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Report / Royal Commission on Civil Liability and Compensation for Personal Injury.

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Civil Liability and Compensation for Personal Injury
Date:
1978
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Licence: Open Government Licence

Credit: Report / Royal Commission on Civil Liability and Compensation for Personal Injury. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table 1 Numbers of injuries each year United Kingdom, 1973-1975 Thousands Males Females Children All 15 and 15 and under 15 | over over and students Injuries at work 720 630 90 — Motor vehicle injuries! 290 160 80 50 Other injuries | 2,040 660 620 760 Of which possibly due to the act or omission of another 880 260 160 460 All injuries 3,050 1,450 790 810 1 Other than while at work. Figures estimated by the Commission. 40 Most injuries have no long lasting consequences. Reliable figures are available only in respect of the working population, among whom incapacity for work due to injury usually lasts for less than three weeks, and rarely for more than six months, as shown in table 2. There may be some residual dis- ability, however, even when incapacity for work is fairly short. Table 2 Duration of incapacity for work due to injury Working population Great Britain, 1973-1975 Percentage of annual spells of incapacity Percentage of spells Cumulative percentage terminating in period of spells terminating by end of period Duration: Over 3 days—1 week 18-5 18-5 Over 1 week-—2 weeks 27:4 45-9 Over 2 weeks—4 weeks 2hS 73:5 Over 4 weeks—8 weeks | 16-0 89-5 Over 8 weeks—3 months 5°5 94:9 Over 3 months—6 months 3:4 98-3 Over 6 months 1-6 Source: Based on Department of Health and Social Security records of 1-7 million spells of incapacity due to injury qualifying for sickness or industrial injury benefit. Deaths 41 About 21,000 people die each year in the United Kingdom as a result of accidental injury or purposely inflicted violence. This number represents some 1]
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