Data Bulletin: Leading Causes of All Deaths Among Current, Retired, and Former Construction Workers

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• Journal Article:
  Leading causes of all deaths among current, retired, and former construction workers
• Personal Author:
  Trueblood, Amber B. ; Harris, William ; Yohannes, Thomas ; Rinehart, Richard D.
• 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. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Age Factors Communicable Diseases Construction Industry Mortality Narcotics Occupational Health Poisoning Safety Suicide
• Keywords:
  Construction industry; Injuries; Fatalities; Age factors; Accidents; Poisons; Narcotics; Hallucinogens; COVID-19; Suicide
• Source:
  CPWR Data Bulletin. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2023 Jan; :1-7
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Subseries:
  Data Bulletin
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  cooperative agreement OH 009762 from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  7 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067042
• Contact Point Address:
  Data Center, CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910
• Email:
  datacenter@cpwr.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9086536e2ceb2717ca70ba3b5d61d38a0a31a55b4c62b0e98a1a8c4963d2f4c572c0b83bc335a54bc5b60d4b62e1ac7e7444a16b4126821d1149885b7ea2eda7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/126009/cdc_126009_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.71 MB ]