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Table 1 Changes in musculoskeletal disorders age-standardized mortality rate per million person-years 1986–2011, stratified by sex

From: Musculoskeletal disorders as underlying cause of death in 58 countries, 1986–2011: trend analysis of WHO mortality database

Country/region

Men

Women

Mortality rate

% ∆

Annual change, %

Mortality rate

% ∆

Annual change, %

1986

2001

2011

1986 to 2011

2001 to 2011

1986 − 2011

2001 − 2011

1986

2001

2011

1986 to 2011

2001 to 2011

1986 − 2011

2001 − 2011

All countries (n = 58)

17.2

18.9

18.1

5.3

−3.9

0.2

−0.3*

26.6

27.8

25.1

−5.6

−9.8

−0.3

−1.2*

Asia (n = 7)

14.7

16.9

16.0

8.9

−5.1

0.5

−0.1

26.6

24.7

19.0

−28.6

−23.0

−1.3*

−2.9*

 Hong Kong SAR

2.6

16.0

10.6

309.0

−33.8

7.8*

−2.5

19.9

15.5

11.9

−39.9

−23.3

−1.1

−2.3*

 Israel

8.0

18.2

26.1

224.3

43.1

5.3*

0.8

17.7

20.0

27.1

53.1

35.8

2.0*

0.9

 Japan

12.8

14.2

14.9

16.0

4.4

0.7

0.8

28.2

20.5

17.3

−38.7

−15.9

−2.1*

−1.8*

 Kazakhstan

12.5

10.4

7.4

−41.1

−29.2

−2.6*

−3.7*

13.8

12.4

15.7

14.0

26.7

0.3

1.9

 Kyrgyzstan

7.2

14.0

23.6

228.0

68.8

3.3

4.2

11.9

15.1

32.7

173.8

116.5

4.0*

3.8

 Republic of Korea

31.8

39.7

24.3

−23.7

−38.8

−0.3

−4.1*

26.5

60.7

27.3

2.9

−55.1

1.1

−8.7*

 Singapore

8.9

5.0

7.5

−15.4

49.5

−0.7

2.5

27.7

12.4

6.5

−76.5

−47.2

−5.1*

−3.2

Eastern Europe (n = 8)

9.4

8.9

7.2

−23.4

−18.6

−1.0*

−1.9*

14.2

13.5

10.5

−26.5

−22.8

−1.3*

−2.7*

 Bulgaria

2.4

4.2

5.4

121.2

28.0

1.3

0.7

3.2

2.3

5.6

74.7

143.2

1.0

5.8

 Czech Republic

5.3

2.6

8.2

54.4

214.7

1.1

15.0*

8.5

3.4

7.8

−9.0

126.9

−1.3

10.1*

 Hungary

13.4

14.0

19.3

43.6

37.6

1.9*

4.2*

27.3

21.8

25.1

−8.1

15.0

−0.1

2.0

 Poland

13.2

6.3

5.1

−61.5

−20.0

−3.8*

−2.4

25.9

14.3

11.5

−55.7

−19.7

−3.5*

−3.1*

 Republic of Moldova

12.8

8.4

8.5

−33.8

1.2

−1.9*

−0.2

12.4

12.9

5.5

−55.2

−57.0

−3.6*

−9.9*

 Romania

5.7

1.3

0.9

−84.0

−27.3

−6.7*

−4.4

9.5

2.5

2.3

−75.6

−7.9

−6.0*

−1.2

 Russian Federation

9.6

10.2

7.4

−23.3

−27.6

−1.1*

−2.8*

13.2

14.9

10.6

−19.8

−28.9

−0.8

−3.2*

 Ukraine

8.6

11.6

8.6

−0.8

−26.2

0.1

−2.8*

12.3

16.1

11.0

−10.8

−31.6

−0.5

−3.6*

Northern Europe (n = 11)

