October 13, 1999 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Decline in cases of occupational stress
There were an
estimated 3,418 cases of occupational stress involving days away from work
in 1997. This was the lowest number of cases in the 1992-97 period.
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Compared to 1992, there were 15 percent fewer cases of occupational
stress in 1997. BLS first collected data on detailed case characteristics
of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses in 1992.
Cases of occupational stress involving days away from work are
classified by BLS as cases of "neurotic reaction to stress."
Occurrences of neurotic reaction to stress are relatively infrequent—the
incidence rate for private industry was 4 cases per 100,000 full-time
workers in 1997.
These data are a product of the BLS Safety
and Health Statistics Program. Additional information is available
from "Occupational Stress: Counts and Rates" (PDF
52K), by Timothy Webster
and Bruce Bergman, Compensation and Working Conditions, Fall 1999.
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