Total injury rate per 1000 entitlement claims with 95% CIs and percentage of total claims and differences per year by injury site from 1999 to 2007
| Body site | Total injury claims | Total injury costs | Difference over reporting years for total injury claims | Difference between 1999–2000 and 2006–2007 for total injury claims | |||||
| No. | Rate (95% CI) | % | NZD (%) | Mean | χ2 (df = 7) | p Value | χ2 (df = 1) | p Value | |
| Head and neck | 549 | 92.4 (85.0 to 100.4) | 9.2 | $9 314 686 (21.8) | $16 967 | 64 | <0.001 | 0.9 | 0.342 |
| Head (except face) | 149 | 25.1 (21.4 to 29.4) | 2.5 | $4 280 049 (10.0) | $28 725 | 15 | 0.025 | 0.6 | 0.431 |
| Neck, back of head | 169 | 28.4 (24.5 to 33.1) | 2.8 | $4 046 580 (9.4) | $23 944 | 30 | <0.001 | 0 | 0.938 |
| Face | 128 | 21.5 (18.1 to 25.6) | 2.2 | $661 316 (1.5) | $5167 | 19 | 0.007 | 0.8 | 0.361 |
| Eye | 27 | 4.5 (3.1 to 6.6) | 0.5 | $79 794 (0.2) | $2955 | 1 | 0.992 | 0 | 0.884 |
| Ear | 18 | 3.0 (1.9 to 4.8) | 0.3 | $36 856 (0.1) | $2048 | 6 | 0.540 | 0.5 | 0.443 |
| Nose | 58 | 9.8 (7.5 to 12.6) | 1.0 | $210 091 (0.5) | $3622 | 14 | 0.038 | 0.6 | 0.425 |
| Upper limb | 2334 | 392.7 (377.1 to 409.0) | 39.3 | $12 511 584 (29.2) | $5361 | 315 | <0.001 | 0.1 | 0.810 |
| Shoulder | 1008 | 169.6 (159.5 to 180.4) | 17 | $6 856 788 (16) | $6802 | 178 | <0.001 | 3 | 0.075 |
| Upper and lower arm | 48 | 58.6 (52.7 to 65.0) | 5.9 | $2 068 636 (4.8) | $43 097 | 42 | <0.001 | 2 | 0.143 |
| Elbow | 104 | 17.5 (14.4 to 21.2) | 1.7 | $487 568 (1.1) | $4688 | 9 | 0.247 | 3 | 0.053 |
| Hand/wrist | 528 | 88.8 (81.6 to 96.8) | 8.9 | $2 096 262 (4.9) | $3970 | 60 | <0.001 | 5 | 0.025 |
| Finger/thumb | 346 | 58.2 (52.4 to 64.7) | 5.8 | $1 002 330 (2.3) | $2897 | 57 | <0.001 | 0 | 0.985 |
| Lower limb | 2518 | 423.7 (407.5 to 440.6) | 42.4% | $13 490 695 (31.5) | $5358 | 259 | <0.001 | 1 | 0.189 |
| Hip, upper leg, thigh | 116 | 19.5 (16.3 to 23.4) | 2.0 | $496 371 (1.2) | $4279 | 21 | 0.003 | 0.5 | 0.498 |
| Knee | 1338 | 225.1 (213.4 to 237.5) | 22.5 | $8 750 147 (20.4) | $6540 | 148 | <0.001 | 1 | 0.194 |
| Lower leg | 339 | 57.0 (51.3 to 63.4) | 5.7 | $1 491 992 (3.5) | $4401 | 32 | <0.001 | 6 | 0.014 |
| Ankle | 633 | 106.5 (98.52 to 115.1) | 10.7 | $2 560 211 (6.0) | $4045 | 68 | <0.001 | 0.4 | 0.492 |
| Foot | 77 | 13.0 (10.4 to 16.2) | 1.3 | $185 947 (0.4) | $2415 | 25 | <0.001 | 1 | 0.247 |
| Toes | 15 | 2.5 (1.5 to 4.2) | 0.3 | $6027 (0.0) | $402 | 9 | 0.253 | 5 | 0.018 |
| Chest, back, other | 386 | 65.0 (58.8 to 71.8) | 6.5 | $4 510 585 (10.5) | $11 686 | 31 | <0.001 | 0 | 0.852 |
| Chest | 172 | 28.9 (24.9 to 33.6) | 2.9 | $250 588 (0.6) | $1457 | 34 | <0.001 | 5 | 0.016 |
| Back/spine | 174 | 29.3 (25.2 to 34.0) | 2.9 | $4 082 156 (9.5) | $23 461 | 13 | 0.067 | 0.7 | 0.397 |
| Abdomen/pelvis | 25 | 4.2 (2.8 to 6.2) | 0.4 | $151 222 (0.4) | $6049 | 7 | 0.336 | 5 | 0.021 |
| Internal organs | 12 | 2.0 (1.1 to 3.6) | 0.2 | $24 692 (0.1) | $2058 | 12 | 0.101 | 0.5 | 0.463 |
| Multiple locations | 3 | 0.5 (0.2 to 1.6) | 0.1 | $1927 (0.0) | $642 | 21 | 0.004 | 5 | 0.018 |
| Unknown | 199 | 33.5 (29.1 to 38.5) | 3.3 | $2 994 502.00 (7.0) | $15 048 | 61 | <0.001 | 3 | 0.048 |
Total injury costs, percentage of total costs and mean cost per claim by injury site from 1999 to 2007. Percentage totals do not equal 100% due to data rounding. Rates are per 1000 injury entitlement claims.