Thursday 5 February 2009

So, this is where Jeff, buried the Injured Workers

Australian Disability Statistics.

Between 1981 and 2003, the number of people with disability increased
from 1.9 million to 3.9 million.

The total number of people with severe or profound limitation increased
by 173%, from 453,000 to more than 1.2 million people.

Accident or injury; disease, illness or hereditary disorders; and work-related
conditions were the most common reported known causes of main disabling
conditions in both 1998 and 2003 (Table A6).

In 2003, the unemployment rate for people with disability (almost 9%)
was significantly higher than for people without disability (5%). The rate was
twice as high (10%) for people with severe or profound limitations

Between 1998 and 2003 almost all the increase in employees with disability
was in the private sector. The number of employees with severe or profound
core activity limitations fell in both the private and the government sector.

Between 1998 and 2003, there was an increase of 93,900 people needing
help with core activities. Most of these people relied mainly on family or
friends for assistance.

By 2010, the total number of Australians with severe or profound core activity
limitations is projected to increase to 1.5 million. (A severe or profound core
activity limitation is defined as sometimes or always requiring personal
assistance or supervision with self-care, mobility or communication (ABS 2004;)

Age cohort analyses show that people with severe or profound core activity
limitations tended to exit the labour force earlier than people with disability
generally.

Ref: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2008. Disability in Australia:
trends in prevalence, education, employment and community living. Bulletin
no. 61. Cat. no. AUS 103. Canberra: AIHW.

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