Table 6

Comparison of male and female injury rates per 100 FTEs by nature of injury; adjusted for industry and stratified by physical work demands; mixed and manual occupations only; Ontario 1990–2000

	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	Absolute decline	Relative decline
Acute trauma
Manual
Males	2.92	2.63	2.39	2.20	2.16	2.06	1.68	1.69	1.58	1.56	1.58	1.34	46.0%
Females	1.69	1.38	1.33	1.16	1.17	1.14	0.94	0.98	0.92	0.96	1.00	0.69	40.8%
Relative risk	1.73	1.91	1.80	1.90	1.85	1.81	1.78	1.73	1.73	1.63	1.58
Mixed
Males	1.92	1.42	1.42	1.30	1.46	1.42	1.00	0.95	0.90	0.91	0.85	1.07	55.7%
Females	1.01	0.77	0.78	0.75	0.74	0.74	0.52	0.58	0.52	0.55	0.53	0.49	48.1%
Relative risk	1.89	1.85	1.82	1.73	1.97	1.91	1.92	1.64	1.73	1.64	1.61

Sprains and strains
Manual
Males	3.84	3.70	3.49	3.23	2.96	2.70	1.89	1.79	1.59	1.55	1.52	2.32	60.4%
Females	2.47	2.26	2.09	1.90	1.81	1.77	1.33	1.24	1.12	1.13	1.21	1.26	50.9%
Relative risk	1.56	1.64	1.67	1.70	1.63	1.53	1.43	1.45	1.41	1.37	1.25
Mixed
Males	2.37	1.93	2.05	1.87	1.91	1.81	1.62	1.45	1.34	1.33	1.28	1.09	45.8%
Females	1.75	1.53	1.52	1.36	1.29	1.31	0.83	0.78	0.76	0.78	0.79	0.95	54.5%
Relative risk	1.36	1.26	1.35	1.38	1.48	1.38	1.96	1.85	1.77	1.70	1.62

Chronic musculoskeletal
Manual
Males	0.13	0.16	0.18	0.18	0.17	0.16	0.12	0.15	0.14	0.14	0.13	−0.01	−6.5%
Females	0.37	0.44	0.45	0.48	0.43	0.38	0.29	0.31	0.28	0.30	0.32	0.06	14.9%
Relative risk	0.33	0.36	0.39	0.38	0.38	0.41	0.42	0.49	0.49	0.46	0.42
Mixed
Males	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.03	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.06	−0.02	−49.9%
Females	0.12	0.12	0.17	0.18	0.21	0.18	0.08	0.10	0.09	0.10	0.11	0.01	12.3%
Relative risk	0.31	0.30	0.32	0.36	0.33	0.42	0.41	0.51	0.51	0.40	0.54