Nearly one in three Americans ages 35-65 will become disabled for more than 90 days.[1]

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Two-thirds of disabiling injuries suffered by workers in 2004 were off-the-job, meaning they weren't covered by workers' compensation.[2]

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A fatal injury occurs every 5 minutes and a disabiling injury occurs every two seconds.[4]

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References:
1. LIMRA, HR Trends and Challenges, LIMRA International, 2007.
2. LIMRA, Unpublished Employee Study Data, LIMRA International, 2005.
3. Business Roundtable, "Business Roundtable Releases Fourth Quarter 2006 CEO Economic Outlook Survey." [cited April 12, 2007]; available from http://www.businessroundtable.org/newsroom/Document.aspx?qs=5914CF800AE524259C332D867D17A284BCB118C.
4. Ceridian Connection, Generational Competence: A New Approach to Human Capital Management, Ceridian, July, 2005. [cited May 23, 2007]; available from http://www.ceridian.com/myceridian/connection/article/archive/0,3263,13072,58763,00.html.