National Occupational Mortality Surveillance

Total NOMS deaths by state with years available

Table 1. Mortality in states with 100,000 or more decedent records by state of occurrence

State	1984-1998
Colorado	327,779
Georgia	768,700
Indiana	482,386
Kansas	317,089
Kentucky	508,805
Maine	153,650
Missouri	143,819
Nevada	143,378
New Hampshire	113,476
New Jersey	740,533
New Mexico	137,120
New York	170,715
North Carolina	861,164
Ohio	1,267,868
Oklahoma	252,892
Pennsylvania	958,860
Rhode Island	135,881
South Carolina	428,196
Tennessee	173,507
Utah	133,250
Washington	141,247
West Virginia	209,357
Wisconsin	617,063
Total	9,186,735

Table 2. Total NOMS deaths in states with approximately 100,000 or more decedent records by state of occurrence, by race/sex, 1984-1998

State	Black and White Men	Black and White Women	Black Men	Black Women	White men	White Women
Colorado	165,482	159,019	5,868	4,916	159,614	154,103
Georgia	394,843	371,523	109,951	100,379	284,892	271,144
Indiana	239,760	241,973	19,386	17,388	220,374	224,585
Kansas	154,759	160,438	7,851	7,089	146,908	153,349
Kentucky	262,253	245,947	18,531	17,814	243,722	228,133
New Jersey	360,897	373,934	50,637	44,104	310,260	329,830
New York	101,452	68,506	7,103	4,686	94,349	63,820
North Carolina	443,070	410,437	105,041	91,173	338,029	319,264
Ohio	625,788	639,710	68,681	61,944	557,107	577,766
Oklahoma	124,245	119,459	8,430	7,789	115,815	111,670
Pennsylvania	482,495	474,471	46,057	40,322	436,438	434,149
South Carolina	222,693	204,696	69,332	61,831	153,361	142,865
Tennessee	91,877	81,457	14,877	13,238	77,000	68,219
Wisconsin	308,161	304,747	10,135	7,929	298,026	296,818
Total	3,669,614	3,551,570	365,753	472,673	3,137,869	3,078,897
NY excludes NYC

Table 3-1. Percentage distribution of deaths by broad industry group, White men, Selected States, NOMS, 1984-1998

State	All industries	agricult., forestry & fisheries	mining	construc	nondur mfg	dur mfg	transp, communic & other pub utils	whlsle trade
Total	100.0	9.2	2.3	11.6	11.0	20.3	11.0	2.8
Colorado	100.0	11.1	3.3	14.2	5.9	9.9	12.5	3.5
Georgia	100.0	9.4	0.4	14.6	13.3	11.9	10.8	3.2
Indiana	100.0	9.7	1.4	10.6	7.1	30.9	10.9	2.4
Kansas	100.0	22.1	2.4	11.4	6.2	10.6	13.0	4.3
Kentucky	100.0	17.7	8.5	13.8	6.5	14.1	10.8	2.5
New Jersey	100.0	1.7	0.2	10.5	14.8	17.4	13.5	2.7
New York	100.0	2.9	0.4	11.6	9.1	22.1	11.9	4.3
No. Carolina	100.0	11.9	0.5	13.6	17.7	13.2	9.0	2.8
Ohio	100.0	5.2	1.6	9.6	9.2	32.7	11.0	2.2
Oklahoma	100.0	16.3	7.9	14.5	3.8	6.8	10.8	4.0
Pennsylvania	100.0	3.4	5.5	9.7	10.1	27.1	11.9	2.1
So. Carolina	100.0	7.8	0.3	14.2	21.9	9.5	8.5	3.8
Tennessee	100.0	16.5	2.3	14.8	10.2	14.5	10.9	2.4
Wisconsin	100.0	14.7	0.3	9.9	11.3	24.4	9.4	3.0

Table 3-1. Percentage distribution of deaths, by broad industry group, White men, Selected States, 1984-1998, cont.

