Chapter 2 - Personnel
           
Table 2.39 New claims and settled claims by broad cause in each year
The data in this table are not National Statistics because they have not been assessed as such by the UK Statistics Authority.
New Claims Notified
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
2008/09
Total
 8 447 7 686 6 820 7 389 7 605
Asbestos Related
 904 809 223 190 156
Clinical Negligence
 87 69 67 86 55
Fall
 352 319 306 305 313
Handling/Sprain
 82 51 59 53 77
Impact
 254 246 178 97 93
Low Flying
 614 616 506 336 202
Machinery/Vibration White Finger
 37 29 58 45 33
Maritime
 18 29 24 25 17
Noise Induced Hearing Loss
 129 208 418 579 728
Other Causes
 1 554 1 122 1 081 2 342 2 959
Not Known1
 186 216 63 91 24
Vehicle Related
 4 230 3 972 3 837 3 240 2 948
Settled Claims Notified
          
Total
 7 757 8 012 6 980 6 419 6 347
Asbestos Related
 620 846 611 314 210
Clinical Negligence
 25 28 23 16 23
Fall
 318 291 395 339 329
Handling/Sprain
 95 56 108 93 80
Impact
 211 187 328 272 181
Low Flying
 506 552 437 255 166
Machinery/Vibration White Finger
 92 70 71 62 53
Maritime
 10 14 13 13 7
Noise Induced Hearing Loss
 116 104 357 500 380
Other Causes
 840 1 021 662 1 499 1 366
Not Known1
 232 242 127 162 74
Vehicle Related
 4 692 4 601 3 848 2 894 3 478
Source: MOD Claims Annual Reports

Number of settled claims by broad cause in 2008/092


1. The cause of a claim may not be known at the New Claims stage if for example, the claimant simply states that they have a claim but does not state exactly     what it is. At settlement stage, although the cause of the claim will be recorded on the claim file, it may not always be recorded on the databases from which     these data are drawn.
2. Clinical negligence, Machinery/ Vibration White Finger and Maritime are included in "other causes" as these are the causes with the smallest number of     claims.