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Time-loss injuries: 1994-2004
CBC News Online | April 22, 2006

NUMBER OF ACCEPTED TIME-LOSS INJURIES BY PROVINCE
Province 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
NL 6,646 6,150 5,272 5,295 5,879
PEI 2,094 2,443 2,436 1,794 2,034
NS 13,223 10,463 7,940 8,199 8,159
NB 4,784 4,310 3,906 4,212 4,729
QC 135,482 129,926 119,633 117,407 116,060
ON 125,638 118,812 103,071 101,806 97,190
MB 17,740 17,405 17,255 17,738 18,658
SK 13 337 14,206 13,465 14,345 13,872
AB 30,801 30,285 31,835 35,234 36,104
BC 79,428 74,881 71,602 72,428 71,502
NT/NU 1,120 1,049 975 873 780
YT 463 534 495 520 393
Total 430,756 410,464 377,885 379,851 375,360


NUMBER OF ACCEPTED TIME-LOSS INJURIES BY PROVINCE
Province 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
NL 6,640 6,609 6,173 5,517 5,247 4,834
PEI 2,099 2,066 1,779 1,475 r 1,241 1,037
NS 8,547 9,232 9,082 8,724 8,849 9,173
NB 5,170 5,354 5,162 4,685 4,604 4,185
QC 116,797 119,135 112,887 110,244 107,160 104,209
ON 100,727 104,154 98,359 95,568 93,234 90,397
MB 18,979 19,721 18,544 17,919 17,586 17,260
SK 13,720 14,945 15,065 15,623 15,135 13,880
AB 35,393 39,393 38,755 38,426 37,335 35,969
BC 70,090 70,661 66,076 59,530 56,946 52,289
NT/NU 871 835 889 968 936 817
YT 417 397 445 495 442 452
Total 379,450 392,502 373,216 359,174 348,715 340,502
r: PEI number restated
Source: Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada



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