Current Trends: Occupational Homicides Among Women – United States, 1980–1985

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Among United States working women, homicide was a leading manner of death from occupational trauma for the period 1980 through 1985, accounting for 42% of fatal injuries at work. Women represented 47% of the work force. The victims of occupational homicide were 16 to 93 years of age; women aged 20 to 34 accounted for 46% of the victims. Women over 65 had the highest age specific homicide rate. The most common cause of death was assault by firearms, with 604 deaths, 64%. Additionally, 181 (19%) died from stabbings and slashings, 69 (7%) from asphyxiation, 57 (6%) from blunt force injuries, and 34 (4%) from fires, explosions, motor vehicle crashes, poisonings, sexual assaults, or other causes. Of the women in the study, 389 (41%) were employed in retail trade and 186 (20%) were employed in service industries. Of the total number of victims, 675 (71%) were employed in one or four categories: sales personnel, 179 (19%); clerical workers 172 (18%); service employees including public safety employees, 172 (18%); and executives, managers or administrators including many self employed women, 152 (16%). The mean number of homicides peaked from December through March with a smaller peak during July and August. Fatal injuries occurred most frequently from 4 to 5 in the afternoon. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Mortality Occupational Health Safety Violence Workplace
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; Mortality-surveys; Physical-abuse; Retail-workers; Service-industries; Traumatic-injuries; Workplace-violence; Age-factors
• Source:
  MMWR 1990 Aug; 39(32):544-545/551-552
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  5 pdf pages
• Volume:
  39
• Issue:
  32
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00232185
• Citation:
  MMWR 1990 Aug; 39(32):544-545/551-552
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183060/cdc_183060_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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