State	retail trade	finance, insur., & real est.	business & repair svcs.	personal services	entertainment & recreat. svcs.	professional & related services	public admin.
Total	9.8	3.1	3.9	1.6	0.7	7.4	5.0
Colorado	10.6	4.0	5.5	2.0	1.0	9.3	7.2
Georgia	11.4	3.5	5.1	1.6	0.7	6.8	7.3
Indiana	8.8	2.7	2.8	1.3	0.6	7.4	3.4
Kansas	9.3	2.9	4.0	1.5	0.6	7.4	4.3
Kentucky	8.2	2.1	3.4	1.3	0.6	6.2	4.1
New Jersey	11.6	5.1	3.9	2.2	1.2	9.2	5.8
New York	10.5	3.7	3.5	1.8	1.2	10.6	6.4
North Carolina	11.0	2.9	4.2	1.5	0.6	6.6	4.5
Ohio	9.3	2.5	6.9	1.6	0.6	7.3	7.9
Oklahoma	10.0	3.6	7.4	1.7	0.6	7.8	2.6
Pennsylvania	9.5	2.8	3.3	1.8	0.6	7.4	4.9
South Carolina	11.6	3.4	4.4	1.6	0.6	6.9	5.4
Tennessee	9.3	2.4	3.6	1.6	0.5	6.4	4.5
Wisconsin	9.3	2.6	3.0	1.4	0.7	6.7	3.4

Table 3-2. Percentage distribution of deaths by broad industry group, Black men, Selected States, NOMS, 1984-1998

State	All industries	agricult., forestry & fisheries	mining	construc	nondur mfg	dur mfg	transp, communic & other pub utils	whlsle trade
Total	100.0	8.3	2.8	11.1	10.0	18.9	10.4	2.7
Colorado	100.0	1.9	0.5	17.4	5.6	7.2	17.0	1.3
Georgia	100.0	12.6	0.4	17.4	10.1	13.6	12.2	1.5
Indiana	100.0	2.0	0.5	12.1	6.1	36.7	11.2	1.6
Kansas	100.0	2.7	0.3	15.9	10.2	12.4	17.3	2.1
Kentucky	100.0	11.6	3.5	15.4	7.7	12.8	12.1	1.8
New Jersey	100.0	1.8	0.1	14.8	10.1	13.0	17.0	2.0
New York	100.0	3.9	0.3	14.4	6.4	23.1	11.5	2.5
No. Carolina	100.0	17.0	0.3	15.4	14.4	12.3	9.9	1.2
Ohio	100.0	1.2	0.8	12.1	6.5	31.2	11.6	1.2
Oklahoma	100.0	11.6	1.4	22.1	2.8	6.3	11.1	1.0
Pennsylvania	100.0	3.4	5.5	9.7	10.1	27.1	11.9	2.1
So. Carolina	100.0	16.0	0.3	19.9	12.2	12.6	10.3	1.9
Tennessee	100.0	15.1	0.4	15.0	8.2	13.2	15.4	1.4
Wisconsin	100.0	3.1	0.1	9.4	7.8	39.2	9.3	1.3

Table 3-2. Percentage distribution of deaths, by broad industry group, Black men, Selected States, 1984-1998, cont.

