CF TB 08/08/96 Number, %, rate x worker char

Table 1.  Number, percent, and rate of fatal occupational injuries by 
selected worker characteristics, 1995.  The rates are experimental 
measures using CPS employment.

Characteristic          Fatalities           Employed(1)      Fatalities per
                     Number     Percent   (in thousands)  100,000 employed(2)
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       Total        6,210       100.0         126,248            5

Employee status

Wage and salary     5,024        80.9         115,610            4
Self-employed/3     1,186        19.1          10,638           11

Gender

Men                 5,676        91.4          68,556            8
Women                 534         8.6          57,692            1

Age

Under 16 years         26          .4              --           --
16 to 17 years         40          .6           2,574            2
18 to 19 years        128         2.1           3,934            3
20 to 24 years        484         7.8          12,868            4
25 to 34 years      1,395        22.5          32,880            4
35 to 44 years      1,555        25.0          34,474            5
45 to 54 years      1,242        20.0          24,213            5
55 to 64 years        811        13.1          11,436            7
65 years and over     514         8.3           3,666           14
Unknown                15          .2              --           --

Race

White               5,061        81.5         107,533            5
Black                 689        11.1          13,537            5
Asian or Pacific 
  Islander            161         2.6              --           --
American Indian, 
  Aleut, Eskimo        27          .4              --           --
Other or unspecified  272         4.4              --           --

Hispanic origin

Hispanic(4)           610         9.8          11,208            5
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1  The employment figures are annual average estimates of employed 
civilians 16 years of age and older, from the Current Population Survey 
(CPS), 1995.  Resident military figures, derived from resident and 
civilian population data from the Bureau of the Census, were added to 
most of the CPS employment figures.
2  The rate represents the number of fatal occupational injuries per 
100,000 employed workers and was calculated as follows:  (N/W) x 100,000, 
where N = the number of fatal work injuries, and W = the number of 
employed workers, as described in the previous footnote.  There were 26 
fatally injured workers under the age of 16 years that were not included 
in the rate calculations to maintain consistency with the CPS employment.
3  Includes paid and unpaid family workers, and may include owners of 
incorporated businesses, or members of partnerships.
4  Persons identified as Hispanic may be of any race.

NOTE:  Totals for major categories may include subcategories not shown 
separately.  Figures may not add to totals because of rounding.  Dashes 
indicate data that are not available.

SOURCE:  U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census of 
Fatal Occupational Injuries, 1995.