福克斯新闻 老人比年轻人因工死亡风险更大

Older people are dying on the job at a higher rate than workers overall, even as the rate of workplace fatalities¹ decreases, that's according to a new AP analysis of federal statistics.

About 35 percent of the fatal workplace accidents in 2015 involved a worker 55 and older. One expert saying that physical changes associated with getting old could potentially make a workplace injury more serious or possibly fatal. Gerontologists saying those changes include gradually worsening vision and hearing, reduced response time, balance issues and chronic² problems like arthritis³.

Paul Stevens, FOX News.

尽管因工死亡率近年来有所下降，老员工因工死亡的概率仍然高出整体水平，美联社最近分析了联邦数据之后得出了上述结论。2015年35%因工死亡的员工岁数都在55岁以上。一位专家称，年龄增长导致的身体变化可能会让工伤更加严重，甚至可能引起死亡。老年医学专家们则表示，这些变化包括听力和视力的逐渐下降，反应迟钝，平衡能力下降以及关节炎等慢性疾病。

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1 fatalities   

n.恶性事故( fatality的名词复数 )；死亡；致命性；命运

参考例句：

• Several people were injured, but there were no fatalities. 有几个人受伤，但没有人死亡。
• The accident resulted in fatalities. 那宗意外道致多人死亡。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 chronic   

adj.(疾病)长期未愈的，慢性的；极坏的

参考例句：

• Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
• Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。

3 arthritis   

n.关节炎

参考例句：

• Rheumatoid arthritis has also been linked with the virus.风湿性关节炎也与这种病毒有关。
• He spent three months in the hospital with acute rheumatic arthritis.他患急性风湿性关节炎，在医院住了三个月。