Demographic Characteristics of Workers in Health Care

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• Personal Author:
  Boiano, James M.
• Description:
  Selected demographic characteristics of employed persons in Health Care are provided by subsector, constituent industries (where available) and for all industries, for comparison purposes (Tables 2.9 and 2.10). These characteristics include gender, race and ethnicity, and age. About 78% (11.2 million) of the workers in Health Care are women, more than any other industry. Table 2.11 presents sex, race, and ethnicity demographics of the top 20 Health Care occupations with the largest number of workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Demography Epidemiology Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Occupational Health Radiation Safety
• Keywords:
  Demographic-characteristics Health-care Health-care-facilities Health-care-personnel Nurses Physicians Radiologists Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs
• ISBN:
  9781420047851
• Publisher:
  CRC Press
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035799
• Citation:
  Handbook of modern hospital safety, 2nd edition. Charney W, ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2009 Jul; :2.10-2.14
• Editor(s):
  Charney W
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Handbook of modern hospital safety, 2nd edition
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187523/cdc_187523_DS1.pdf
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