Workers' Compensation: A Background for Social Security Professionals

by Ann Clayton
Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 65 No. 4, 2003/2004

Text description for Chart 1

Chart 1, and the following table, give an example of the distribution of benefits for workers' compensation cases.

Distribution of workers' compensation cases and cash benefits, by type of disability, 1996–1998
Type of disability Percentage
of cases		 Percentage
of benefits
Temporary 71 26
Permanent partial 28 63
Permanent total and fatalities 1 11
 

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