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Workers' compensation

Vocational rehabilitation plan costs in constant dollars (2004), 1998-2004 [1]

Year of death	Wage and salary workers	Self-employed	Total	Rate per 100,000 workers
1991	58	31	89	3.9%
1992	59	44	103	4.5
1993	80	33	113	4.5
1994	56	26	82	3.2
1995	58	26	84	3.2
1996	57	35	92	3.7
1997	54	18	72	2.8
1998	64	24	88	3.4
1999	55	17	72	2.7
2000	53	15	68	2.5
2001	58	18	76	2.8
2002	64	17	81	2.9
2003	55	17	72	2.6
2004	63	17	80	2.9
2005	64	23	87	3.1
2006	57	21	78	2.8
2007	54	18	72	2.6
2008	39	26	65	2.4

1. Includes private-sector plus local, state and federal government (including resident armed forces). Includes self-employed and unpaid family workers, including family farm workers. Excludes fatal illnesses.

Source: Census of Occupational Injuries (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in cooperation with state and federal agencies).

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