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January 13 2002
ACC Claims for Sexual Abuse, 1988 to 2001
by Gordon Waugh
ACC New
Claims Sexual Abuse,
1988 to 2001 (Year 1 July to 30 June)
1988 221
1989 445
1990 667
1991 1,075
1992 2,173
1993 13,000
1994 10,800
1995 11,750
1996 9,982 -
The lump-sum money stopped about here !!!
1997 8,362
1998 7,236
1999 7,971
2000 4,400
2001 4,289
Total 82,971
Over the 1993 - 1999 period, the average was 69,101 / 7 = 9,872 per annum.
In the same period, about 750 would be convicted annually for sexual
crimes. On that basis, ACC claims are
13 times higher. They have usurped
the function of the Courts, and these figures tend to indicate ACC has a much
more accurate way of deciding whether sexual abuse occurred !!!
Note : ACC Website gives figures for
New & Accepted Claims, but does not appear to give data on numbers of
claims declined. This would appear to
account for their lower website figures from 1994/5 to 2000/1.
It is also interesting to note that around 10,000 claimants are having
"treatment" by counsellors at any one time. Some continue on for longer than ten
years.
Gordon Waugh
Whenuapai
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