OS TB 12/19/2002 Table: S12. Highest number of repeated trauma disorders (3-digit Industry) - 2001 vs 2000

TABLE S12. Industries(1) with the highest number of
nonfatal illness cases of disorders associated with
repeated trauma, private industry, 2001
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                              |        |                 
                              |        |      Number     
                              |   SIC  |      (000s)     
           Industry           | code(2)|_________________
                              |        |        |        
                              |        |  2000  |  2001  
______________________________|________|________|________
                              |        |        |        
Motor vehicles and equipment..|   371  |    39.3| (3)35.0
Meat products.................|   201  |    25.2| (3)21.8
Hospitals.....................|   806  |     8.2|     7.8
Aircraft and parts............|   372  |     6.0|     5.8
Grocery stores................|   541  |     5.4|     3.7
                              |        |        |        
Air transportation, scheduled.|   451  |     3.0|     3.2
Electronic components and     |        |        |        
 accessories..................|   367  |     3.0|     3.1
Computer and data processing  |        |        |        
 services.....................|   737  |     2.0|     3.0
Miscellaneous plastics        |        |        |        
 products, n.e.c..............|   308  |     4.7|  (3)2.9
Telephone communications......|   481  |     3.6|     2.9
                              |        |        |        
Medical instruments and       |        |        |        
 supplies.....................|   384  |     3.0|     2.7
Offices and clinics of medical|        |        |        
 doctors......................|   801  |     3.3|     2.7
Medical service and health    |        |        |        
 insurance....................|   632  |     2.9|     2.7
Miscellaneous electrical      |        |        |        
 equipment & supplies.........|   369  |     2.5|     2.6
Fire, marine, and casualty    |        |        |        
 insurance....................|   633  |     2.7|     2.5
                              |        |        |        
Metal forgings and stampings..|   346  |     3.9|  (3)2.3
Commercial banks..............|   602  |     2.1|     2.3
Household furniture...........|   251  |     1.8|     2.0
                              |        |        |        
      Private industry(4).....|        |   241.8|(3)216.4
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  1 Industries with the highest number of illness cases
of disorders associated with repeated trauma were
determined by analysis of the number of cases at the
3-digit SIC code level. The analysis included those
3-digit industries which reported at least 2,000 cases of
disorders associated with repeated trauma.
  2 Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987
Edition.
  3 A statistical significance test indicates that the
difference between the 2001 count and the 2000 count is
statistically significant at the 95 percent confidence
level.
  4 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
 
  NOTE:  The n.e.c. abbreviation means that the category
includes those components not elsewhere classified.
  SOURCE:   Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department
of Labor  
  December 2002