Percentage distribution and rate of fatally injured workers by industry division and overall. Crude and standardised rates
| Industry division | Australia* (n = 521) | New Zealand* (n = 210) | United States* (n = 4322) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rate† | (95% CI)‡ | Total %§ | Rate | (95% CI) | Total % | Rate | (95% CI) | Total % | |
| *Data for Australia and the US were from 1989–92; data for NZ were from 1985–98. | |||||||||
| †Deaths per 100 000 person years. | |||||||||
| ‡95% confidence interval. | |||||||||
| §Motor vehicle deaths as a percentage of all deaths for the industry group. | |||||||||
| ¶Standardised to the Australian industry distribution. | |||||||||
| Agriculture, forestry (including logging), and fishing | 1.84 | (1.25–2.61) | 7.8 | 0.91 | (0.54–1.42) | 4.0 | 2.69 | (2.42–2.96) | 13.3 |
| Mining | 3.40 | (1.81–5.81) | 9.4 | 1.50 | (0.0–8.4) | 3.7 | 3.06 | (2.42–3.70) | 12.2 |
| Construction | 1.74 | (1.24–2.38) | 16.8 | 1.51 | (0.92–2.34) | 9.8 | 2.11 | (1.94–2.28) | 16.9 |
| Manufacturing | 0.54 | (0.35–0.79) | 17.8 | 0.14 | (0.04–0.32) | 2.9 | 0.39 | (0.35–0.43) | 13.4 |
| Transport, storage, communications, and public utilities | 10.15 | (8.91–11.4) | 62.7 | 6.99 | (5.67–8.52) | 43.3 | 4.57 | (4.34–4.80) | 44.6 |
| Wholesale and retail sales | 0.95 | (0.73–1.22) | 52.7 | 0.48 | (0.29–0.76) | 30.0 | 0.49 | (0.45–0.53) | 17.9 |
| Finance/insurance/real estate/services | 0.64 | (0.50–0.81) | 37.0 | 0.32 | (0.21–0.48) | 21.3 | 0.27 | (0.25–0.29) | 20.5 |
| Public administration | 1.36 | (0.82–2.13) | 43.7 | 0.80 | (0.32–1.65) | 67.5 | 1.38 | (1.23–1.53) | 38.1 |
| Unknown | 22.2 | 46.9 | 20.8 | ||||||
| Total | 1.69 | (1.54–1.83) | 30.9 | 0.99 | (0.85–1.12) | 16.2 | 0.92 | (0.89–0.94) | 22.1 |
| Standardised rate¶ | 1.69 | 1.13 | 1.06 | ||||||