Excess mortality from occupational injuries and poisoning: men aged 20–64 years, England and Wales, 1979–2000
| Cause of death (ICD-9 code) | 1979–80, 1982–1990 | 1991–2000 | ||||
| Deaths observed | Deaths expected | Excess deaths per year | Deaths observed | Deaths expected | Excess deaths per year | |
| Railway accidents (E800–E807) | 133 | 4.4 | 11.7 | 25 | 1.4 | 2.4 |
| Motor vehicle traffic accidents (E810–E819) | 2343 | 1540.3 | 73.0 | 1647 | 1027.5 | 61.9 |
| Off-road motor vehicle traffic accidents (E820–E825) | 190 | 75.8 | 10.4 | 118 | 43.1 | 7.5 |
| Animal transport accidents (E827–E828) | 14 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 14 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| Water transport accidents (E830–E838) | 164 | 8.0 | 14.2 | 50 | 2.2 | 4.8 |
| Air transport accidents (E840–E845) | 116 | 6.9 | 9.9 | 55 | 2.3 | 5.3 |
| Other vehicle accidents (E846–E848) | 55 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Pesticide poisoning (E863) | 4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 4 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Poisoning by motor vehicle exhaust (E868.2) | 10 | 4.2 | 0.5 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.1 |
| Poisoning by other gases (E869) | 15 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 9 | 2.6 | 0.6 |
| Fall from ladder or scaffolding (E881) | 315 | 92.8 | 20.2 | 137 | 54.2 | 8.3 |
| Fall from building (E882) | 413 | 137.9 | 25.0 | 163 | 69.9 | 9.3 |
| Fall into a hole (E883) | 21 | 6.1 | 1.4 | 6 | 2.4 | 0.4 |
| Other fall (E884) | 90 | 44.2 | 4.2 | 55 | 26.5 | 2.9 |
| Slipping and tripping (E885) | 12 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 8 | 3.6 | 0.4 |
| Fall unspecified (E888) | 47 | 31.7 | 1.4 | 60 | 31.9 | 2.8 |
| Injury by fire (E890–E899) | 8 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 5 | 1.8 | 0.3 |
| Heat injury (E900) | 4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Injury by plants or animals (E905–E906) | 17 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 16 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| Injury by lightning (E907) | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Non-recreational drowning (E910.3) | 10 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Injury by falling object (E916) | 265 | 107.3 | 14.3 | 110 | 42.6 | 6.7 |
| Injury by being caught between objects (E918) | 14 | 5.0 | 0.8 | 10 | 2.5 | 0.8 |
| Injury by machinery (E919) | 486 | 160.2 | 29.6 | 180 | 60.5 | 11.9 |
| Injury by cutting or piercing instruments or objects (E920) | 22 | 7.8 | 1.3 | 15 | 7.1 | 0.8 |
| Injury by explosion of pressure vessel (E921) | 6 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 6 | 1.2 | 0.5 |
| Injury by firearms (E922) | 30 | 5.3 | 2.2 | 14 | 2.2 | 1.2 |
| Injury by explosive material (E923) | 55 | 15.5 | 3.6 | 13 | 5.6 | 0.7 |
| Injury by hot substances (E924) | 18 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 8 | 1.4 | 0.7 |
| Injury by electric current (E925) | 135 | 47.7 | 7.9 | 68 | 27.6 | 4.0 |
| Homicide (E960–E969) | 16 | 5.8 | 0.9 | 7 | 6.2 | 0.1 |
| War (E990–E999) | 10 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Total | 5041 | 2332.0 | 246.3 | 2818 | 1432.6 | 138.5 |