TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1993//
TI  - Traumatic fatalities at work. american indians and alaska natives, 1980 through 1988
JO  - Journal of Occupational Medicine
A1  - Sugarman, J. R.
A1  - Stout, N.
A1  - Layne, L. A.
SP  - 1117
EP  - 1122
VL  - 35
IS  - 11
N2  - To define the rates and characteristics of fatal occupational injuries among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) in the United States, we examined death certificates included in the National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities data base for deaths occurring from 1980 to 1988. Two hundred and seventy-four work-related deaths among AI/AN civilians (259 men, 15 women) were identified. In 1980, the fatality rate among employed AI/AN was 5.5/100,000 workers compared with 7.7/100,000 workers for the United States. Ninety percent of the AI/AN deaths were from unintentional injury, 6% from homicide, and 3% from suicide. The pattern of fatal occupational injuries among AI/AN differs from that for all races combined, especially with regard to the larger percent of AI/AN fatalities in the agriculture, forestry, and fishing industry and the high proportion of water transportation incidents.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0096-1736
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -