Figure 5-4. Median days away from work due to occupational injury or illness in private industry by race/ethnicity, 2001.Median days of work loss varied from 5 to 7 days in 2001. Hispanic workers had the highest median work loss of 7 days. Race/ethnicity was not reported for 415,616 of the 1.5 million reported injuries and illnesses involving days away from work.
(Sources: BLS [2003b,c].)
