Cause of Death (NOMS 2020-2021) Charts
National Occupational Mortality Surveillance (NOMS)

These charts show age-adjusted Proportionate Mortality Ratios (PMRs), or the proportion of deaths due to a specific cause for workers in one occupation or industry group divided by the proportion of deaths due to that cause in all workers. You can chart 42 Cause of Death groupings by Occupation (22 categories + Military and Housewife) and by Industry (20 categories + Military). PMRs are also available by age, sex, race and Hispanic ethnicity although there may be few deaths in some categories. PMRs with fewer than 10 deaths in an occupation or industry group who died of specific outcome are not displayed. Data include all decedents 18-90 for 2020 (46 states and NYC) and 2021 (49 states and NYC) who had usual industry and/or occupation information available on their death certificate. Data and documentation used in these charts are from the Public Use Data available from the NCHS Vital Statistics Data website. If you see this note, “No records were found that match the selected chart options,” it means that no records match the criteria entered. “All cause of death” is not applicable for NOMS WHCs because the proportion of all deaths in a worker population (100% of deaths) divided by the proportion of all deaths in everyone (100% of deaths) times 100 is equal to a PMR of 100 for all industries and occupations.

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Proportionate Mortality Ratio (PMR) of Alzheimer’s Disease by Industry

Source: National Occupational Mortality Surveillance (NOMS)

Proportionate Mortality Ratio (PMR) of Alzheimer’s Disease by Industry

Accommodation and Food Services4,517,3553,931918994
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services4,517,3552,386888492
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting4,517,3553,147817884
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation4,517,3551,651949099
Construction4,517,3556,383716973
Education Services4,517,35516,783136134137
Finance and Insurance4,517,3555,859115113118
Healthcare and Social Assistance4,517,35515,821119118121
Information4,517,3553,243103100106
Management Of Companies and Enterprises4,517,355332122109136
Manufacturing4,517,35519,987929093
Mining4,517,355948837889
NIOSH NCHS Military4,517,3552,108807684
Other Services (Except Public Administration)4,517,3556,9109896101
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services4,517,3556,249106103108
Public Administration4,517,3558,0149896100
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing4,517,3552,301110106115
Retail Trade4,517,35511,316104103106
Transportation and Warehousing4,517,3555,750767378
Utilities4,517,3551,6889793102
Wholesale Trade4,517,3551,339908595
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PMR is the proportion of deaths due to a specific cause for workers in one occupation or industry group divided by the proportion of deaths due to that cause in all workers.
b.
LCL is the Lower Confidence Limit.
c.
UCL is the Upper Confidence Limit.

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National Occupational Mortality Surveillance (NOMS)
National Occupational Mortality Surveillance (NOMS)

NIOSH National Occupational Mortality Surveillance (NOMS) is a partnership between NIOSH, NCHS and vital statistics jurisdictions that provides periodic surveillance of work-related mortality among US workers. The program protects workers by evaluating the size and extent of disease mortality in association with occupation and industry settings. NOMS does this by providing data to identify new risks or confirm existing risks for occupational disease mortality that can point to opportunities for prevention and further study. For more information see National Occupational Mortality Surveillance | NOMS | NIOSH | CDC