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Show Table 33 Work-Related Injury Deaths Crude Rates per 100,000 Population (1990 total deaths in Utah = 32) Year Utah1 US2 Utah:US Comparison 1986 3.0 4.6 0.65:1 1987 3.2 4.7 0.68:1 1988 2.6 4.5 0.58:1 1989 1.5 4.3 0.35:1 1990 1.9 4.2 0.45:1 1 Rates were calculated from the total number of occupational deaths in Utah divided by total population and multiplied by the constant: per 100,000 population. Utah population estimates provided by the U.S. Bureau of the Census. ''Rates were calculated from the total number of deaths as reported in the Sutistical Abstract divided by the total U.S. population and multiplied by the constant: per 100,000 population. Source: Utah - Utah Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics. Unpublished report. VS. - United States Bureau of the Census. (1992). Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1992 (112th ed). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 419. Utah's work-related death rate per 100,000 population was below the national rate between 1986 and 1990. In 1986, the work-related death rate comparison between Utah and the U.S. was 0.65:1, which decreased to 0.45:1 in 1990. Utah's death rate decreased from 1986 to 1989, but increased slightly in 1990. The national rate slowly decreased after 1987 (Table 33, Figure 25). The decline in the rate of work-related deaths in Utah may be due to the decrease in number of high risk jobs, such as mining and agriculture, that has occurred in Utah since the mid-1980's. Figure 25 Work-Related Injury Deaths 28 HEALTH STATUS |
