How the number of deaths at work has changed in seventy years
The decline in deaths compared to the number of employed
Up to this point we have analyzed the numbers in absolute terms. Another way to understand how workplace accidents have changed over time is to compare the number of deaths and the number of employed people aged 15 and over. Also in this case the data shows that workplace deaths have fallen in relation to the number of employed people, which has instead grown over time. However, the decline in deaths has slowed in recent years.
In 2022, there were 23.1 million employed in Italy, between 2010 and 2020 there were on average 22.4 million each year, between 1990 and 1999 21.2 million and between 1970 and 1979 19.8 million [1]. In 2022 there were 5.2 workplace deaths per 100,000 employed, down from the 5.8 recorded between 2010 and 2019 and the 5.9 between 2000 and 2009. Between 1990 and 2000 there were There were 7.6 workplace deaths per 100,000 employed, between 1980 and 1989 there were 10.2, between 1970 and 1979 15.9 and between 1960 and 1969 20.6.
In other words, if in the 1960s over 20 workers out of 100,000 died at work, from the 2000s onwards this number dropped to between five and six workers.
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