State	retail trade	finance, insur., & real est.	business & repair svcs.	personal services	entertainment & recreat. svcs.	professional & related services	public admin.
Total	7.5	1.6	4.7	4.0	1.0	9.4	5.0
Colorado	10.7	2.4	7.1	4.4	2.3	11.0	11.4
Georgia	7.5	1.8	4.6	3.6	1.0	8.8	5.1
Indiana	6.9	1.8	3.3	3.1	0.9	9.3	4.5
Kansas	9.3	1.8	5.8	3.5	1.1	11.0	6.3
Kentucky	8.2	1.6	3.9	4.9	1.8	9.5	5.2
New Jersey	8.1	2.8	5.9	6.2	1.5	11.3	5.5
New York	7.3	2.3	5.0	3.5	1.9	13.5	4.3
North Carolina	7.0	1.2	4.2	3.6	0.7	9.4	3.4
Ohio	6.9	1.8	5.1	4.4	1.1	9.3	6.6
Oklahoma	8.8	0.9	8.9	4.4	0.9	10.7	9.1
Pennsylvania	9.5	2.8	3.3	1.8	0.6	7.4	4.9
South Carolina	6.9	1.0	3.6	3.5	0.7	8.3	2.9
Tennessee	6.5	1.6	3.3	5.0	0.8	9.4	4.7
Wisconsin	8.0	1.4	5.4	2.8	0.9	8.5	2.9

Table 3-3. Percentage distribution of deaths by broad industry group, White Women, Selected States, NOMS, 1984-1998

State	All industries	agricult., forestry & fisheries	mining	construc	nondur mfg	dur mfg	transp, communic & other pub utils	whlsle trade
Total	100.0	8.3	2.8	11.1	10.0	18.9	10.4	2.7
Colorado	100.0	1.5	0.3	1.0	5.2	4.0	5.2	1.6
Georgia	100.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	23.1	4.1	4.1	1.3
Indiana	100.0	0.9	0.1	0.7	7.8	15.2	3.9	1.0
Kansas	100.0	2.0	0.1	0.7	5.8	4.6	5.2	1.8
Kentucky	100.0	0.9	0.2	0.7	11.4	7.6	4.1	1.2
New Jersey	100.0	0.5	0.0	0.6	18.1	11.0	5.3	1.3
New York	100.0	0.4	0.0	0.8	11.8	12.7	4.3	2.0
No. Carolina	100.0	1.0	0.0	0.6	30.2	5.6	3.0	0.9
Ohio	100.0	0.6	0.1	0.7	8.7	15.5	3.8	1.0
Oklahoma	100.0	1.5	1.2	0.5	2.9	2.3	3.9	1.8
Pennsylvania	100.0	0.6	0.1	0.5	19.4	9.4	3.9	0.8
So. Carolina	100.0	0.9	0.0	0.6	32.1	3.4	2.8	1.2
Tennessee	100.0	0.6	0.0	0.6	16.7	6.8	3.6	0.8
Wisconsin	100.0	2.0	0.0	0.6	10.1	11.1	3.9	1.2

Table 3-3. Percentage distribution of deaths, by broad industry group, White Women, Selected States, 1984-1998, cont.

State	retail trade	finance, insur., & real est.	business & repair svcs.	personal services	entertainment & recreat. svcs.	professional & related services	public admin.
Total	18.6	4.7	2.3	7.6	0.7	30.0	4.7
Colorado	18.7	6.3	3.2	7.8	0.9	36.5	7.9
Georgia	17.7	4.5	2.2	7.1	0.6	27.7	6.3
Indiana	8.8	2.7	2.8	1.3	0.6	7.4	3.4
Kansas	20.7	5.3	2.1	7.1	0.6	38.3	5.7
Kentucky	19.2	3.7	1.1	12.8	0.7	31.8	4.6
New Jersey	16.1	7.8	2.8	4.7	1.0	25.9	4.9
New York	15.9	3.4	1.9	5.2	0.4	28.4	3.6
North Carolina	11.0	2.9	4.2	1.5	0.6	6.6	4.5
Ohio	20.8	4.5	3.7	6.0	0.7	29.7	4.2
Oklahoma	17.7	3.5	2.6	23.8	0.5	32.1	5.7
Pennsylvania	19.0	3.9	1.5	6.6	0.6	29.4	4.5
South Carolina	16.2	3.3	1.5	4.7	0.4	28.4	4.4
Tennessee	18.1	3.4	1.9	14.7	0.4	27.9	4.4
Wisconsin	20.5	4.5	1.7	8.1	0.7	32.2	3.3