30.6

26.4

23.6

−23.0

−10.6

−1.0

−1.3*

51.6

39.2

30.4

−41.1

−22.5

−2.1*

−2.8*

 Denmark

13.1

20.9

23.4

78.9

12.1

2.5

1.0

20.0

41.3

25.7

28.2

−37.9

0.8

−4.6*

 Estonia

13.9

14.2

13.6

−2.3

−4.3

0.0

−4.1

24.6

33.0

15.8

−35.8

−52.2

−1.2

−6.3*

 Finland

21.6

23.4

13.4

−38.0

−42.9

−2.0*

−4.6*

45.4

31.5

21.3

−53.1

−32.4

−2.7*

−4.7*

 Ireland

32.7

24.4

22.4

−31.3

−8.1

−1.8*

−1.3

37.7

34.1

28.2

−25.2

−17.1

−1.7

−1.0

 Latvia

13.5

21.0

16.5

22.2

−21.3

1.9*

−1.1

23.6

18.5

20.2

−14.5

9.5

−1.2*

−1.4

 Lithuania

12.1

14.3

9.8

−19.1

−31.9

0.6

−1.0

28.1

18.2

19.3

−31.4

6.2

−1.7*

−1.5

 Norway

23.5

22.1

22.0

−6.1

−0.5

−0.1

−1.1

35.6

32.9

24.9

−29.9

−24.1

−1.8*

−3.6*

 Sweden

13.6

15.5

17.4

28.7

12.4

−0.1

−0.1

24.5

28.3

20.1

−18.2

−29.0

−0.7

−2.0*

 England & Wales

41.0

30.7

26.7

−35.0

−13.2

−1.9

−1.5*

65.9

44.2

35.4

−46.3

−20.1

−2.5*

−2.7*

 Northern Ireland

11.8

20.7

23.1

95.8

11.3

3.1

1.0

21.5

41.5

33.7

56.6

−18.7

0.7

−1.7

 Scotland

19.3

22.6

24.2

25.2

7.2

0.8*

−0.2

42.0

40.3

35.5

−15.4

−11.9

−0.5

−1.8*

Southern Europe (n = 6)

16.6

16.8

17.0

2.1

0.9

0.2

−0.8

25.0

24.5

22.8

−8.8

−6.8

−0.4

−1.4*

 Croatia

5.2

3.6

9.4

81.1

159.3

2.6*

5.9*

12.4

9.0

19.3

56.0

112.9

1.9*

8.1*

 Greece

1.5

17.8

20.9

1324.8

17.5

12.0*

2.0

6.1

15.9

20.4

232.9

28.6

4.1

1.1

 Italy

10.6

10.2

13.8

30.3

35.2

1.0

2.2

18.6

18.9

21.3

14.9

13.1

1.2

1.0

 Portugal

11.8

9.7

14.9

26.4

53.0

1.4*

3.1

13.2

17.0

13.4

2.2

−21.0

0.0

−2.2

 Slovenia

6.4

9.3

15.8

148.4

70.4

2.7*

5.3

18.8

10.5

24.8

32.5

136.2

2.0*

2.1

 Spain

32.5

29.3

21.2

−34.6

−27.5

−1.8*

−3.5*

44.3

38.9

27.8

−37.2

−28.4

−1.9*

−4.0*

Western Europe (n = 6)

19.1

19.0

16.6

−12.7

−12.6

−0.8

−1.1*

25.5

21.0

19.0

−25.4

−9.6

−1.3*

−1.2*

 Austria

8.5

6.4

9.6

12.1

49.5

−0.3

0.7

17.5

8.5

14.8

−15.8

73.7

−0.5

2.5

 Belgium

9.5

19.4

16.7

76.3

−14.0

2.5*

−1.9

15.3

23.1

18.7

22.3

−19.1

1.0

−2.3*

 France

23.8

29.1

20.4

−14.4

−29.9

−1.7

−3.1*

28.7

29.4

21.5

−25.2

−27.0

−1.3*

−3.6*

 Germany

16.4

9.9

13.5

−17.7

35.6

−1.2*

3.4*

23.2

12.5

15.7

−32.5

25.3

−1.7*

2.7*

 Netherlands

24.5

25.3

19.0

−22.5

−25.0

−1.4*

−2.9*

37.7

37.1

25.2

−33.2

−32.0

−2.1*

−3.7*

 Switzerland

24.5

24.5

19.7

−19.4

−19.6

−0.0

−3.2*

27.7

33.4

29.1

4.9

−13.0

−0.2

−2.7*

Caribbean (n = 4)

