| Document ID (ISN) | 103261 |
| CIS number |
04-307 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
2004 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Layne L.A. |
| Title |
Occupational injury mortality surveillance in the United States: An examination of census counts from two different surveillance systems, 1992-1997 |
| Bibliographic information |
Jan. 2004, Vol.45, No.1, p.1-13. Illus. 33 ref. |
| Abstract |
This article compares occupational injury mortality data from the National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (NTOF) surveillance system and the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) in the United States from 1992 to 1997. There were 31,643 cases according to NTOF and 37,023 from CFOI for workers 16-years and older in the United States for the 6-year period of analysis. The annual average occupational injury mortality rates were 4.5 per 100,000 workers from NTOF and 5.2 from CFOI. While NTOF provides data dating back to 1980, CFOI (established in 1992) provides a more comprehensive and detailed picture of occupational injury mortality. The overall injury mortality patterns, however, appear to be similar between the systems. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
occupational accidents; USA; safety service records; injuries; mortality |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
statistical trends; statistics; reliability; comparative study; computerized data bases; frequency rates; statistical evaluation |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Accident investigation
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