The charts show the percentage of annual injuries recorded from the workplace in different age groups in country A in 2018.
Overall, the proportions of injuries in the oldest age group were the highest in most kinds of industry. In contrast, workers in the middle age group had lower figures of workplace injuries, particularly in education and health and mining and construction.
In terms of sectors that had higher chances of having injuries increasing with age, the percentage of workers’ injuries in leisure and hospitality grew steadily about 7% to 10% in each age group, which was 13%, 20%, 30%, 37%, respectively. In the manufacturing sector, the injuries rates peaked at age 35 to 49, reaching 35% before declining to 25% in the 50 to over 60 age group. Meanwhile, the figure for the youngest age group was 15%, which was 10% lower than the figure for workers aged 25 to 24.
Regarding the remaining sectors, which shared a similar pattern, albeit in reverse, the two higher injury rates groups in education and health were the oldest and the youngest age group, at 40% and 30%, in that order. In addition, the middle age group recorded the lower rates, at 25% in 35 to 49 and just only 5% in the 25 to 34 age group. However, in mining and construction, the highest figure was in the 15 to 24 age group, followed by the last group, at 35%. In the middle age group, the 25 to 34 age group outnumbered the 35 to 49 group with 15% compared to 10%.