October 20, 1999 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Occupational stress and time away from work
The median absence from work for cases of
occupational stress was 23 days in 1997. This was more than four times the
median absence for all occupational injuries and illnesses.
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Forty-four percent of occupational stress cases involved 31 or more
lost workdays. In contrast, only 19 percent of all injuries and illnesses
resulted in absences of at least 31 days.
Cases of occupational stress involving days away from work are
classified by BLS as cases of "neurotic reaction to stress."
There were an estimated 3,418 cases of occupational stress involving days
away from work 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. Percentages in the chart do
not sum to 100 due to rounding.
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