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Table 1 Standardized incidence rate of fatal accidents at work by member state

From: On the differential impact of the recent economic downturn on work safety by nativity: the Spanish experience

Country

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

EU15

2.8

2.7

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.4

2.1

:

Euro Area

3.2

3.1

2.9

2.9

2.7

2.5

2.8

0.5

:

Belgium

3.1

3.8

2.6

2.4

2.9

2.6

2.6

2.5

3.6

Denmark

1.9

1.7

2

1.8

1.1

2.2

2.7

2

1.7

Germany

2.1

2

2.5

2.3

2.2

1.8

2.1

1.8

1.6

Ireland

2.3

2.6

2.6

3.2

2.2

3.1

2.1

1.7

2.4

Greece

2.7

2.9

3.8

3

2.5

1.6

3.8

:

:

Spain

4.7

4.4

4.3

3.7

3.2

3.5

3.5

2.3

3.3

France

3.4

3.2

2.6

2.8

2.7

2

3.4

2.2

1.5

Italy

3.3

3.1

2.1

2.8

2.5

2.6

2.9

2.5

3.4

Luxembourg

6.8

1.7

2.4

3.2

:

2.6

1.7

:

2.8

Netherlands

2.3

1.7

1.9

2

1.8

1.6

1.7

:

1.6

Austria

5.1

4.8

5.1

4.8

5.4

4.8

4.2

3.8

4.2

Portugal

8

9

7.6

6.7

6.3

6.5

5.2

6.3

5.3

Finland

2.1

2.4

2

1.9

2.5

2

1.5

1.3

1.4

Sweden

1.1

1.4

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.7

1.5

1.4

1.5

Great Britain

1.7

1.5

1.4

1.1

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.3

0.6

  1. Notes: Number of accidents which leads to the death of a victim within one year of the accident relative to the number of persons in employment in the reference population times 100,000.
  2. Source: Eurostat.
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