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. 2022 Aug 31;7(9):e744–e753. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00191-8

Table 2.

Deaths from COVID-19 per 100 000 among individuals aged 18–65 years who are residents in California, by occupational sector and phase, March 1, 2020, to Nov 27, 2021


Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Phase 4
Deaths from COVID-19 per 100 000 people Rank Risk difference* Deaths from COVID-19 per 100 000 people Rank Risk difference* Deaths from COVID-19 per 100 000 people Rank Risk difference* Deaths from COVID-19 per 100 000 people Rank Risk difference*
Entire state 29·9 .. .. 182·9 .. .. 20·1 .. .. 55·8 .. ..
Agriculture 103·6 1 91·5 373·8 1 288·7 37·6 2 26·7 111·5 2 77·9
Emergency services 40·0 5 27·9 269·7 5 184·5 24·8 5 13·8 113·7 1 80·1
Facilities 55·6 4 43·4 330·9 4 245·8 36·0 3 25·1 96·5 4 62·9
Government or community 18·1 10 5·9 130·9 9 45·8 15·5 9 4·5 41·3 8 7·7
Health 21·9 8 9·7 119·9 10 34·8 12·2 10 1·3 37·9 10 4·3
Manufacturing 61·4 2 49·2 367·8 2 282·6 29·6 4 18·7 78·1 5 44·5
Restaurant 30·2 7 18·0 186·5 7 101·4 20·1 7 9·1 40·2 9 6·6
Retail 21·6 9 9·4 143·8 8 58·6 16·4 8 5·5 52·6 7 19·0
Transportation or logistics 55·9 3 43·7 350·8 3 265·7 40·5 1 29·6 105·3 3 71·8
Not essential 12·2 11 Ref 85·1 11 Ref 10·9 11 Ref 33·6 11 Ref
Unemployed or missing data 31·3 6 19·1 189·2 6 104·1 20·6 6 9·7 54·8 6 21·2

Data are annualised. Rank indicates the rank of the per-capita COVID-19 mortality from highest to lowest. Phase 1: March 1 to Nov 28, 2020; phase 2: Nov 29, 2020, to Feb 27, 2021; phase 3: Feb 28 to June 26, 2021; and phase 4: June 27 to Nov 27, 2021.

*

The difference in deaths from COVID-19 per 100 000 relative to workers in non-essential sectors.