Table 3.
Average and median work disability arising from initial and recurrent workers compensation claims in Victoria, 1995–2008
| Category | Initial claims |
Recurrent claims |
Total claims |
p Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD), days | Median (IQR), days | Mean (SD), days | Median (IQR), days | Mean (SD), days | Median (IQR), days | Row | |
| All time-loss claims | 85.6 (257.1) | 10 (10–38) | 93.4 (276.5) | 10 (10–39) | 89.8 (267.6) | 10 (10–39) | 0.000 |
| Males | 76.2 (241.3) | 10 (10–34) | 86.4 (267.2) | 10 (10–34) | 82.2 (256.7) | 10 (10–34) | 0.000 |
| Females | 102.9 (284.2) | 10 (10–50) | 118.5 (309.6) | 10 (10–65) | 109.4 (295.1) | 10 (10–56) | 0.000 |
| Injury | 75.1 (244.0) | 10 (10–30) | 86.1 (275.9) | 10 (10–30) | 80.7 (261.2) | 10 (10–30) | 0.000 |
| Disease | 113.9 (286.5) | 14 9 (10–71) | 109.3 (277.1) | 11 (10–65) | 111.3 (281.3) | 13 (10–67) | 0.000 |
| Age category | |||||||
| 15–19 | 29.5 (91.6) | 10 (10–16) | 26.7 (91.6) | 10 (10–10) | 29.0 (91.6) | 10 (10–15) | NS |
| 20–24 | 40.1 (123.7) | 10 (10–21) | 40.3 (135.7) | 10 (10–15) | 40.2 (127.8) | 10 (10–20) | NS |
| 25–34 | 68.5 (207.6) | 10 (10–31) | 65.5 (205.9) | 10 (10–26) | 66.9 (206.7) | 10 (10–29) | NS |
| 35–44 | 102.7 (286.6) | 10 (10–48) | 92.6 (275.6) | 10 (10–39) | 96.8 (280.3) | 10 (10–42) | 0.000 |
| 45–54 | 127.2 (349.8) | 11 (10–63) | 120.7 (340.6) | 10 (10–55) | 123.2 (344.3) | 10 (10–58) | 0.034 |
| 55–59 | 139.3 (336.9) | 15 (10–70) | 136.1 (337.2) | 12 (10–67) | 137.5 (337.1) | 13 (10–68) | NS |
| 60–64 | 106.9 (213.5) | 16 (10–72) | 101.6 (204.7) | 15 (10–72) | 103.5 (207.8) | 16 (10–72) | NS |
| 65+ | 80.6 (122.5) | 25 (10–85.75) | 76.8 (127.4) | 20 (10–70) | 78.3 (125.5) | 22 (10–77) | NS |