TABLE 8. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(1) by selected worker
     characteristics and number of days away from work, 2007
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                                   |           |                  Percent of days-away-from-work cases involving —                 |           
                                   |   Total   |___________________________________________________________________________________|   Median  
             Characteristic        |   cases   |           |           |           |           |           |           |           | days away 
                                   |           |   1 day   |   2 days  | 3 - 5 days|6 - 10 days|  11 - 20  |  21 - 30  | 31 days or| from work 
                                   |           |           |           |           |           |    days   |    days   |    more   |           
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                                   |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
     Total  [1,158,870 cases]......|   100.0   |    14.8   |    11.4   |    18.3   |    12.3   |    11.1   |     6.5   |    25.6   |       7   
                                   |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
     Gender:                       |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       Male........................|   100.0   |    14.6   |    10.6   |    18.0   |    12.4   |    11.2   |     6.6   |    26.6   |       8   
       Female......................|   100.0   |    15.1   |    12.8   |    18.9   |    12.3   |    10.9   |     6.3   |    23.7   |       7   
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     Age:(2)                       |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       14 - 15.....................|   100.0   |     5.0   |     5.0   |    75.0   |     7.5   |     5.0   |     -     |     -     |       3   
       16 - 19.....................|   100.0   |    21.2   |    16.2   |    21.0   |    15.0   |     9.9   |     5.6   |    11.2   |       4   
       20 - 24.....................|   100.0   |    19.1   |    14.1   |    22.8   |    13.2   |     9.8   |     5.7   |    15.4   |       4   
       25 - 34.....................|   100.0   |    17.5   |    13.1   |    19.0   |    12.9   |    11.0   |     5.7   |    20.8   |       6   
       35 - 44.....................|   100.0   |    14.0   |    10.8   |    18.1   |    12.4   |    11.3   |     6.4   |    27.1   |       8   
       45 - 54.....................|   100.0   |    12.6   |    10.1   |    16.7   |    11.7   |    11.6   |     6.9   |    30.4   |      10   
       55 - 64.....................|   100.0   |    10.3   |     8.9   |    16.6   |    11.5   |    11.7   |     7.7   |    33.3   |      12   
       65 and over.................|   100.0   |    11.0   |     7.4   |    15.5   |    10.1   |     9.9   |     8.5   |    37.7   |      16   
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     Length of service with        |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
      employer:                    |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       Less than 3 months..........|   100.0   |    17.6   |    13.8   |    19.0   |    12.2   |     9.8   |     5.7   |    21.9   |       5   
       3 - 11 months...............|   100.0   |    15.5   |    12.9   |    19.7   |    12.4   |    10.9   |     6.3   |    22.4   |       6   
       1 - 5 years.................|   100.0   |    15.2   |    11.5   |    18.7   |    12.5   |    11.1   |     6.3   |    24.7   |       7   
       More than 5 years...........|   100.0   |    12.6   |     9.3   |    16.7   |    12.3   |    11.8   |     7.1   |    30.3   |      10   
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     Race or ethnic origin:        |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
       White only..................|   100.0   |    15.9   |    11.9   |    18.3   |    11.8   |    11.0   |     6.3   |    24.8   |       7   
       Black only..................|   100.0   |    14.6   |    11.9   |    20.0   |    13.1   |    10.7   |     6.1   |    23.7   |       7   
       Hispanic or Latino only.....|   100.0   |    14.6   |    12.5   |    18.3   |    13.0   |     9.3   |     7.7   |    24.6   |       7   
       Asian only..................|   100.0   |    16.2   |    15.4   |    20.0   |     9.4   |    10.9   |     5.7   |    22.5   |       5   
       Native Hawaiian or Pacific  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
        Islander only..............|   100.0   |    14.9   |     9.3   |    20.0   |    10.0   |    13.5   |    12.1   |    19.8   |       8   
       American Indian or Alaskan  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
        Native only................|   100.0   |    12.1   |     9.3   |    18.8   |    17.8   |    11.7   |     5.7   |    24.6   |       7   
       Hispanic or Latino and other|           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
        race.......................|   100.0   |    19.5   |     4.9   |    42.7   |     6.1   |     4.9   |     6.1   |    15.9   |       4   
       Multi-race..................|   100.0   |    20.7   |    21.8   |    13.8   |    13.8   |    13.8   |     2.3   |    14.9   |       4   
       Not reported................|   100.0   |    13.2   |     9.8   |    17.7   |    12.8   |    12.1   |     6.3   |    28.1   |       9   
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       1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
       2 Information is not shown separately for injured workers under age 14; they accounted for fewer than 50 cases.
       
       NOTE:  Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines.  Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses,
     data may not sum to the totals.
       SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with
     participating State agencies