Work-related
Injury/Occupational Injury
(Data are for
U.S. for year in parentheses)
Health care use
Number of visits to
office-based physicians with worker’s compensation as the primary expected
source of payment: 14.6 million (2002)
Percent of visits with
worker’s compensation as the primary expected source of payment: 1.6
(2002)
Source/more data:
National Ambulatory Medical Care
Survey: 2002 Summary
Number of hospital outpatient
department visits with worker’s compensation as the primary expected source
of payment: 1,012,000 (2002)
Percent of visits with
worker’s compensation as the primary expected source of payment: 1.2 (2002)
Source/more data:
National
Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2002 Outpatient Department
Summary
Number of emergency department
visits: 2.1 million (2002)
Percent of visits with
worker’s compensation as the primary expected source of payment: 2.0 (2002)
Source/more data:
National
Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2002 Emergency Department
Summary
Mortality
Number of deaths age 15 years
and over: 8,303 (2001)
Deaths per 100,000 population:
3.7 (2001)
Source/more data:
Deaths: Final Data for
2001
More data
Occupational injury deaths and
rates by industry, sex, age, race, and Hispanic origin: 1992-2001
Health, United States,
2003, table 49
Occupational injuries with
last workdays in the private sector, according to industry: Selected
years 1980-2001
Health, United States,
2003, table 50
Related Links
National
Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
National
Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
Mortality
data
International
Collaborative Effort (ICE) on Injury Statistics
National
Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Web-based
Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS)
Injury
Control Resource Information Network
National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
U.S.
Department of Labor
Occupational
Safety and Health Administration
National
Safety Council
Industrial Foundation for
Accident Prevention
This page last reviewed
September 07, 2004
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