title: Traumatic fatalities at work. American Indians and Alaska natives, 1980 through 1988.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Portland Area Indian Health Service, Division of Research, Evaluation, and Epidemiology, Seattle, WA 98121.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Sugarman
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Stout
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Layne
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000401:mortality*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000413:Alaska / Q000453:epidemiology; D002423:Cause of Death; D003644:Death Certificates; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004930:Inuit / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology