October 27, 1999 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Industries with the most cases of occupational stress
In 1997, four industries accounted for the bulk
of occupational stress cases: services, manufacturing, retail trade, and
finance, insurance, and real estate.
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Thirty-five percent of cases of occupational stress involving days away
from work were in the services industry. In comparison, 23 percent of all
nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses occurred in services in 1997.
Manufacturing accounted for 21 percent of occupational stress cases and
retail trade for 14 percent. These proportions were lower for these
industries than the comparable proportions for all injuries and illnesses.
Like the services industry, finance, insurance, and real estate had a higher
proportion of occupational stress cases than of all nonfatal injury and
illness cases. Twelve percent of cases of occupational stress were in
finance, insurance, and real estate, while only 2 percent of all injuries
and illnesses were.
These data are a product of the BLS Safety
and Health Statistics Program. Cases of occupational stress involving
days away from work are classified by BLS as cases of "neurotic
reaction to stress." Additional information is available from
"Issues in Labor Statistics: Occupational Stress" (PDF
20K). Agriculture, mining, and construction are not shown in the chart,
because the statistics on neurotic reaction to stress for these industries
did not meet publication criteria.
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