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Table 1 The incidence of approved work-related injuries per 1000 firefighters by the region and year (2010 to 2014)

From: An overview of compensated work-related injuries among Korean firefighters from 2010 to 2015

Variables

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Total

N a

n b

c

N a

n b

c

N a

n b

c

N a

n b

c

N a

n b

c

N a

n b

c

Region

Seoul

5800

67

11.6

6051

90

14.9

6359

55

8.7

6501

51

7.8

6461

70

10.8

30,839

333

10.7

Busan

2546

34

13.4

2546

28

11.0

2559

26

10.2

2594

20

7.7

2635

20

7.6

12,752

128

9.9

Daegu

1878

34

18.1

1959

24

12.3

1959

18

9.2

1985

31

15.6

1975

34

17.2

9615

141

14.5

Incheon

2222

16

7.2

2237

18

8.1

2246

7

3.1

2255

27

12.0

2236

27

12.1

11,101

95

8.5

Gwangju

1092

6

5.5

1092

6

5.5

1092

5

4.6

1115

3

2.7

1108

2

1.8

5477

22

4.0

Daejeon

1129

11

9.7

1136

17

15.0

1139

13

11.4

1158

12

10.4

1157

10

8.6

5656

63

11.0

Ulsan

717

12

16.7

777

11

14.2

835

8

9.6

835

3

3.6

828

10

12.1

3948

44

11.0

Gyeonggi

5538

81

14.6

5957

77

13.0

6176

62

10.0

6176

70

11.3

6418

67

10.4

29,908

357

11.8

Gangwon

2277

28

12.9

2203

30

13.6

2253

22

9.8

2290

29

12.7

2291

31

13.5

11,074

140

12.5

Chungbuk

1378

16

11.6

1382

16

11.6

1456

13

8.9

1479

13

8.8

1462

6

4.1

7093

64

8.9

Chungnam

2033

21

10.3

2059

17

8.3

1986

20

10.1

2270

18

7.9

2270

10

4.4

10,532

86

8.1

Jeonbuk

1970

21

10.7

1970

23

11.7

1970

32

16.2

1970

27

13.7

1927

31

16.1

9673

134

13.7

Jeonnam

2058

14

6.8

2062

17

8.2

2066

12

5.8

2066

10

4.8

2022

20

9.9

10,201

73

7.1

Gyeongbuk

2570

13

5.1

2747

9

3.3

2934

13

4.4

3033

13

4.3

2976

14

4.7

14,198

62

4.3

Gyeongnam

2764

22

8.0

2764

27

9.8

2780

28

10.1

2823

10

3.5

2796

20

7.2

13,820

107

7.7

Jeju

594

7

11.8

627

7

11.2

647

11

17.0

647

7

10.8

647

7

10.8

3123

39

12.3

Total

36,711

403

11.0

37,826

417

11.0

38,557

345

8.9

39,519

344

8.7

40,406

379

9.4

191,131

1888

9.8

  1. Firefighters working in Sejong are included in Chungnam. aTotal number of firefighters; bNumber of approved work-related injuries; cProportion of injuries (per 1000 persons)