Illness rates among serviceproviding industry sectors ranged
from 9.9 cases per 10,000 fulltime employees in finance and
insurance to 40.8 cases in health
care and social assistance in
2006.
Among the 15 service-providing
sectors, only information and
finance and insurance
experienced significant declines in
their respective illness rates from
2005 to 2006. The informationsector rate dropped from 19.1 to
14.0 cases per 10,000 full-time
employees; the rate of finance
and insurance fell from 13.2 to
9.9. Illness rates for the remaining
service-providing industry sectors
were relatively unchanged from
2005 to 2006.
C H A R T 1 6
The rate of illness among serviceproviding industries as a whole
was relatively unchanged in 2006
compared with 2005.
Total recordable nonfatal occupational illness
incidence rates, by service-providing private industry
sector, 2005–06
12.4
10.3
12.9
13.2
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Transportation
and warehousing
27.2
25.7
46.1
Utilities
39.7
19.1
Information
14.0
13.2
Finance and insurance
9.9
Real estate and rental
and leasing
Professional, scientific, and
technical services
Management of companies
and enterprises
Admin and support and waste
management and remediation
12.8
13.5
2005
7.6
2006
10.8
14.9
14.8
22.2
20.3
13.1
12.5
Education services
39.9
40.8
37.1
33.5
Health care and
social assistance
Arts, entertainment,
and recreation
Accommodation and
food services
14.0
13.5
17.4
10.8
Other services
0
10
20
30
40
Incidence rate per 10,000 full-time workers
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, October 2007
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