Sex	Diagnostic category	Rheumatologists and Occupational Physicians									Rheumatologists (MOSS)									Occupational Physicians (OPRA)
		1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006(p)	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006(p)	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006(p)
Male	Upper limb disorders*	2394	2965	2620	2692	3140	1693	2494	2006	1779	648	936	792	1008	846	708	867	721	694	1746	2029	1828	1684	2294	985	1627	1285	1085
	Raynauds/HAV/VWF	689	714	851	867	1131	435	870	633	574	84	192	168	336	238	190	182	129	91	605	522	683	531	893	245	688	504	483
	Other hand/wrist/arm	958	1471	987	985	1118	713	823	860	737	300	432	372	372	245	275	308	375	369	658	1039	615	613	873	438	515	485	368
	Elbow	530	468	457	528	448	248	505	349	225	132	144	132	216	244	92	266	187	154	398	324	325	312	204	156	239	162	71
	Shoulder	265	348	349	396	463	338	341	233	261	144	192	144	120	127	168	142	70	86	121	156	205	276	336	170	199	163	175
	Spine/back disorders*	1097	1467	1033	1153	877	1041	1173	890	710	312	432	264	180	142	229	200	137	206	785	1035	769	973	735	812	973	753	504
	Neck/thoracic spine	289	360	204	336	162	188	230	167	153	108	204	96	132	66	80	72	42	104	181	156	108	204	96	108	158	125	49
	Lumbar spine/trunk	832	1155	853	853	751	877	956	754	557	216	252	180	48	100	149	141	107	102	616	903	673	805	651	728	815	647	455
	Lower limb disorders*	350	434	264	264	368	279	436	287	247	192	84	96	24	56	15	125	85	59	158	350	168	240	312	264	311	202	188
	Hip/knee/leg	194	385	168	192	260	230	280	188	166	84	60	48	12	44	14	85	61	21	110	325	120	180	216	216	195	127	145
	Ankle/foot	156	49	96	72	108	49	156	123	81	108	24	48	12	12	1	40	48	38	48	25	48	60	96	48	116	75	43
	Others	108	192	96	228	205	135	135	124	147	36	72	36	60	25	27	23	15	29	72	120	60	168	180	108	112	109	118
	Total number of diagnoses**	4021	5142	4061	4457	4646	3213	4296	3431	2901	1212	1572	1224	1308	1101	996	1259	1034	994	2809	3570	2837	3149	3545	2217	3037	2397	1907
	Total number of individuals	3816	4974	3977	4157	4560	3110	4113	3282	2815	1152	1476	1188	1200	1063	965	1164	949	946	2664	3498	2789	2957	3497	2145	2949	2333	1869
Female	Upper limb disorders*	2564	2209	2315	2225	1987	1582	1683	1458	1269	996	936	888	816	723	685	655	620	529	1568	1273	1427	1409	1264	897	1028	838	740
	Raynauds/HAV/VWF	-	49	24	12	50	1	12	-	12	-	36	12	12	48	1	-	-	12	-	13	12	-	2	-	12	-	-
	Other hand/wrist/arm	1820	1667	1759	1539	1430	1096	1191	971	876	660	648	684	492	577	528	474	452	401	1160	1019	1075	1047	853	568	717	519	475
	Elbow	384	229	338	386	260	293	276	249	199	168	96	120	168	54	120	103	122	88	216	133	218	218	206	173	173	127	111
	Shoulder	396	288	266	300	266	211	234	247	198	192	156	84	144	62	55	83	50	43	204	132	182	156	204	156	151	197	155
	Spine/back disorders*	1166	1248	1188	1141	1208	891	843	714	518	336	336	288	252	247	207	182	154	66	830	912	900	889	961	684	661	560	452
	Neck/thoracic spine	492	360	420	349	458	272	291	323	170	192	204	120	120	158	116	127	139	37	300	156	300	229	300	156	164	184	133
	Lumbar spine/trunk	674	900	792	840	752	632	576	408	375	144	132	168	156	91	92	55	28	31	530	768	624	684	661	540	521	380	344
	Lower limb disorders*	144	192	108	264	133	73	144	154	111	60	84	48	60	37	25	50	37	51	84	108	60	204	96	48	94	117	60
