TABLE.
Number* and rate† of occupational highway transportation deaths, by age group and selected characteristics — United States, 2003–2010
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| Characteristic | No. | Rate | (95% CI) | No. | Rate | (95% CI) | No. | Rate | (95% CI) |
| Total | 8,474 | 0.9 | (0.9–1.0) | 2,065 | 1.4 | (1.3–1.4) | 1,048 | 3.1 | (2.9–3.3) |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 7,677 | 1.5 | (1.4–1.5) | 1,878 | 2.2 | (2.1–2.3) | 961 | 4.8 | (4.5–5.1) |
| Female | 197 | 0.2 | (0.2–0.2) | 187 | 0.3 | (0.2–0.3) | 87 | 0.6 | (0.5–0.8) |
| Race | |||||||||
| White | 6,920 | 0.9 | (0.9–1.0) | 1,778 | 1.4 | (1.3–1.5) | 945 | 3.2 | (3.0–3.4) |
| Black | 1,009 | 1.0 | (0.9–1.1) | 214 | 1.7 | (1.5–2.0) | 81 | 3.1 | (2.5–3.9) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 77 | 1.1 | (0.9–1.4) | 11 | 1.4 | (0.7–2.8) | 7 | 4.4 | (2.0–9.6) |
| Asian | 146 | 0.3 | (0.3–0.4) | 34 | 0.6 | (0.4–0.8) | 6 | 0.5 | (0.2–1.1) |
| Other | 322 | 2.2 | (2.0–2.5) | 28 | 1.8 | (1.2–2.7) | 9 | 3.0 | (1.6–5.8) |
| Hispanic ethnicity | |||||||||
| Hispanic | 1,260 | 0.9 | (0.9–1.0) | 136 | 1.2 | (1.0–1.5) | 50 | 2.0 | (1.5–2.7) |
| Non-Hispanic | 7,179 | 0.9 | (0.9–0.9) | 1,919 | 1.4 | (1.3–1.5) | 993 | 3.2 | (3.0–3.4) |
| Primary industry § | |||||||||
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting | 396 | 3.1 | (2.8–3.4) | 112 | 3.6 | (2.9–4.4) | 155 | 7.8 | (6.5–9.4) |
| Construction | 1,286 | 1.7 | (1.7–1.9) | 236 | 2.7 | (2.3–3.1) | 86 | 5.0 | (4.0–6.2) |
| Leisure and hospitality | 183 | 0.3 | (0.2–0.3) | 34 | 0.5 | (0.3–0.7) | 20 | 0.9 | (0.6–1.5) |
| Manufacturing | 364 | 0.3 | (0.3–0.4) | 108 | 0.6 | (0.5–0.7) | 40 | 1.5 | (1.1–2.0) |
| Administrative support and waste management services | 659 | 1.7 | (1.6–1.9) | 90 | 1.8 | (1.4–2.2) | 41 | 3.1 | (2.3–4.3) |
| Mining | 237 | 4.3 | (3.8–4.9) | 42 | 5.1 | (3.7–7.1) | 17 | 13.4 | (8.2–21.9) |
| Other services¶ | 829 | 0.3 | (0.3–0.3) | 241 | 0.4 | (0.4–0.5) | 147 | 1.1 | (0.9–1.3) |
| Professional, scientific, and technical services | 140 | 0.2 | (0.2–0.3) | 39 | 0.4 | (0.3–0.6) | 20 | 0.8 | (0.5–1.3) |
| Public administration | 807 | 1.6 | (1.4–1.7) | 123 | 1.2 | (1.0–1.4) | 63 | 3.8 | (2.8–5.0) |
| Retail trade | 364 | 0.4 | (0.3–0.4) | 84 | 0.6 | (0.5–0.7) | 102 | 2.3 | (1.8–2.8) |
| Transportation and warehousing | 2,659 | 6.5 | (6.3–6.8) | 824 | 10.6 | (9.8–11.4) | 304 | 21.2 | (18.8–23.8) |
| Utilities | 64 | 0.8 | (0.6–1.0) | 13 | 0.8 | (0.5–1.5) | 3 | 1.8 | (0.6–5.8) |
| Wholesale trade | 476 | 1.6 | (1.5–1.7) | 117 | 2.3 | (1.9–2.8) | 49 | 4.5 | (3.4–6.1) |
| Primary occupation ** | |||||||||
| Construction and extraction | 1,077 | 1.8 | (1.7–1.9) | 166 | 2.7 | (2.3–3.2) | 50 | 4.6 | (3.4–6.1) |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry | 196 | 3.0 | (2.6–3.4) | 38 | 4.5 | (3.2–6.4) | 21 | 8.1 | (5.2–12.7) |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair | 364 | 1.0 | (0.9–1.1) | 60 | 1.1 | (0.9–1.5) | 17 | 2.0 | (1.2–3.3) |
| Management, business, and finance | 453 | 0.3 | (0.3–0.3) | 162 | 0.5 | (0.4–0.6) | 173 | 2.5 | (2.1–2.9) |
| Office and administrative | 172 | 0.2 | (0.1–0.2) | 63 | 0.3 | (0.2–0.4) | 48 | 1.2 | (0.8–1.6) |
| Production | 115 | 0.2 | (0.2–2.3) | 24 | 0.2 | (0.2–0.4) | 16 | 1.0 | (0.6–1.7) |
| Professional | 171 | 0.3 | (0.3–0.4) | 37 | 0.5 | (0.3–0.7) | 8 | 0.7 | (0.3–1.4) |
| Sales and related | 380 | 0.4 | (0.3–0.4) | 91 | 0.5 | (0.4–0.7) | 73 | 1.5 | (1.2–1.9) |
| Services | 1,336 | 0.5 | (0.5–0.5) | 253 | 0.5 | (0.5–0.6) | 136 | 1.2 | (1.0–1.5) |
| Transportation and material moving | 4,138 | 7.4 | (7.2–7.6) | 1,166 | 12.9 | (12.0–13.7) | 505 | 22.9 | (20.9–25.2) |
Abbreviation: CI = confidence interval.
Counts of highway transportation fatalities were generated with restricted access to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Census of Fatal Occupational injuries (CFOI) microdata. Fatality counts include deaths to workers aged ≥18 years, volunteer workers, and resident military personnel. Additional information is available at http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshcfoi1.htm.
Rate per 100,000. Labor force denominator estimates from the Current Population Survey (CPS) for U.S. full-time equivalent (FTE) workers aged ≥18 years were used to calculate fatality rates; one FTE = 2,000 hours worked per year (additional information available at http://www.bls.gov/cps/home.htm). Volunteer workers and resident military personnel are not included in rate calculations to maintain consistency with CPS employment figures.
Excludes 13 fatalities with unknown primary industry.
Includes education and health, finance and insurance, information, real estate, rental and leasing, and other.
Excludes 14 fatalities with unknown primary occupation and 61 fatalities in military occupations.