Fatal Occupational Injury Rates in Southern and Non-Southern States, by Race and Hispanic Ethnicity
David B. Richardson, PhD,
Dana Loomis, PhD,
James Bena, MS and
A. John Bailer, PhD
David B. Richardson and Dana Loomis are with the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. At the time of the study, James Bena was with the Risk Evaluation Branch, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio. A. John Bailer is with the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and the Risk Evaluation Branch, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati.
FIGURE 1—Fatal occupational injury rates among men in the United States, by race/ ethnicity and year, (a) in Southern states and (b) in non-Southern states.
FIGURE 2—Average annual trend in fatal occupational injury rates among men, by major industry group and race/ethnicity, 19901996, (a) in Southern states and (b) in non-Southern states.
Note. Results are shown for occupations in which at least 1 death occurred in each year among each race/ethnicity in each region. Error bars indicate 95% confidence intervals.