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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 2005-2007.

  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 4 15 30 34 17 - 3 13 36 30 16 1 4 15 26 36 18 -
Raynauds/HAV/VWF 1 10 27 42 21 - - 13 32 36 18 - 1 9 26 43 21 -
Other hand/wrist/arm 9 19 29 28 15 1 6 14 37 24 17 1 11 23 21 32 13 -
Elbow - 12 36 34 16 2 - 12 37 35 13 3 - 12 35 31 21 -
Shoulder 2 17 29 36 16 - - 12 28 47 13 - 3 20 29 31 17 -
Spine/back disorders 4 26 33 23 13 1 8 24 34 14 16 5 3 27 32 25 13 -
Neck/thoracic spine 5 28 31 15 18 2 6 26 28 14 20 6 4 30 33 15 18 -
Lumbar spine/trunk 3 27 32 25 12 1 9 25 36 13 13 4 2 28 32 27 12 -
Lower limb disorders 6 18 30 24 20 3 10 16 26 22 21 5 4 18 31 25 19 2
Hip/knee/leg 6 17 28 26 19 4 16 16 17 26 17 8 3 17 32 26 20 3
Ankle/foot 5 19 30 23 24 - - 12 33 22 34 - 8 23 28 24 18 -
Others 4 14 34 25 19 4 2 2 29 31 17 20 5 17 35 23 20 -
Total number of diagnoses 4 18 30 30 16 1 4 15 33 27 17 3 4 20 29 31 16 -
Total number of individuals(b) 4 18 31 29 17 1 5 15 34 26 17 3 4 20 29 31 16 -
Female Upper limb disorders 5 17 33 29 16 1 7 11 35 28 17 1 3 21 31 30 15 1
Raynauds/HAV/VWF - 100 - - - - - 100 - - - - - - - - - -
Other hand/wrist/arm 6 22 32 26 13 1 9 14 34 28 14 1 4 29 30 25 12 1
Elbow - 1 41 40 18 - - 1 46 26 26 - - 1 35 54 10 -
Shoulder 2 8 31 32 26 - 1 2 30 38 28 1 3 11 32 30 25 -
Spine/back disorders 4 21 28 31 15 1 1 9 26 39 22 3 5 24 29 29 13 -
Neck/thoracic spine 1 22 30 27 18 2 1 6 29 33 27 4 1 33 31 23 12 -
Lumbar spine/trunk 6 19 26 34 14 - - 16 15 54 15 - 7 19 27 33 14 -
Lower limb disorders 3 17 28 31 21 - - 27 28 45 1 - 5 12 28 24 31 -
Hip/knee/leg 5 17 28 28 22 - - 49 17 33 - - 7 3 33 25 32 -
Ankle/foot 1 17 27 37 19 - - - 40 59 2 - 1 29 18 22 31 -
Others - 22 15 45 17 - - 2 25 51 23 - 1 29 12 44 15 -
Total number of diagnoses 4 18 31 31 16 1 5 11 33 31 18 1 4 21 29 30 15 -
Total number of individuals(b) 4 18 30 30 16 1 5 11 34 31 17 1 4 22 29 30 16 -
Total Upper limb disorders 5 15 31 31 17 1 5 12 36 29 17 1 4 18 28 33 17 -
Raynauds/HAV/VWF 1 10 27 42 21 - - 17 31 34 18 - 1 9 26 43 21 -
Other hand/wrist/arm 8 21 31 27 14 1 8 14 35 26 15 1 7 26 26 28 12 1
Elbow - 7 38 37 17 1 - 8 41 32 18 2 - 7 35 42 16 -
Shoulder 2 13 30 34 21 - - 8 29 43 20 - 3 15 31 30 22 -
Spine/back disorders 4 24 31 26 14 1 5 17 31 25 18 4 4 26 31 27 13 -
Neck/thoracic spine 3 25 31 22 17 2 3 15 29 26 22 5 2 31 32 20 14 -
Lumbar spine/trunk 4 24 30 28 13 - 6 22 32 22 15 3 4 24 30 29 12 -
Lower limb disorders 5 17 29 27 20 2 7 20 26 30 14 3 4 17 30 25 23 1
Hip/knee/leg 6 17 28 26 20 3 11 27 17 28 12 6 4 13 32 26 23 2
Ankle/foot 3 18 29 28 22 - - 8 35 35 22 - 5 25 24 23 22 -
Others 3 17 26 34 18 2 1 2 27 41 20 10 3 22 25 32 18 -
Total number of diagnoses 4 18 30 30 16 1 5 14 33 29 17 2 4 21 29 30 16 -
Total number of individuals(b) 4 18 31 30 16 1 5 13 34 28 17 2 4 21 29 30 16 -

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