Workplace Deaths by Sex
Graph of the Week
This week’s graph, courtesy of a report by the National Center for Health Statistics, illustrates the number of workplace injury deaths in the United States in 2021 (most recent report).
Key Points
• In 2021, a total of 4,840 individuals in the United States died from an injury at work.
• The number of males (4,389) who died from a workplace injury was nearly 10 times higher than the number of females (451) who died from a workplace injury.
• In 2021, males made up 90% of deaths caused by injuries sustained at the workplace.
Source: Murphy SL, Kochanek KD, Xu JQ, Arias E. Deaths: Final data for 2021. National Vital Statistics Reports; vol 73 no 8. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2024.
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