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Work-related mental ill-health: estimated number of cases reported by psychiatrists to SOSMI and by occupational physicians to OPRA by sex and diagnostic category 1999-2006
| Sex | Diagnostic category | Psychiatrists and Occupational Physicians | Psychiatrists (SOSMI) (c) | Occupational physicians (OPRA) | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006(p) | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006(p) | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006(p) | ||
| Male | Anxiety/Depression | 2431 | 2605 | 2628 | 2050 | 2319 | 2166 | 2329 | 1473 | 1728 | 1692 | 1176 | 874 | 855 | 954 | 870 | 652 | 703 | 913 | 1452 | 1176 | 1464 | 1212 | 1459 | 821 |
| Post-traumatic stress disorder | 276 | 288 | 396 | 370 | 205 | 136 | 244 | 219 | 252 | 252 | 276 | 226 | 121 | 113 | 203 | 172 | 24 | 36 | 120 | 144 | 84 | 23 | 41 | 47 | |
| Other work-related stress | 566 | 768 | 805 | 973 | 892 | 726 | 1283 | 885 | 132 | 72 | 120 | 169 | 88 | 91 | 57 | 78 | 434 | 696 | 685 | 804 | 804 | 635 | 1226 | 807 | |
| Alcohol or drug abuse | 276 | 168 | 228 | 168 | 185 | 225 | 121 | 188 | 276 | 144 | 216 | 156 | 125 | 200 | 121 | 127 | - | 24 | 12 | 12 | 60 | 25 | - | 61 | |
| Psychotic episode | 108 | - | 60 | 51 | 25 | 36 | 25 | 13 | 108 | - | 60 | 51 | 25 | 36 | 25 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other problems | 204 | 120 | 84 | 69 | 120 | 117 | 124 | 146 | 120 | 96 | 48 | 21 | 84 | 74 | 94 | 83 | 84 | 24 | 36 | 48 | 36 | 43 | 30 | 63 | |
| Total number of diagnoses | 3861 | 3949 | 4201 | 3681 | 3746 | 3406 | 4126 | 2924 | 2616 | 2256 | 1896 | 1497 | 1298 | 1468 | 1370 | 1125 | 1245 | 1693 | 2305 | 2184 | 2448 | 1938 | 2756 | 1799 | |
| Total number of individuals (a) | 3680 | 3613 | 3913 | 3384 | 3397 | 3158 | 3805 | 2668 | 2508 | 2160 | 1824 | 1428 | 1249 | 1345 | 1240 | 1085 | 1172 | 1453 | 2089 | 1956 | 2148 | 1813 | 2565 | 1583 | |
| Female | Anxiety/Depression | 1938 | 1812 | 2472 | 2329 | 2137 | 2252 | 1516 | 1992 | 1104 | 972 | 912 | 793 | 637 | 710 | 677 | 600 | 834 | 840 | 1560 | 1536 | 1500 | 1542 | 839 | 1392 |
| Post-traumatic stress disorder | 156 | 120 | 132 | 93 | 135 | 128 | 137 | 56 | 96 | 72 | 72 | 69 | 99 | 58 | 61 | 50 | 60 | 48 | 60 | 24 | 36 | 70 | 76 | 6 | |
| Other work-related stress | 588 | 950 | 938 | 1215 | 1157 | 1200 | 839 | 1199 | 60 | 72 | 108 | 51 | 113 | 49 | 75 | 57 | 528 | 878 | 830 | 1164 | 1044 | 1151 | 764 | 1142 | |
| Alcohol or drug abuse | 96 | 108 | 96 | 50 | 72 | 87 | 126 | 101 | 96 | 108 | 84 | 38 | 48 | 63 | 87 | 87 | - | - | 12 | 12 | 24 | 24 | 39 | 14 | |
| Psychotic episode | 132 | 36 | 36 | 38 | 15 | 49 | 27 | 2 | 132 | 36 | 36 | 26 | 15 | 49 | 26 | 2 | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Other problems | 216 | 72 | 180 | 127 | 123 | 89 | 84 | 147 | 144 | 48 | 96 | 79 | 87 | 70 | 61 | 90 | 72 | 24 | 84 | 48 | 36 | 19 | 23 | 57 | |
| Total number of diagnoses | 3126 | 3098 | 3854 | 3852 | 3639 | 3805 | 2729 | 3497 | 1632 | 1308 | 1308 | 1056 | 999 | 999 | 987 | 886 | 1494 | 1790 | 2546 | 2796 | 2640 | 2806 | 1742 | 2611 | |
| Total number of individuals (a) | 2886 | 2846 | 3614 | 3550 | 3326 | 3545 | 2471 | 3115 | 1488 | 1248 | 1272 | 1018 | 914 | 937 | 887 | 818 | 1398 | 1598 | 2342 | 2532 | 2412 | 2608 | 1584 | 2297 | |
| All cases (b) | Anxiety/Depression | 4369 | 4525 | 5100 | 4391 | 4480 | 4430 | 3905 | 3501 | 2832 | 2676 | 2088 | 1679 | 1504 | 1664 | 1607 | 1288 | 1537 | 1849 | 3012 | 2712 | 2976 | 2766 | 2298 | 2213 |
| Post-traumatic stress disorder | 432 | 408 | 528 | 463 | 340 | 266 | 381 | 299 | 348 | 324 | 348 | 295 | 220 | 171 | 264 | 246 | 84 | 84 | 180 | 168 | 120 | 95 | 117 | 53 | |
| Other work-related stress | 1154 | 1814 | 1791 | 2284 | 2049 | 2010 | 2158 | 2108 | 192 | 144 | 228 | 220 | 201 | 140 | 144 | 135 | 962 | 1670 | 1563 | 2064 | 1848 | 1870 | 2014 | 1973 | |
| Alcohol or drug abuse | 372 | 276 | 324 | 230 | 257 | 312 | 259 | 289 | 372 | 252 | 300 | 194 | 173 | 263 | 220 | 214 | - | 24 | 24 | 36 | 84 | 49 | 39 | 75 | |
| Psychotic episode | 240 | 36 | 96 | 89 | 40 | 85 | 64 | 15 | 240 | 36 | 96 | 77 | 40 | 85 | 63 | 15 | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Other problems | 420 | 192 | 264 | 196 | 243 | 206 | 208 | 305 | 264 | 144 | 144 | 100 | 171 | 144 | 155 | 185 | 156 | 48 | 120 | 96 | 72 | 62 | 53 | 120 | |
| Total number of diagnoses | 6987 | 7251 | 8103 | 7653 | 7409 | 7309 | 6975 | 6517 | 4248 | 3576 | 3204 | 2565 | 2309 | 2467 | 2453 | 2083 | 2739 | 3675 | 4899 | 5088 | 5100 | 4842 | 4522 | 4434 | |
| Total number of individuals (a) | 6566 | 6567 | 7575 | 7054 | 6747 | 6801 | 6396 | 5879 | 3996 | 3420 | 3096 | 2458 | 2175 | 2282 | 2223 | 1975 | 2570 | 3147 | 4479 | 4596 | 4572 | 4519 | 4173 | 3904 | |