Table INJAGE1_3YR

Estimated incidence and rates of reportable non-fatal injury to workers, by age and gender, averaged 2003/04-2005/06.

Gender	Age group	Sample cases	Averaged estimated incidence (thousands)			Averaged rate per 100 000 workers
			central	95% C.I.		central	95% C.I.
			central	lower	upper	central	lower	upper
Males	16 - 24	136	29	24	34	1450	1200	1690
	25 - 34	283	55	49	62	1750	1540	1960
	35 - 44	337	59	52	65	1540	1370	1710
	45 - 54	256	44	39	50	1400	1230	1570
	55+	196	33	28	37	1290	1110	1470
	Total	1208	220	207	232	1500	1410	1590
Females	16 - 24	77	16	12	19	830	640	1020
	25 - 34	103	19	15	22	670	540	800
	35 - 44	167	28	24	32	830	710	960
	45 - 54	167	27	23	31	940	800	1090
	55+	116	19	15	23	1030	830	1220
	Total	630	108	100	117	850	780	920
All persons	16 - 24	213	44	38	50	1150	990	1300
	25 - 34	386	74	67	82	1250	1120	1370
	35 - 44	504	87	79	95	1210	1100	1320
	45 - 54	423	71	64	78	1180	1070	1290
	55+	312	52	46	58	1180	1040	1310
	Total	1838	328	313	344	1200	1140	1250

Notes:

Reportable workplace injuries include all those sustained as a result of a non-road traffic accident, resulting in over 3 days of absence from work.

Definitions and data reliability.
Research by the Institute of Employment Research (IER) indicates that differing rates of non-fatal injury between younger and older workers is largerly explained by the industry/occupational profiles of the working population in those groups.