Hospital contacts for injuries and musculoskeletal diseases among seamen and fishermen: A population-based cohort study

Kaerlev, Linda; Jensen, Anker; Nielsen, Per Sabro; Olsen, Jørn; Hannerz, Harald; Tüchsen, Finn

doi:10.1186/1471-2474-9-8

Table 2 Standardised incidence ratios (SIR) for muskuloskeletal diseases and injuries among male fishermen and seamen in Denmark by job type and time period

From: Hospital contacts for injuries and musculoskeletal diseases among seamen and fishermen: A population-based cohort study

	SIR by job type and time period		1994–1998 SIR ² (4.570 fishermen, 5.061 officers, 5.170 non-officers)			1999–2003 SIR ³ (3.470 fishermen, 5.375 officers, 5.867 non-officers)
ICD-10¹	Disease	Job type	Cases	SIR	95% CI	Cases	SIR	95% CI	SIR ratio⁴	95% CI
M00–M99	Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue	Fishermen	546	122	113–133	494	118	108–129	0.97	0.86–1.09
		Officers	384	75	68–83	499	75	69–82	1.00	0.87–1.14
		Non-officers	530	107	98–117	730	106	98–114	0.99	0.88–1.11
M16	Arthrosis of the hip – Coxarthrosis	Fishermen	17	162	95–260	5	44	14–103	0.27	0.10–0.73
		Officers	8	51	22–101	12	58	30–101	1.13	0.46–2.76
		Non-officers	5	45	15–106	15	85	48–141	1.89	0.69–5.19
M17	Arthrosis of the knee – Gonarthrosis	Fishermen	30	127	86–181	37	144	101–198	1.13	0.70–1.84
		Officers	28	89	59–129	45	102	74–136	1.14	0.71–1.83
		Non-officers	26	111	73–163	42	110	80–149	0.99	0.61–1.62
M51	Thoraco-lumbar disc disorders	Fishermen	130	224	189–266	78	178	141–222	0.79	0.60–1.05
		Officers	61	91	70–117	63	92	71–118	1.01	0.71–1.43
		Non-officers	65	112	86–143	81	122	97–151	1.09	0.78–1.51
M75	Shoulder lesions	Fishermen	39	162	115–221	50	137	102–181	0.85	0.56–1.29
		Officers	25	87	56–129	43	74	53–99	0.84	0.52–1.38
		Non-officers	24	95	61–141	66	115	89–147	1.22	0.76–1.95
M75.1	Rotator cuff syndrome	Fishermen	20	225	138–348	21	205	127–313	0.91	0.49–1.68
		Officers	9	84	38–159	12	72	37–125	0.86	0.36–2.03
		Non-officers	10	106	51–195	19	119	71–185	1.12	0.52–2.41
S00–S99	Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (single body region)	Fishermen	1611	112	107–118	1377	120	114–126	1.07	0.99–1.15
		Officers	1081	68	65–73	1286	67	64–71	0.98	0.90–1.06
		Non-officers	1900	110	105–115	2352	112	108–117	1.02	0.96–1.09
T00–T98	Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (more than one body region)	Fishermen	371	98	89–109	357	118	106–130	1.20	1.04–1.39
		Officers	278	72	64–81	316	69	62–77	0.96	0.82–1.13
		Non-officers	565	125	115–136	649	120	111–129	0.96	0.86–1.07
G56	Carpal tunnel syndrome	Fishermen	48	315	233–418	46	292	214–389	0.92	0.62–1.39
		Officers	11	63	31–113	21	85	52–129	1.34	0.65–2.79
		Non-officers	26	168	109–246	42	172	124–233	1.03	0.63–1.67

¹ International Classification of Diseases (ICD) version 10.
² At least 6 months employment 1989–1993. Follow-up of hospital contacts in 1994–1998. SIR adj. for county.
³ At least 6 months employment 1994–1998. Follow-up of hospital contacts in 1999–2003. SIR adj. for county.
⁴ Calculated if at least 5 cases were expected.

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