The last ten years: Trends in Australian jurisdictions stress claims: Statistical data to accompany jurisdictional activity

The aim of this paper is to provide information and data sourced from the National Data Set (NDS) provided by the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (NOHSC). This information reflects the most current available information on the number, incidence and frequency rate of stress related data for Australia involving 5 days or more time lost based on workers compensation statistics. However, it does not include data on injury costs. The most recent information available at the time of reporting was the 1999-2000 data sets. This report is meant to be read as a companion paper to the "Jurisdictional Stress Initiatives Paper" published in Comparisons of Workers Compensation Arrangements in Australian Jurisdictions July 20011 which discusses both regulatory and non-regulatory approaches to claims that were used by Australian and New Zealand jurisdictions as of July 2000.