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Karen B Mulloy1, Stephanie Moraga-McHaley, Cameron Crandall
1Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Denver Health Occupational Health and Safety, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Colorado 80204-4507, USA. Karen.Mulloy@dhha.org
Background:
The current study characterizes patterns of occupational injury fatalities in New Mexico for the 5-year period 1998-2002.
Methods:
The study applied methods developed by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (CSTE/NIOSH) Occupational Health Indicator Work Group and compared the relative strength and weakness of two different datasets (CFOI and NMVRHS) for occupational injury fatality surveillance.
Results:
Annual occupational injury mortality rates ranged from 4.4 to 7.6 per 100,000 employed persons aged 16 and over compared to annual US rates of 4.0-4.6 per 100,000. Risk factors for higher mortality rates included age over 65 years, self-employment, non-US citizenship, being African-American or Hispanic, and occurrence in rural counties. The top industry for fatality rate was mining followed by transportation, public utilities, agriculture, and construction.
Conclusions:
Applying CSTE/NIOSH Occupational Health Indicator protocol and using both CFOI and NMVRHS data improved the characterization of occupational injury mortality and the setting of priorities for prevention intervention.
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