Table III.
Ten U.S. States with Highest Occupational Heat-Related Death Rates for 2000–2010
| Rank by Rate |
State | Average # of workers per year |
Average HRI deaths per yeara |
Average rate per million workers per yearb |
Rate Ratio (95% CI) |
Percent of all national HRI deaths that occurred in statec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mississippi | 1,212,000 | 1.3 | 1.05 | 6.4 (3.7–10.9) | 3.9% |
| 2 | Arkansas | 1,241,000 | 0.8 | 0.66 | 4.0 (2.1–7.8) | 2.5% |
| 3 | Nevada | 1,150,000 | 0.7 | 0.63 | 3.8 (1.9–7.7) | 2.2% |
| 4 | West Virginia | 757,000 | 0.5 | 0.60 | 3.6 (1.5 –8.8) | 1.4% |
| 5 | South Carolina | 1,913,000 | 1.1 | 0.52 | 3.1 (1.8–5.6) | 3.3% |
| 6 | North Carolina | 4,093,000 | 2.0 | 0.47 | 2.8 (1.8 –4.4) | 6.1% |
| 7 | Arizona | 2,687,000 | 1.2 | 0.41 | 2.5 (1.4–5.1) | 3.6% |
| 8 | Oklahoma | 1,632,000 | 0.6 | 0.40 | 2.4 (1.1 –5.1) | 1.9% |
| 9 | Florida | 8,118,000 | 3.7 | 0.37 | 2.2 (1.6–3.1) | 11.4% |
| 10 | Missouri | 2,755,000 | 1.0 | 0.36 | 2.2 (1.2–4.0) | 3.1% |
| All other 40 states + DC | 114,442,000 | 19.7 | 0.17 | 1.0 (referent) | 60.0% |
a
Includes military personnel and volunteers
b
Excludes military personnel and volunteers
c
May not equal 100% due to rounding