Fatal Occupational Injury Rates in Southern and Non-Southern States, by Race and Hispanic Ethnicity

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• Personal Author:
  Bailer AJ ; Bena J ; Loomis D ; Richardson DB
• Description:
  We investigated fatal occupational injury rates in the United States by race and Hispanic ethnicity during the period 1990-1996. Fatalities were identified by means of the national traumatic occupational fatalities surveillance system. Fatal occupational injury rates were calculated by race/ethnicity and region using US-census-based workforce estimates. Non-Hispanic Black men in the South had the highest fatal occupational injury rate (8.5 per 100000 worker-years), followed by Hispanic men in the South (7.9 per 100000 worker-years). Fatal injury rates for Hispanic men increased over the study period, exceeding rates for non-Hispanic Black men in the latter years of observation. These data suggest a change in the demographics of fatal occupational injuries in the United States. Hispanic men in the South appear to be emerging as the group with the nation's highest unintentional fatal occupational injury rate. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Demography Epidemiology Mortality Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Race Factors Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Sex Characteristics
• Keywords:
  Demographic-characteristics Humans Injuries Mortality-data Mortality-rates Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Racial-factors Risk-analysis Risk-factors Sampling Sampling-methods Sex-factors Surveillance-programs Traumatic-injuries

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• ISSN:
  0090-0036
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  94
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025635
• Citation:
  Am J Public Health 2004 Oct; 94(10):1756-1761
• Contact Point Address:
  David Richardson, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, CB No. 8050, Bank of America Plaza, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8050
• Email:
  david_richardson@unc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Risk Assessment Methods
• Performing Organization:
  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20000930
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Public Health
• End Date:
  20040929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0464aad6d97f2ac289ca6646d3ad42fb0b9d4c32fec36d65704e819a6cf715a1745caeb6365c967407a4ee161416047fe43dc7e8eaef273f4076b82b8685bf58
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196915/cdc_196915_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 243.90 KB ]