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Workplace-related homicide among health care workers in the United States, 1980 through 1990
R A Goodman1, E L Jenkins, J A Mercy
1Division of Safety Research, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga 30333.
Objective:
To improve understanding of the epidemiology of fatal violence directed toward physicians and other health care workers (HCWs) in health care settings.
Design:
Analyses of data for 1980 through 1990 from the National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities surveillance system.
Main Outcome Measures:
Overall occurrence of occupational injury deaths and occurrence of workplace-related homicides among HCWs.
Results:
From 1980 through 1990, a total of 522 HCWs died from injuries sustained while working. The most common causes of death were motor vehicle crashes (122 [23.4%]), homicide (106 [20.3%]), and suicide (88 [16.9%]). Firearms were used in the greatest number (78 [73.6%]) of workplace-related homicides among HCWs.
Conclusions:
These findings highlight the need for strengthened surveillance and more accurate estimates of the risks of workplace-related violent injury for HCWs in the United States.
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