Table 7
Number and percentage who sought treatment for injury, and percentage who sustained serious injury, by activity when injury occurred, employed household population aged 18 to 75 who sustained at least one activity-limiting injury in past year, Canada, 2003
Activity when injury occurred |
Number who sought treatment ('000)
|
% who sought treatment
|
% who sustained serious injury‡
|
---|---|---|---|
Total |
1,372
|
61.6
|
23.6
|
Working at job or business† |
417
|
66.2
|
19.8
|
Sports or physical exercise |
314
|
51.5*
|
23.4*
|
Household chores, other unpaid work |
219
|
60.4*
|
23.6
|
Leisure or hobby |
169
|
62.9
|
27.4*
|
Travel to or from work |
91
|
73.3*
|
27.8*
|
Sleeping, eating, personal care |
32
|
70.0
|
16.1
|
Other |
129
|
69.9
|
30.6*
|
† Reference category | |||
‡ Defined as a burn or scald, concussion, fracture, internal injury or multiple injuries | |||
* Significantly different from estimate for reference category (p < 0.05) | |||
Source: 2003 Canadian Community Health Survey. |
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