Table 5
Percentage distribution of body part injured 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 |
Body part injured
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total
|
Hand
|
Lower back
|
Ankle/ Foot
|
Knee
|
Shoulder
|
Elbow
|
Wrist
|
Other
|
|
| Total† |
100.0
|
27.6
|
15.7
|
12.1
|
9.5
|
8.4
|
4.0
|
3.7
|
16.7
|
| White collar |
100.0
|
20.8*
|
19.7*
|
14.6
|
11.5E
|
7.6
|
2.8E
|
18.8
|
|
| Sales, service |
100.0
|
33.0*
|
13.8
|
13.1E
|
10.0E
|
6.2E
|
3.8E
|
12.8*
|
|
| Trades, transport, equipment operation |
100.0
|
29.1
|
14.2
|
9.5*
|
9.4
|
10.6
|
3.8E
|
3.2E
|
16.8
|
| Primary industries | 100.0 |
25.5
|
12.9E
|
13.5E
|
10.6E
|
17.9E
|
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| Processing, manufacturing, utilities |
100.0
|
30.4
|
15.8E
|
11.0E
|
10.6E
|
17.7E
|
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| † 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. | |||||||||
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