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Table THORM02

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders: percentage age distribution(a) of estimated cases reported by rheumatologists to MOSS and by occupational physicians to OPRA, by sex and diagnostic category, for 2006-2008

  Diagnostic category Percentage age distribution reported to both MOSS and OPRA(p) Percentage age distribution reported to MOSS(p) Percentage age distribution reported to OPRA(p)
16-24% 25-34% 35-44% 45-54% 55-64% 65+% 16-24% 25-34% 35-44% 45-54% 55-64% 65+% 16-24% 25-34% 35-44% 45-54% 55-64% 65+%
Male Upper limb disorders 3 13 32 35 17 - 3 10 37 33 16 1 4 15 28 37 17 -
Raynauds/HAV/VWF - 9 28 42 21 - - 12 29 30 29 - - 9 28 45 19 -
Other hand/wrist/arm 7 16 30 32 15 - 5 12 38 30 15 - 8 21 22 34 14 -
Elbow - 8 42 34 13 2 - 7 42 40 9 3 - 11 44 24 21 -
Shoulder 2 14 30 37 16 - - 7 31 47 15 1 3 18 29 32 17 -
Spine/back disorders 6 24 29 27 12 1 10 31 23 17 16 3 4 22 31 31 11 1
Neck/thoracic spine 5 20 30 26 18 2 6 25 21 21 20 7 4 17 34 29 16 -
Lumbar spine/trunk 6 26 29 28 10 1 13 35 25 14 13 - 4 24 30 31 10 1
Lower limb disorders 7 25 28 22 17 2 13 31 15 21 14 7 5 22 32 23 18 -
Hip/knee/leg 7 25 28 23 15 2 19 36 13 21 2 10 3 21 32 24 19 -
Ankle/foot 7 23 27 19 23 - - 21 19 21 40 - 12 25 33 18 13 -
Others 8 15 33 24 16 4 17 3 37 21 3 20 5 19 32 24 20 -
Total number of diagnoses 4 17 31 32 15 1 5 15 33 30 15 2 4 18 29 33 15 -
Total number of individuals(b) 5 18 31 31 15 1 6 16 33 28 16 2 4 19 30 32 15 -
Female Upper limb disorders 4 19 31 28 17 1 4 15 35 24 20 1 4 22 27 31 14 1
Raynauds/HAV/VWF - 50 - 50 - - - 100 - - - - - - - 100 - -
Other hand/wrist/arm 5 24 28 27 15 1 5 19 32 26 18 1 5 30 24 29 12 1
Elbow 3 3 44 33 17 - 5 1 47 21 25 - - 5 40 47 7 -
Shoulder 7 9 33 25 27 - 8 1 36 20 34 1 6 12 31 27 24 -
Spine/back disorders 4 21 28 31 16 - - 25 23 34 17 - 6 19 29 31 15 -
Neck/thoracic spine 3 19 30 32 16 - 1 21 24 35 20 - 4 18 34 30 14 -
Lumbar spine/trunk 5 21 26 33 15 - - 31 23 33 12 - 6 19 26 33 15 -
Lower limb disorders 4 12 21 47 13 3 - 7 21 59 7 6 8 18 21 35 19 -
Hip/knee/leg 6 9 22 43 20 - - 15 16 56 13 - 10 5 27 34 24 -
Ankle/foot 1 20 22 53 3 - - - 34 65 1 - 2 52 4 35 6 -
Others 1 19 28 38 14 - - - 45 51 4 - 1 25 21 34 18 -
Total number of diagnoses 4 19 29 31 16 1 4 16 32 29 19 1 5 21 27 32 15 -
Total number of individuals(b) 4 19 29 30 16 1 3 16 32 29 19 1 5 21 27 31 15 -
Total Upper limb disorders 4 16 31 32 17 1 4 13 36 29 18 1 4 18 28 34 16 -
Raynauds/HAV/VWF - 10 27 42 20 - - 17 27 28 27 - - 8 27 45 19 -
Other hand/wrist/arm 5 21 29 29 15 1 5 16 34 27 17 1 6 26 23 31 13 1
Elbow 1 6 43 34 15 1 2 5 44 33 15 2 - 8 42 35 15 -
Shoulder 4 12 31 31 21 - 3 4 33 36 23 1 5 15 30 30 20 -
Spine/back disorders 5 23 29 29 14 1 6 29 23 24 16 2 5 21 30 31 13 -
Neck/thoracic spine 4 19 30 29 17 1 3 23 22 28 20 3 4 17 34 30 15 -
Lumbar spine/trunk 6 24 27 30 12 1 9 34 24 20 13 - 5 22 28 32 12 1
Lower limb disorders 6 20 25 31 15 2 6 19 18 39 11 6 6 21 30 26 18 -
Hip/knee/leg 7 21 26 29 16 2 11 28 14 35 7 6 5 18 31 27 20 -
Ankle/foot 5 22 25 34 15 - - 9 27 45 19 - 9 34 23 23 11 -
Others 5 17 31 29 15 3 10 2 40 34 3 11 4 21 28 28 19 -
Total number of diagnoses 4 18 30 31 16 1 5 16 32 29 17 1 4 19 28 32 15 -
Total number of individuals(b) 4 18 30 31 16 1 5 16 33 28 17 1 4 20 28 32 15 -

Notes

  • (a) Age is not recorded for some cases: percentage breakdown is calculated for all those cases for whom age is known.
  • (b) Individuals can have more than one diagnosis.
  • "-" means zero or number rounds to zero.
  • (p) Provisional.

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