TABLE 2—

Comparison of Trends in Lost-Time Claims (WSIB) and Survey Respondents’ Reporting of Work-Related Injury Resulting in Activity Limitation (NPHS) or Work-Related Illness or Injury Work Absence of 1 Week or Longer (SLID): Ontario Labor Force Participants, Excluding Self-Employed, 1993–1998

	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	Percentage Change 1993–1998a
Labor Force, No.b	5 015 251	5 187 442	5 201 610	5 146 359	5 429 347	5 472 119	9.1
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
WSIB lost-time claims (Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 firms), No.c	125 122	125 644	118 814	103 080	101 806	97 190	−22.3
No./1000 workers	24.9	24.2	22.8	20.0	18.8	17.8	−28.8
Proportion of lost-time claims of greater than 7 daysd	0.55	0.53	0.51	0.49	0.48	0.47	−14.5
Estimated number of WSIB lost-time claims of greater than 7 days, No.	68 817	66 591	60 595	50 509	48 867	45 679	−33.6
No./1000 workers	13.7	12.8	11.6	9.8	9.0	8.3	−39.2
National Population Health Survey (NPHS)
Work-related injury resulting in activity limitation, previous 12 months, No.		347 011		133456		202 707	−36.2
No./1000 workers		61.9		23.9		33.7	−28.2
95% CI		53.5, 70.3		21.8, 26.0		26.7, 40.7
Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID)
Work-related illness- or injury-caused absence from work for 1 week or more, No.e	85 028	79 032	68 752	60 709	64 028	62 907	−26.0
No./1000 workers	17.0	15.2	13.2	11.8	11.8	11.5	−32.2
95% CI	14.2, 22.4	11.7, 18.8	9.9, 16.5	9.7, 13.9	9.7, 13.9	9.4, 13.6

Note. CI = confidence interval.

^aEstimated from linear slope regression.

^bWeighted estimate of Ontario labor force, excluding self-employed (SLID).

^cWSIB Statistical Supplement.14

^dSpecial tabulation, WSIB claim files.

^eSpecial tabulation, SLID.