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| | MDC Report |
 | | Numbers are summarized for all MDC’s showing that total lost-work days, for any unscheduled absence due to illness or injury (including sick leave, short and long term disability, and workers’ compensation), add up to 850 days per 100 workers (or 8.5 days per worker, equating to an absence rate of 3.4% assuming 250 work-days annually). |
 | | The report, called Disability Benchmarks by Major Diagnostic Category, was prepared by Work Loss Data Institute (WLDI) to answer the question "How are we doing?", which is increasingly being asked by employers, disability insurers, and consultants. |
 | | To prepare the report WLDI mapped the raw ICD9 data in these databases to the 25 Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC) which are commonly used in benchmarking. |
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