| Table 8. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work 1 by selected worker characteristics and number of days away | ||||||||||||
| from work, 2003 | ||||||||||||
| West Virginia--private industry | ||||||||||||
| Characteristic | Percent of cases involving | Median days away from work |
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| Total cases |
1 day | 2 days | 3
to 5 days |
6
to 10 days |
11
to 20 days |
21
to 30 days |
31
days or more |
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| Total [12,830 cases] | 100.0 | 12.9 | 12.2 | 18.6 | 11.5 | 10.4 | 5.5 | 29.0 | 7 | |||
| Sex: | ||||||||||||
| Men | 100.0 | 12.7 | 11.4 | 18.8 | 10.7 | 10.1 | 5.1 | 31.0 | 8 | |||
| Women | 100.0 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 18.0 | 13.1 | 10.8 | 5.9 | 24.5 | 7 | |||
| Age: | ||||||||||||
| 14 to 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 16 to 19 | 100.0 | 22.2 | 28.9 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 8.9 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 2 | |||
| 20 to 24 | 100.0 | 20.2 | 15.7 | 23.0 | 9.0 | 8.4 | 3.4 | 19.7 | 4 | |||
| 25 to 34 | 100.0 | 13.1 | 14.3 | 20.0 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 6.9 | 24.8 | 6 | |||
| 35 to 44 | 100.0 | 12.7 | 10.8 | 17.8 | 13.1 | 8.3 | 5.4 | 32.2 | 8 | |||
| 45 to 54 | 100.0 | 9.4 | 9.1 | 16.0 | 11.1 | 15.7 | 4.5 | 33.8 | 12 | |||
| 55 to 64 | 100.0 | 7.5 | 5.7 | 17.0 | 13.2 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 46.2 | 23 | |||
| 65 and over | 100.0 | -- | -- | 25.0 | -- | -- | -- | 37.5 | 10 | |||
| Length of service with employer: | ||||||||||||
| Less than 3 months | 100.0 | 15.4 | 15.4 | 18.1 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 5.9 | 23.4 | 6 | |||
| 3 to 11 months | 100.0 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 23.8 | 10.6 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 27.2 | 5 | |||
| 1 to 5 years | 100.0 | 12.9 | 12.4 | 17.2 | 11.4 | 11.8 | 5.8 | 28.8 | 8 | |||
| More than 5 years | 100.0 | 11.6 | 9.2 | 17.4 | 12.7 | 10.8 | 5.3 | 33.0 | 10 | |||
| Race or ethnic origin: | ||||||||||||
| White only | 100.0 | 13.3 | 12.9 | 18.7 | 11.3 | 11.0 | 5.1 | 27.5 | 7 | |||
| Black only | 100.0 | 18.2 | -- | 31.8 | 13.6 | 13.6 | -- | 13.6 | 5 | |||
| Hispanic or Latino only | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| Asian only | 100.0 | -- | -- | 33.3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | |||
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander only | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| American Indian or Alaskan Native only | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | |||
| Hispanic or Latino and other race | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| Multi-race | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 13 | |||
| 1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that result in days away from work with or without job | SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational | |||||||||||
| transfer or restriction. | Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies. | |||||||||||
| NOTE: Dashes indicate data that are not available. Because of rounding and data exclusion of | ||||||||||||
| nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals. | ||||||||||||