Table 2.

Emergency department visits for the treatment of injury attributed to workplace violence, by sex (Ontario 2004–2014)

Year	Incidence rate per 1000 FTEs		Rate ratio=F/M
	Male	Female
2004	0.28 (0.26 to 0.30)	0.20 (0.18 to 0.22)	0.73 (0.65 to 0.82)
2005	0.28 (0.26 to 0.31)	0.20 (0.18 to 0.22)	0.71 (0.63 to 0.79)
2006	0.26 (0.24 to 0.28)	0.19 (0.17 to 0.20)	0.73 (0.65 to 0.82)
2007	0.25 (0.23 to 0.27)	0.20 (0.18 to 0.22)	0.80 (0.71 to 0.90)
2008	0.25 (0.23 to 0.27)	0.18 (0.17 to 0.20)	0.75 (0.66 to 0.84)
2009	0.25 (0.24 to 0.27)	0.19 (0.18 to 0.21)	0.76 (0.68 to 0.86)
2010	0.26 (0.24 to 0.28)	0.21 (0.19 to 0.23)	0.80 (0.71 to 0.90)
2011	0.24 (0.22 to 0.26)	0.21 (0.19 to 0.23)	0.87 (0.78 to 0.98)
2012	0.25 (0.23 to 0.27)	0.21 (0.19 to 0.23)	0.85 (0.76 to 0.95)
2013	0.27 (0.25 to 0.29)	0.24 (0.22 to 0.26)	0.90 (0.80 to 1.00)
2014	0.27 (0.25 to 0.29)	0.27 (0.25 to 0.29)	1.00 (0.90 to 1.11)
Average APC	−0.48	2.69*

*The APC is significantly different from zero at α=0.05.

APC, annual percentage change; FTEs, full-time equivalents.