Table II. Number and Rate of Occupational Fatalities Among U.S. Truck Drivers and Driver-Sales Workers by Age, Gender, Race, and Occupational Subcategory (CFOP^*, 2003–2008).

	Truck drivers and driver-sales workers (SOC 53-3030a)			Heavy truck drivers (SOC 53-3032)	Light truck drivers (SOC 53-3033)	Driver-sales workers (SOC 53-3031)
	Number	Rateb (95% CIc)	RRd (95% CI)	Number	Number	Number
Age group (years)
15–19	40	12.3 (08.5–16.1)	1	13	9	18
20–24	184	14.2 (12.1–16.1)	1.2 (0.8–1.5)	113	35	36
25–34	811	19.7 (18.4–21.1)	1.6 (1.1–2.1)	669	94	48
35–44	1,362	24.6 (23.3–25.9)	2.0 (1.4–2.6)	1,191	106	65
45–54	1,580	30.7 (29.2–32.2)	2.5 (1.7–3.3)	1,370	133	77
55–64	1,121	38.2 (35.9–40.4)	3.1 (2.1–4.1)	990	90	41
65 and older	465	53.1 (48.3–58.0)	4.3 (2.9–5.7)	367	63	35
Gender
Female	206	21.0 (18.1–23.9)	1	124	27	55
Male	5,362	27.9 (271–28.6)	1.3 (1.1–1.5)	4,593	504	265
Race
African American	743	26.6 (24.7–28.5)	1	633	77	33
White	4,569	273 (26.5–28.1)	1.0 (0.9–1.1)	3,885	430	254
Othere	256	33.4 (29.0–378)	1.3 (1.1–1.4)	199	24	33
Total	5,568	275 (26.8–28.2)		4,717	531	320

^*CFOI: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. Fatal injury numbers and rates were generated by the authors with restricted access to CFOI microdata.

^aSOC: Standard Occupational Classification code: 53-3030 is sum of 53-3032, 53-3033, and 53-3031.

^bRate: number of fatalities per 100,000 workers using the Current Population Survey employment estimates for workers 15 and older.

^c95% CI: 95% confidence interval.

^dRR:rate ratio. Groups with RR=1 are the reference groups for rate ratio.

^eOther: includes other race groups and race not reported.