Table 2

Annual deaths and employment^* for Korea and the United States, by industry

Industry	Year	Korea			United States
Industry	Year	Deaths	Employed	Rate per 100000	Deaths	Employed	Rate per 100000
*Millions of worker-years.
Agriculture,	1998	23	0.04	62.5	792	3.53	22.4
forestry,	1999	25	0.09	27.6	742	3.43	21.6
fishing	2000	25	0.08	29.6	671	3.47	19.3
	2001	36	0.11	31.9	688	3.30	20.9
Mining	1998	33	0.02	138.6	142	0.62	22.8
	1999	38	0.02	183.9	122	0.57	21.6
	2000	23	0.02	113.5	153	0.52	29.3
	2001	41	0.19	214.5	169	0.56	30.0
Construction	1998	494	1.80	27.5	1136	8.54	13.3
	1999	442	1.81	24.4	1168	9.00	13.0
	2000	484	2.23	21.7	1114	9.44	11.8
	2001	551	2.44	22.6	1182	9.58	12.3
Manufacturing	1998	289	2.50	11.6	631	20.79	3.0
	1999	315	2.34	13.5	671	20.09	3.3
	2000	414	2.75	15.1	624	19.95	3.1
	2001	390	2.92	13.3	547	18.99	2.9
Transportation	1998	130	0.67	19.3	827	9.34	8.9
	1999	127	0.65	19.6	918	9.56	9.6
	2000	131	0.69	19.0	872	9.75	8.9
	2001	104	0.71	14.7	835	9.76	8.6
Other	1998	140	2.54	5.5	1072	83.27	1.3
businesses	1999	152	2.52	6.0	1044	85.15	1.2
	2000	194	3.71	5.2	1085	86.31	1.3
	2001	229	4.38	5.2	1056	86.96	1.2
Overall (all	1998	1109	7.58	14.6	4600	126.09	3.6
industries)	1999	1099	7.44	14.8	4665	127.80	3.7
	2000	1271	9.48	13.4	4519	129.45	3.5
	2001	1351	10.58	12.8	4477	129.16	3.5