Table 6
Percentage distribution of type of injury among people sustaining at least one activity-limiting work injury in past year, by occupational category, employed household population aged 18 to 75, Canada, 2003

Occupational category	Type of injury
	Total	Sprain/ Strain	Cut	Fracture	Burn/ Scald	Scrape	Dislocation	Other
Total†	100.0	39.8	21.1	10.9	6.2	5.8	3.1	13.2
White collar	100.0	48.4*	18.3	8.3E	F	5.9E	3.0E	13.6
Sales, service	100.0	37.7	20.9	8.9E	14.7E*	5.4E	3.2E	9.2E*
Trades, transport, equipment operation	100.0	37.2	21.0	10.9	4.4E	6.5E	3.3E	14.8
Primary industries	100.0	38.9	22.4E	18.5E*	F	F	3.2E	8.8E*
Processing, manufacturing, utilities	100.0	32.7*	21.7	15.2E	5.9E	F	F	17.3E
†  Reference category
*  Significantly different from estimate for Total (p < 0.05)
E  use with caution (coefficient of variation 16.6% to 33.3%)
F  too unreliable to be published (coefficient of variation greater than 33.3%)
Source: 2003 Canadian Community Health Survey.