Obesity and Its Relationship with Occupational Injury in the Canadian Workforce

Table 1

Description characteristics of workforce within the 1998–2000 National Population Health Survey (𝑁=7,678).

Variable	Prevalence (%)
Gender, % men	56.1
Race, % white	89.9
Age
<40 y	51.8
≥40 y	48.2
BMI
Normal	39.0
Overweight	40.0
Obese	21.0
Alcohol consumption
Nondrinker	30.6
Light drinker	38.7
Heavy drinker	16.4
No response	14.3
Smoking status
Smoker	30.3
Former smoker	26.0
Nonsmoker	43.7
Family income
Low	6.4
Low-moderate	20.5
Moderate-high	39.0
High	28.2
Not reported	5.9
Type of occupation
Sedentary	53.3
Some activity	20.6
Labour intensive	26.1
Occupational injuries
Any injury	3.6
Serious injuries	2.7
Type of injury
Broken bone/fracture	0.5
Sprain/strain	1.5
Location of injury
Upper limb	1.1
Lower limb	1.2
Torso	0.7
Cause of injury
Fall	0.8
Overexertion	0.7
Contact	1.5