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 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 Occupational Safety and Health Administration Industrial Foundation for Accident Prevention
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