Age related differences in work XXXX : a comparison of workers' compensation claims among adolescents, young adults, and adults.

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BACKGROUND: There is growing evidence that adolescent workers are at greater risk for @entity130 . AIMS: To investigate the severity of @entity130 across age groups. METHODS: Workers' compensation records were used to examine work related @entity130 among adolescents (15-19 years old), young adults (20-24 years old), and adults (25+ years old) between 1993 and 2000. The incidence of compensated @entity130 was calculated for each age group and compared by gender, industry, and @entity130 . The presence and degree of @entity73 in each age group was also examined. RESULTS: For males, adolescents and young adults had higher claim rates than adults. For females, adults had the highest claim rates and young adults the lowest. Rates of @entity73 indicated that age was positively associated with severity of injury. CONCLUSIONS: Indicators of health consequences, in particular presence of @entity73 , provide preliminary evidence that compensated @entity130 sustained by youth are not as serious as @entity130 sustained by adults. Nevertheless, there was evidence that some young workers sustain @entity130 that have long term consequences. Documenting the consequences of the @entity130 that young workers sustain has implications for secondary prevention efforts and health services policy.
