transport |
661 |
< 0.1 |
650 |
0.1 |
11 |
< 0.1 |
|
Other |
2,622 |
0.1 |
2,461 |
0.2 |
159 |
< 0.1 |
|
Unknown/Undetermined |
598 |
--- |
549 |
--- |
49 |
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* Rates not calculated for "unknown" or "not classified" categories.