A Graphical Analysis of Mortality Rates and Years of Potential Life Lost

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• Personal Author:
  Bailer AJ ; Bena JF ; Halperin, William E. ; Park RH
• Description:
  One challenge in assessing occupational fatal injuries is choosing a summary measure of the impact of these injuries. Each metric emphasizes different aspects of health risk, and fatal injury reports often focus on only one summary measure at a time. Deaths from the National Traumatic Occupational Fatality database were combined into external cause of death (e-code) groups. Graphs comparing average years of potential life lost (YPLL), mortality rate, and their product, "YPLL-rate" , are presented for e-code groups overall, industries and occupations, and e-code groups within selected industries and occupations. This integrated analysis of fatal injury characteristics allows identification of the portion of the workforce at highest risk. Homicides and electrocutions (e-code groups) had high mortality rates, average YPLL, and YPLL-rates, both overall, and within several of the industries and occupations examined. The industry and occupation of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing experienced a very high mortality rate and the lowest average YPLL for both industries and occupations. Laborer was the most hazardous occupation for young workers with an average YPLL near 40, and a mortality rate greater than 15 deaths per 100,000 worker-years. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Actuarially Adjusted Life Expectancy Author Keywords: External Causes Of Deaths Death Certificate Registries Health-hazards Injuries Mortality-data Mortality-rates Occupational-hazards Occupational Injury Risk Assessment Rate-ypll Contour Plot Risk-analysis Risk-factors Traumatic-injuries

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• ISSN:
  1080-7039
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 2 ; 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:
  7
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20021671
• Citation:
  Hum Ecol Risk Assess 2001 Dec; 7(7):1843-1857
• Contact Point Address:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226 USA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Human and Ecological Risk Assessment
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:97cd69c25c3763536e9b80116a6ffe7a6683de9547afb107a6ef70bb030c8be7573a6d0a0167878e72ae643d39cf7667388cc36fc986786a2934a6a67bd0e3ae
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/198799/cdc_198799_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 454.79 KB ]