TABLE 2—

Average Annual Change in Fatal Occupational Injury Rates in Men, by Region and Race/Ethnicity: United States, 1990–1996

	Estimated 1990 Fatality Ratea	Percentage Change in Rate per Year (95% Confidence Interval)b
Southern states
Hispanic	6.7	5.2 (1.9, 8.6)
Non-Black	7.1	−1.3 (−2.4, −0.3)
Black	8.9	−1.6 (−3.9, −0.8)
Non-southern states
Hispanic	3.5	6.0 (3.0, 9.1)
Non-Black	5.3	−1.5 (−2.3, −0.6)
Black	4.3	−3.1 (−6.6, 0.6)

^a This value is estimated as [e^β̂₀ × 100 000].

^b This value is estimated as [100(e^β̂₁ − 1 ] with approximate 95% confidence intervals constructed as , where denotes the standard error of the parameter estimate.