Thomas S A, Stone W E, Greenwood K
Health Psychology Centre, La Trobe University, Carlton, Australia.
Int J Rehabil Res. 1990;13(3):195-203.
This paper reviews international and Australian data concerning the occurrence of back injuries amongst the labour force. Analyses of Australian Bureau of Statistics data for the period 1977 to 1986 revealed substantial differences between Australian states in their rates of back injury claims for work injuries, with a decline in rates over the ten years surveyed. Analyses of WorkCare data from the State of Victoria in Australia revealed that claimants with back injury claims of greater than 12 months standing were very costly. A total of 8,633 claimants accounted for 68.7% of all payments for back injury ($362 million out of a total of $527 million) when these claimants represented only 10.7% of all back injury claimants for the period September 1985 to May 1989. Substantial variations were found in claim rates across occupations and age levels. An almost linear (r = 0.98) association was found between age and proportion of long term claimants at each age level. It is suggested that these data could be used to identify 'at risk' groupings with a view to the implementation of preventive measures.
本文回顾了有关劳动力中背部损伤发生率的国际和澳大利亚数据。对澳大利亚统计局1977年至1986年期间数据的分析显示，澳大利亚各州工伤背部损伤索赔率存在显著差异，在所调查的十年中索赔率有所下降。对澳大利亚维多利亚州WorkCare数据的分析表明，背部损伤索赔持续时间超过12个月的索赔者成本很高。在1985年9月至1989年5月期间，8633名索赔者占背部损伤所有赔付的68.7%（总计5.27亿美元中的3.62亿美元），而这些索赔者仅占所有背部损伤索赔者的10.7%。在不同职业和年龄组中发现索赔率存在很大差异。在每个年龄组中，年龄与长期索赔者比例之间发现了几乎呈线性关系（r = 0.98）。建议这些数据可用于识别“风险”群体，以便实施预防措施。
