Table 2.

Total work disability arising from initial and recurrent workers’ compensation claims in Victoria, 1995–2008

Category	Initial claims			Recurrent claims			Total claims			p Value
	N	Row %	Col %	N	Row %	Col %	N	Row %	Col %	Row	Col
Work-loss, years
All time-loss claims	84422	44.7	–	104556	55.3	–	188978	100	–	0.000	–
Males	45570	38.7	53.4	72211	61.3	69.1	117781	100	62.3	0.000	0.000
Females	38130	54.8	45.2	31404	45.2	30.1	69534	100	36.8	0.000	0.000
Injury	53713	44.8	63.6	66026	55.2	63.1	119739	100	63.4	0.000	0.000
Disease	30709	44.4	36.4	38530	55.6	36.9	69239	100	36.6	0.000	NS
Age category
15–19	2170	84.6	2.6	396	15.4	0.4	2566	100	1.4	0.000	0.007
20–24	6050	66.8	7.2	3010	33.2	2.9	9060	100	4.8	0.000	0.000
25–34	17350	50.5	20.6	16980	49.5	16.2	34330	100	18.2	NS	0.000
35–44	23606	44.0	28.0	30012	56.0	28.7	53618	100	28.4	0.000	NS
45–54	24943	40.6	29.5	36493	59.4	34.9	61436	100	32.5	0.000	0.000
55–59	7426	37.0	8.8	12650	63.0	12.1	20076	100	10.6	0.000	0.000
60–64	2468	35.8	2.9	4418	64.2	4.2	6886	100	3.6	0.000	0.006
65+	408	40.6	2.6	597	59.4	0.6	1005	100	0.5	0.000	0.008