1979–1980, 1982–1990 | 1991–2000 | 2001–2010 | |||||||
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Cause of death | Deaths observed* | Deaths expected* | Annual excess* | Deaths observed* | Deaths expected* | Annual excess* | Deaths observed* | Deaths expected* | Annual excess* |
Railway accidents combined | 134 | 4.8 | 11.7 | 25 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 5 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
Motor vehicle traffic accidents combined | 2358 | 1561.8 | 72.4 | 1655 | 1034.1 | 62.1 | 1547 | 991.1 | 55.6 |
Off-road motor vehicle traffic accidents combined | 190 | 76.6 | 10.3 | 118 | 43.6 | 7.4 | 75 | 21.4 | 5.4 |
Animal transport accidents | 14 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 14 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Water transport accidents | 168 | 31.0 | 12.5 | 52 | 9.3 | 4.3 | 27 | 4.5 | 2.3 |
Air transport accidents | 116 | 6.9 | 9.9 | 55 | 2.3 | 5.3 | 17 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
Pesticide poisoning | 4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Poisoning by other gases and vapours combined | 53 | 43.8 | 0.8 | 24 | 18.4 | 0.6 | 21 | 14.2 | 0.7 |
Fall from ladder or scaffolding | 321 | 96.7 | 20.4 | 138 | 55.0 | 8.3 | 90 | 46.5 | 4.3 |
Fall from building | 416 | 143.1 | 24.8 | 164 | 71.0 | 9.3 | 140 | 90.8 | 4.9 |
Fall into hole | 22 | 6.1 | 1.4 | 6 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 7 | 8.2 | −0.1 |
Other fall | 91 | 45.3 | 4.2 | 55 | 26.9 | 2.8 | 22 | 16.6 | 0.5 |
Slipping and tripping | 12 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 8 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 7 | 2.9 | 0.4 |
Fall unspecified | 94 | 78.6 | 1.4 | 105 | 75.3 | 3.0 | 162 | 138.7 | 2.3 |
Injured by fire | 8 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 5 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.0 |
Heat injury | 4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Injury by animals and plants combined | 17 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 16 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 11 | 1.3 | 1.0 |
Injury by lightning | 3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Injury by falling, thrown or projected object | 286 | 121.5 | 15.0 | 117 | 49.9 | 6.7 | 63 | 35.1 | 2.8 |
Injury by being caught between objects | 15 | 7.0 | 0.7 | 11 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 5 | 2.1 | 0.3 |
Injury by machinery | 521 | 201.8 | 29.0 | 187 | 73.3 | 11.4 | 45 | 21.4 | 2.4 |
Injury by cutting and piercing instruments or objects | 22 | 8.1 | 1.3 | 15 | 7.3 | 0.8 | 9 | 5.3 | 0.4 |
Injury by explosion of pressure vessel | 6 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Injury by firearms | 32 | 5.4 | 2.4 | 14 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
Injury by explosive material | 55 | 20.7 | 3.1 | 14 | 7.0 | 0.7 | 3 | 1.8 | 0.1 |
Injury by hot substances | 18 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 8 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
Injury by electric current | 145 | 61.6 | 7.6 | 80 | 34.6 | 4.5 | 41 | 28.2 | 1.3 |
Homicide | 16 | 5.8 | 0.9 | 7 | 6.2 | 0.1 | 4 | 4.6 | −0.1 |
War | 10 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Total | 5151 | 2544.5 | 237.0 | 2910 | 1535.9 | 137.4 | 2315 | 1440.0 | 87.5 |
*The numbers of deaths observed and expected are for job groups designated as being at risk (listed in online supplementary table S6), and the excess rate was based on the difference between observed and expected.