Declining trends in young worker injury rates, 2000 to 2007

Although young males have typically had higher work-related injury rates than older men, this trend has changed in some parts of Canada. In at least two provinces, Ontario and Quebec, 15- to 24-year-old men now have similar rates as older men, and British Columbia has also seen some declines among young men.

This Issue Briefing presents a detailed breakdown of workplace injury rates for men and women in these three provinces over time, and suggests potential reasons for the trends.

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