MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013 Aug 23;62(33):653-7.
Highway transportation incidents are the leading cause of occupational fatalities in the United States, with the highest fatality rates occurring among workers aged ≥65 years. To characterize older workers at highest risk, CDC analyzed data from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) for the period 2003-2010 and compared occupational highway transportation deaths among workers aged 55-64 years and ≥65 years with those among workers aged 18-54 years. This report describes the results of that analysis, which indicated that workers aged ≥65 years had the highest overall fatality rate (3.1 highway transportation deaths per 100,000 full-time-equivalent [FTE] workers per year), more than three times that of workers aged 18-54 years (0.9 per 100,000 FTE workers). This pattern held across demographic and occupational categories. These results demonstrate the need to further implement interventions that consider road safety risks specific to older workers.
公路运输事故是导致美国职业性死亡的首要原因，65 岁及以上人群的死亡率最高。为了确定风险最高的老年工人，疾病预防控制中心分析了 2003-2010 年职业性致命伤害普查（CFOI）的数据，并将 55-64 岁和≥65 岁工人与 18-54 岁工人的公路运输职业死亡人数进行了比较。本报告描述了这一分析的结果，结果表明≥65 岁的工人总体死亡率最高（每 10 万名全职等效工人每年 3.1 例公路运输死亡），是 18-54 岁工人的三倍多（每 10 万名全职等效工人 0.9 例）。这一模式在各种人口统计学和职业类别中均存在。这些结果表明需要进一步实施干预措施，考虑到针对老年工人的具体道路安全风险。
