Work-related
Injury/Occupational Injury
(Data
are for U.S. for year in dicated)
Health care use
Number of
visits to office-based physicians with worker’s compensation as
expected source of payment: 15.5 million
Percent
of visits with worker’s compensation as expected source of payment: 1.7
Source/more data:
National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Summary, Table 4
Number of hospital outpatient
department visits with worker’s compensation as expected source
of payment: 772,000
Percent of visits with
worker’s compensation as expected source of payment: .8
Source/more data:
National
Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Outpatient Department
Summary, Table 3
Number of
visits to emergency department visits with worker's compensation as expected
form of payment: 2.1 million
Percent of visits with worker’s
compensation as expected source of payment: 1.8
Source/more data:
National
Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Emergency Department
Summary, Table 3
Mortality
Number of deaths age 15 years and
over: 5,113
Deaths per 100,000 population:
2.2
Source/more data:
Deaths: Final Data for
2005, Table 27
More data
Occupational
injury deaths and rates by industry, sex, age, race, and Hispanic
origin:1992-2005
Health, United States, 2007, Table
49
Occupational
injuries and illnesses with days away from work, job transfer, or
restriction in the private sector according to industry:2003-2005
Health, United States, 2007, 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, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries
Occupational
Safety and Health Administration
National
Safety Council
This page last reviewed
September 22, 2008