Table 1

Distribution of lost-time claims and emergency department records by gender, age, occupation and injury event (2004–2008)

	Lost-time claims						Emergency department records
	Time of injury missing		Time of injury not missing		Total		Total
	N	Row %	N	Row %	N	Col %	N	Col %
Total	97862	21.4	359279	78.6	457141	100.0	707933	100.0
Gender
Male	60727	21.1	226774	78.9	287501	62.9	521062	73.6
Female	37133	21.9	132505	78.1	169638	37.1	186844	26.4
Missing*	–	–	–	–	–	–	27	0
Age (years)
15–24	9840	16.8	48829	83.2	58669	12.8	149391	21.1
25–34	15999	17.4	76170	82.6	92169	20.2	177980	25.1
35–44	24630	20.0	98824	80.0	123454	27.0	181281	25.6
45–54	26154	22.2	91660	77.8	117814	25.8	142383	20.1
55–64	21237	32.7	43794	67.3	65031	14.2	56898	8.0
Missing*	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0
Occupation
Manual	47733	19.0	202956	81.0	250689	54.8	NA	NA
Mixed	20222	16.0	105956	84.0	126178	27.6	NA	NA
Non-manual	10387	20.2	40963	79.8	51350	11.2	NA	NA
Missing	19520	67.5	9404	32.5	28924	6.3	NA	NA
Event
Bodily reaction and exertion	50269	24.3	156474	75.7	206743	45.2	94913	13.4
Contact with objects/equipment	13767	13.1	91316	86.9	105083	23.0	319979	45.2
Falls	9211	11.5	70724	88.5	79935	17.5	87252	12.3
Exposure to harmful substances	6066	27.6	15937	72.4	22003	4.8	62647	8.9
Transportation events	1639	11.3	12816	88.7	14455	3.2	16319	2.3
Assaults and violence	1134	10.3	9870	89.7	11004	2.4	8325	1.2
Fires and explosions	249	13.1	1652	86.9	1901	0.4	3104	0.4
Other events/exposure unknown	474	49.2	490	50.8	964	0.2	3864	0.5
Missing	15053	100.0	0	0.0	15053	3.3	111530	15.8