The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have made this publication (Adobe Acrobat [.pdf] format only) available. It graphically illustrates eighteen causes of mortality in the US from 1988-1992. Mortality is broken down geographically (by CDC Health Service Areas) for such causes as heart disease, various cancers, stroke, motor vehicle injuries, and homicide, among others. Interested users...

The CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) last week posted two documents on Fatal Injuries to Civilian Workers in the United States, 1980-1995, one on the national profile and the other focused on the national and state profiles. The reports cover sixteen years of data (1980-1995) from the National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (NTOF) surveillance system. NIOSH...