Fatality statistics by age

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This page provides statistics on worker fatalities by the age of the employee at the time death.

Fatality rates have fallen over the past 14 years for all age groups. However, while the gap between the oldest age group and the younger age groups has narrowed, the fatality rate of the oldest age group remains four to 10 times higher than the younger age groups.
Workers aged between 45–54 years old have accounted for the highest number (759) of fatalities in the past 14 years.

Figure 1: Worker fatalities: fatality rate by age group, 2003 to 2016

Figure 1: Worker fatalities rates have fallen over the past 14 years for all age groups

Year	Less than 25	25–34	35–44	45–54	55–64	65 and over	Total
2003	26	55	61	53	40	24	259
2004	28	56	53	62	53	32	284
2005	24	55	57	57	41	24	258
2006	26	53	72	51	60	22	284
2007	36	48	68	68	56	34	310
2008	34	46	55	63	50	35	283
2009	21	44	44	63	59	27	258
2010	18	35	39	51	58	29	230
2011	23	21	43	58	42	38	225
2012	28	31	47	53	45	27	231
2013	18	30	37	44	39	34	202
2014	22	33	28	45	38	31	197
2015	17	39	28	50	41	36	211
2016	14	33	24	41	46	24	182
Total*	335	579	656	759	668	417	3,414

* Total includes persons where age at death is unknown