	Hip/knee/leg	72	72	96	144	85	60	69	96	56	12	12	36	24	25	24	13	24	25	60	60	60	120	60	36	56	72	31
	Ankle/foot	72	132	12	120	48	13	75	58	55	48	84	12	36	12	1	37	13	26	24	48	-	84	36	12	38	45	29
	Others	156	108	120	132	74	41	57	96	45	60	48	12	24	26	41	6	18	26	96	60	108	108	48	-	51	78	19
	Total number of diagnoses**	4066	3805	3827	3822	3423	2619	2781	2448	1986	1476	1416	1248	1176	1053	978	898	846	689	2590	2389	2579	2646	2370	1641	1883	1602	1297
	Total number of individuals	3850	3661	3635	3701	3272	2545	2682	2328	1885	1392	1368	1224	1128	1023	952	875	794	642	2458	2293	2411	2573	2249	1593	1807	1534	1243
All cases (a)	Upper limb disorders*	4958	5174	5055	4929	5223	3359	4189	3654	3324	1644	1872	1752	1824	1665	1477	1534	1521	1499	3314	3302	3303	3105	3558	1882	2655	2133	1825
	Raynauds/HAV/VWF	689	763	923	879	1181	436	882	633	622	84	228	180	348	286	191	182	129	139	605	535	743	531	895	245	700	504	483
	Other hand/wrist/arm	2778	3138	2794	2524	2596	1857	2026	1927	1649	960	1080	1104	864	870	851	794	923	806	1818	2058	1690	1660	1726	1006	1232	1004	843
	Elbow	914	697	795	926	708	565	781	622	544	300	240	252	384	298	236	369	333	362	614	457	543	542	410	329	412	289	182
	Shoulder	661	636	639	696	777	561	575	528	543	336	348	252	264	237	235	225	168	213	325	288	387	432	540	326	350	360	330
	Spine/back disorders*	2263	2715	2305	2294	2145	1997	2028	1761	1348	648	768	636	432	449	501	394	447	392	1615	1947	1669	1862	1696	1496	1634	1314	956
	Neck/thoracic spine	781	720	660	685	680	513	521	562	407	300	408	252	252	284	249	199	253	225	481	312	408	433	396	264	322	309	182
	Lumbar spine/trunk	1506	2055	1693	1693	1503	1521	1544	1247	968	360	384	396	204	191	253	208	219	169	1146	1671	1297	1489	1312	1268	1336	1028	799
	Lower limb disorders*	494	626	372	528	501	352	580	441	406	252	168	144	84	93	40	175	122	158	242	458	228	444	408	312	405	319	248
	Hip/knee/leg	266	457	264	336	345	290	349	284	258	96	72	84	36	69	38	98	85	82	170	385	180	300	276	252	251	199	176
	Ankle/foot	228	181	108	192	156	62	231	181	148	156	108	60	48	24	2	77	61	76	72	73	48	144	132	60	154	120	72
	Others	264	300	216	360	279	176	252	221	204	96	120	48	84	51	68	29	33	55	168	180	168	276	228	108	223	188	149
	Total number of diagnoses**	8087	8947	8092	8291	8225	5981	7161	6205	5343	2688	2988	2628	2484	2310	2123	2181	2204	2127	5399	5959	5464	5807	5915	3858	4980	4001	3216
	Total number of individuals	7666	8635	7816	7870	7988	5804	6879	5932	5156	2544	2844	2568	2328	2242	2066	2063	2064	2032	5122	5791	5248	5542	5746	3738	4816	3868	3124

Notes:

• *For each group of disorders, totals for main disease categories may be less than the sum of the disease subcategories. This is because an individual may have more than one (for example) upper limb disorder (diagnosis) which would only be counted once in the 'upper limb disorders' total.
• ** The total cases may be less than the sum of the major disease categories. This is because an individual may have more than one major category disorder (e.g. upper limb and spine/back) but this would only count once in the 'total cases'.
• (a) May not equal males plus females because sex is not recorded for some cases
• '-" Means zero
• ".." Denotes not available
• (p) Provisional