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		<title>By: Bill</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The number of female deaths seems high to me. According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cfoi.nr0.htm&quot;&gt;Bureau of Labor Statistics&lt;/a&gt;:

&quot;There were 4,101 fatal work injuries among men in 2013 compared with 4,277 in 2012, and fatal injuries among women were lower by 14 percent in 2013 to 302 from 351 in 2012.&quot;

I think that&#039;s 6.8% female in 2013. 

Also, I wonder how many female deaths were effectively random and accidental: riding on a plane, train, taxi, etc. The following also from BLS:

&quot;Of the 1,740 transportation-related fatal injuries in 2013, nearly 3 out of every 5 (991 cases) were roadway incidents involving motorized land vehicles... About 16 percent of fatal transportation incidents (284 cases) in 2013 involved pedestrians who were struck by vehicles.&quot;

I note that for firefighters, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/ff_fat12.pdf&quot;&gt;stat for women&lt;/a&gt; is lower; percentage of women firefighters is probably around 3-4% (from 2012):

&quot;Of the 81 firefighters who died while on-duty in 2012, 80 were male and one was female.&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The number of female deaths seems high to me. According to the <a href="http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cfoi.nr0.htm">Bureau of Labor Statistics</a>:</p>
<p>&#8220;There were 4,101 fatal work injuries among men in 2013 compared with 4,277 in 2012, and fatal injuries among women were lower by 14 percent in 2013 to 302 from 351 in 2012.&#8221;</p>
<p>I think that&#8217;s 6.8% female in 2013. </p>
<p>Also, I wonder how many female deaths were effectively random and accidental: riding on a plane, train, taxi, etc. The following also from BLS:</p>
<p>&#8220;Of the 1,740 transportation-related fatal injuries in 2013, nearly 3 out of every 5 (991 cases) were roadway incidents involving motorized land vehicles&#8230; About 16 percent of fatal transportation incidents (284 cases) in 2013 involved pedestrians who were struck by vehicles.&#8221;</p>
<p>I note that for firefighters, the <a href="https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/ff_fat12.pdf">stat for women</a> is lower; percentage of women firefighters is probably around 3-4% (from 2012):</p>
<p>&#8220;Of the 81 firefighters who died while on-duty in 2012, 80 were male and one was female.&#8221;</p>
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