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Leading causes of all deaths among current, retired, and former construction workers
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January 2023
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Series: CPWR data bulletin
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Description:"This issue examines the leading causes of death among construction workers, including those currently employed, retired, and no longer in the workforce. In 2020, there were 224,400 deaths among construction workers with a majority occurring among those who were 65 years or older (60%), non-Hispanic (88%), white (87%), and male (96%). Manner of death varied by age, with 55% of construction workers 16 to 34 years old dying by an accident, whereas 67% of those 35 to 64 years old and 87% of those 65 years or older died from natural causes. The leading detailed cause of death in 2020 for those 16 to 34 years old was poisoning and exposure to narcotics and hallucinogens (n=1.9K, 17%). In 2020, COVID-19 was the leading detailed cause of death for those 35 to 64 years old (n=5.2K, 7%) and 65 years or older (n=14.9K, 11%). There were 14.2K overdoses and 5.5K suicide deaths among construction workers in 2020." - NIOSHTIC-2
NIOSTIC no. 20067042
CPWR is the research and training arm of NABTU. Production of this document was supported by cooperative agreement OH 009762 from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of NIOSH.
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