Table 3-4. Percentage distribution of deaths by broad industry group, Black Women, Selected States, NOMS, 1984-1998

State	All industries	agricult., forestry & fisheries	mining	construc	nondur mfg	dur mfg	transp, communic & other pub utils	whlsle trade
Total	100.0	8.3	2.8	11.1	10.0	18.9	10.4	2.7
Colorado	100.0	0.3	0.2	1.6	2.6	2.9	4.1	0.4
Georgia	100.0	3.4	0.0	0.2	8.4	2.9	2.1	0.3
Indiana	100.0	0.5	0.0	0.3	3.8	9.1	3.3	0.4
Kansas	100.0	0.5	0.0	0.3	4.8	4.5	2.6	0.5
Kentucky	100.0	0.6	0.0	0.4	5.3	3.8	1.8	0.3
New Jersey	100.0	0.6	0.0	0.3	9.1	8.7	4.0	0.6
New York	100.0	1.0	0.0	0.1	5.6	9.2	3.0	0.4
No. Carolina	100.0	8.9	0.0	0.2	14.5	3.9	1.2	0.2
Ohio	100.0	0.4	0.0	0.3	3.7	7.0	2.7	0.3
Oklahoma	100.0	0.5	0.2	0.5	1.1	1.4	2.0	0.5
Pennsylvania	100.0	0.4	0.0	0.2	7.9	4.7	2.0	0.1
So. Carolina	100.0	8.1	0.0	0.2	9.5	2.3	1.0	0.3
Tennessee	100.0	3.6	0.0	0.2	3.3	3.1	1.4	0.1
Wisconsin	100.0	1.5	0.0	0.3	5.9	10.1	2.8	0.4

Table 3-4. Percentage distribution of deaths, by broad industry group, Black Women, Selected States, 1984-1998, cont.

State	retail trade	finance, insur., & real est.	business & repair svcs.	personal services	entertainment & recreat. svcs.	professional & related services	public admin.
Total	100.0	x.x	x.8	x.1	x.0	x.9	x.4
Colorado	10.4	3.3	2.9	27.0	0.7	33.8	10.1
Georgia	8.9	1.7	2.6	40.2	0.4	26.1	2.8
Indiana	10.4	2.3	1.4	28.5	0.7	32.7	6.6
Kansas	11.9	2.0	2.6	24.8	0.4	38.5	6.5
Kentucky	8.4	1.9	0.8	44.9	0.7	27.5	3.6
New Jersey	6.7	2.6	3.3	24.0	0.7	34.1	5.2
New York	5.6	2.8	3.6	23.1	0.9	39.6	5.1
North Carolina	6.9	1.0	1.8	32.7	0.2	26.6	1.9
Ohio	10.0	2.2	4.4	28.2	0.7	33.7	6.3
Oklahoma	8.8	0.6	1.6	49.3	0.3	28.3	4.8
Pennsylvania	7.6	1.5	2.0	37.5	0.4	29.1	6.6
South Carolina	6.9	0.6	0.9	42.2	0.2	26.1	1.7
Tennessee	6.7	1.1	1.3	54.0	0.4	23.0	1.7
Wisconsin	9.3	2.4	2.1	25.1	0.5	36.9	2.8

Table 4-1. Percentage Distribution of White Men 18-90 Years Old, by Major Occupational Group and State, NOMS, 1984-1998

State (& Code)	Total	Mgt & Prof'l.	Technical & Admin.	Sales	Service	Farming, Forestry, & Fishing	Precision Prod., Craft & Repair	Oper., Fabric., & Laborers
Total	100	19	6	10	7	9	24	25
Colorado	100	25	6	11	7	11	22	18
Georgia	100	20	6	13	6	10	24	20
Indiana	100	17	5	9	7	10	22	31
Kansas	100	18	5	10	5	22	20	19
Kentucky	100	14	4	8	6	18	27	23
New Jersey	100	26	8	10	9	2	24	22
New York	100	21	7	9	10	3	24	25
North Carolina	100	19	5	12	6	12	25	22
Ohio	100	18	6	9	7	6	25	30
Oklahoma	100	18	7	9	5	17	24	20
Pennsylvania	100	17	6	9	8	4	27	30
South Carolina	100	20	5	13	6	8	27	22
Tennessee	100	16	4	10	6	18	24	24
Wisconsin	100	17	5	8	6	15	23	25

