Lost-time injury incidence rates due to workplace violence or aggression, by sector and sex (Ontario 2002–2015)
| Education sector | Healthcare sector | All other sectors | |||||||
| Year | Rate of violence claims (per 1000 FTEs) | Rate ratio=F/M* | Rate of violence claims (per 1000 FTEs) | Rate ratio=F/M * | Rate of violence claims (per 1000 FTEs) | Rate ratio=F/M | |||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | ||||
| 2002 | 0.18 (0.10 to 0.31) | 0.89 (0.73 to 1.08) | 4.85 | 1.85 (1.31 to 2.54) | 1.05 (0.90 to 1.23) | 0.57 | 0.30 (0.27 to 0.32) | 0.24 (0.21 to 0.27) | 0.80* |
| 2003 | 0.28 (0.19 to 0.42) | 0.99 (0.83 to 1.18) | 3.47 | 2.62 (2.00 to 3.37) | 1.01 (0.87 to 1.17) | 0.39 | 0.31 (0.28 to 0.33) | 0.24 (0.21 to 0.27) | 0.78* |
| 2004 | 0.29 (0.19 to 0.42) | 1.02 (0.86 to 1.21) | 3.53 | 2.80 (2.19 to 3.52) | 1.27 (1.10 to 1.45) | 0.45 | 0.33 (0.31 to 0.36) | 0.25 (0.22 to 0.28) | 0.74* |
| 2005 | 0.37 (0.26 to 0.52) | 1.31 (1.13 to 1.52) | 3.52 | 2.64 (2.02 to 3.39) | 1.31 (1.15 to 1.49) | 0.5 | 0.33 (0.30 to 0.35) | 0.28 (0.25 to 0.31) | 0.86* |
| 2006 | 0.22 (0.14 to 0.33) | 1.32 (1.14 to 1.51) | 5.97 | 1.86 (1.35 to 2.51) | 1.17 (1.02 to 1.33) | 0.63 | 0.37 (0.34 to 0.39) | 0.31 (0.28 to 0.34) | 0.84* |
| 2007 | 0.28 (0.19 to 0.40) | 1.44 (1.26 to 1.64) | 5.19 | 2.23 (1.69 to 2.89) | 0.95 (0.82 to 1.10) | 0.43 | 0.37 (0.35 to 0.40) | 0.28 (0.25 to 0.31) | 0.74* |
| 2008 | 0.26 (0.17 to 0.38) | 1.41 (1.23 to 1.60) | 5.42 | 1.52 (1.09 to 2.07) | 0.90 (0.77 to 1.04) | 0.59 | 0.36 (0.34 to 0.39) | 0.27 (0.24 to 0.30) | 0.75* |
| 2009 | 0.28 (0.19 to 0.41) | 1.45 (1.27 to 1.65) | 5.09 | 1.63 (1.19 to 2.19) | 0.96 (0.83 to 1.11) | 0.59 | 0.35 (0.33 to 0.38) | 0.30 (0.27 to 0.33) | 0.85* |
| 2010 | 0.26 (0.17 to 0.39) | 1.62 (1.44 to 1.82) | 6.12 | 1.38 (0.99 to 1.88) | 0.84 (0.72 to 0.98) | 0.61 | 0.36 (0.33 to 0.38) | 0.32 (0.28 to 0.35) | 0.89† |
| 2011 | 0.35 (0.24 to 0.48) | 1.80 (1.60 to 2.02) | 5.19 | 1.69 (1.27 to 2.21) | 0.75 (0.64 to 0.87) | 0.44 | 0.32 (0.29 to 0.35) | 0.27 (0.24 to 0.30) | 0.83* |
| 2012 | 0.26 (0.17 to 0.37) | 1.56 (1.37 to 1.75) | 6.07 | 1.47 (1.07 to 1.97) | 0.82 (0.70 to 0.95) | 0.56 | 0.33 (0.30 to 0.35) | 0.28 (0.25 to 0.31) | 0.86* |
| 2013 | 0.29 (0.20 to 0.41) | 1.80 (1.61 to 2.01) | 6.19 | 1.23 (0.89 to 1.67) | 0.93 (0.81 to 1.07) | 0.76 | 0.31 (0.29 to 0.34) | 0.30 (0.27 to 0.33) | 0.95† |
| 2014 | 0.48 (0.35 to 0.64) | 2.28 (2.07 to 2.52) | 4.76 | 1.72 (1.29 to 2.25) | 0.95 (0.82 to 1.08) | 0.55 | 0.30 (0.28 to 0.33) | 0.29 (0.26 to 0.32) | 0.96† |
| 2015 | 0.47 (0.35 to 0.63) | 2.47 (2.25 to 2.72) | 5.24 | 1.75 (1.34 to 2.26) | 0.99 (0.86 to 1.13) | 0.56 | 0.31 (0.29 to 0.34) | 0.31 (0.27 to 0.34) | 0.97† |
| Average APC | 4.06‡ | 7.04‡ | −4.21‡ | −2.22‡ | −0.23 | 1.38‡ | |||
*Rates are different at the 5% significance level.
†Rates are not different at the 5% significance level.
‡The APC is significantly different from zero at α=0.05.
APC, annual percentage change; FTEs, full-time equivalents.