Table 4-2. Percentage Distribution of Black Men 18-90 Years Old, by Major Occupational Group and State, NOMS, 1984-1998

State (& Code)	Total	Mgt & Prof'l.	Technical & Admin.	Sales	Service	Farming, Forestry, & Fishing	Precision Prod., Craft & Repair	Oper., Fabric., & Laborers
Total	100	7	5	2	15	11	16	44
Colorado	100	15	10	4	24	2	14	31
Georgia	100	6	4	2	15	15	15	42
Indiana	100	8	5	2	15	2	12	55
Kansas	100	9	6	3	20	3	16	43
Kentucky	100	8	4	2	17	12	15	43
New Jersey	100	10	7	3	17	2	14	47
New York	100	8	5	2	18	4	13	48
North Carolina	100	6	4	2	15	19	16	39
Ohio	100	8	6	2	15	2	15	52
Oklahoma	100	10	7	2	15	11	14	40
Pennsylvania	100	7	6	2	17	1	15	51
South Carolina	100	5	3	2	13	19	19	39
Tennessee	100	6	3	1	14	14	10	52
Wisconsin	100	7	4	3	13	3	14	56

Table 4-3. Percentage Distribution of White Women 18-90 Years Old, by Major Occupational Group and State, NOMS, 1984-1998

State (& Code)	Total	Mgt & Prof'l.	Technical & Admin.	Sales	Service	Farming, Forestry, & Fishing	Precision Prod., Craft & Repair	Oper., Fabric., & Laborers
Total	100	26	24	11	16	1	3	18
Colorado	100	35	28	11	17	1	3	6
Georgia	100	27	22	12	13	0	3	22
Indiana	100	23	22	12	22	1	3	17
Kansas	100	33	25	12	18	1	3	7
Kentucky	100	27	19	12	24	1	3	15
New Jersey	100	25	30	10	12	0	4	19
New York	100	22	31	10	17	0	4	16
North Carolina	100	26	18	11	11	1	4	30
Ohio	100	24	26	13	16	0	3	17
Oklahoma	100	28	21	10	32	1	3	4
Pennsylvania	100	24	24	11	16	0	3	22
South Carolina	100	27	18	12	10	1	3	31
Tennessee	100	26	18	12	22	1	3	19
Wisconsin	100	26	24	11	20	2	4	14

Table 4-4. Percentage Distribution of Black Women 18-90 Years Old, by Major Occupational Group and State, NOMS, 1984-1998

State (& Code)	Total	Mgt & Prof'l.	Technical & Admin.	Sales	Service	Farming, Forestry, & Fishing	Precision Prod., Craft & Repair	Oper., Fabric., & Laborers
Total	100	14	10	3	51	4	2	16
Colorado	100	21	19	4	45	0	3	8
Georgia	100	14	7	3	56	3	2	14
Indiana	100	15	14	4	48	0	4	15
Kansas	100	19	14	4	48	0	3	13
Kentucky	100	14	7	2	63	1	1	12
New Jersey	100	16	16	4	40	1	3	20
New York	100	13	14	3	50	1	3	16
North Carolina	100	13	6	2	48	9	2	20
Ohio	100	15	15	4	49	0	3	14
Oklahoma	100	17	10	2	64	0	2	4
Pennsylvania	100	15	14	3	49	0	3	16
South Carolina	100	13	4	2	56	8	2	14
Tennessee	100	13	4	2	63	3	1	13
Wisconsin	100	12	11	3	51	2	3	18