11.7

17.6

18.5

58.0

5.1

1.9*

2.1

22.7

28.3

31.1

37.1

9.7

1.1*

1.2

 Cuba

13.5

18.8

23.4

73.8

24.2

2.7*

3.8

28.1

32.3

38.7

37.6

19.9

0.8

3.0

 Dominican Republic

8.4

5.4

3.0

−64.2

−44.2

−2.5

−5.6

9.3

8.6

7.1

−23.6

−17.9

0.3

−0.8

 Puerto Rico

5.7

25.8

22.7

295.5

−12.0

5.7*

1.2

13.2

33.5

35.0

164.5

4.6

3.5*

1.2

 Trinidad and Tobago

54.6

43.4

44.7

−18.1

3.0

−1.3

0.7

81.8

65.9

75.0

−8.3

13.8

−0.1

−0.2

Central America (n = 4)

47.3

26.9

33.9

−28.4

26.1

−1.1

4.1*

61.8

45.1

52.7

−14.8

16.9

−0.4

2.9*

 Costa Rica

15.4

19.7

31.6

104.9

60.3

2.7

6.4*

47.9

35.7

52.5

9.6

47.1

0.2

5.2*

 Guatemala

68.7

28.2

18.8

−72.6

−33.1

−5.6*

−4.6*

48.0

21.4

26.2

−45.3

22.8

−2.5

1.0

 Mexico

46.6

27.7

36.4

−21.9

31.5

−0.7

4.7*

63.7

48.2

56.4

−11.5

17.0

−0.2

3.0*

 Panama

42.0

5.7

5.9

−85.9

3.2

−4.0*

4.3

37.1

25.2

16.0

−57.0

−36.7

−1.8*

−0.2

South America (n = 8)

12.8

16.6

19.7

53.9

19.2

1.6*

2.1*

22.2

26.1

31.1

40.5

19.4

1.3*

2.1*

 Argentina

11.0

8.2

13.0

18.2

58.7

0.6

3.9*

18.5

17.7

22.8

22.7

28.2

0.5

2.6*

 Brazil

9.3

18.0

20.4

119.7

13.1

3.3*

1.6*

16.6

23.0

28.6

72.8

24.7

2.8*

2.6*

 Chile

9.1

17.0

15.1

65.6

−11.3

1.6*

−1.7

31.5

37.2

31.4

−0.3

−15.6

−0.2

−2.0*

 Colombia

25.4

27.8

43.0

69.1

54.4

1.7

4.7*

35.2

45.3

69.3

96.8

53.2

2.8*

4.8*

 Ecuador

31.1

7.4

11.6

−62.6

56.3

−3.5

3.4

55.2

20.1

25.2

−54.4

25.2

−2.6

5.8*

 Peru

6.0

12.9

8.9

47.4

−31.6

−2.1*

−4.4

16.5

22.0

16.5

0.3

−24.9

−1.5

−4.1

 Uruguay

11.0

18.9

24.7

124.5

31.2

3.0*

3.9

18.3

31.7

38.5

110.7

21.6

2.9*

3.0*

 Venezuela

22.9

16.5

10.3

−54.8

−37.5

−2.8*

−4.6*

38.1

42.8

30.4

−20.1

−28.9

−1.0

−3.7*

North America (n = 2)

14.0

22.6

20.0

42.4

−11.4

1.3*

−1.5*

24.1

38.1

30.2

25.1

−20.7

0.9*

−2.6*

 Canada

18.2

20.9

18.7

2.5

−10.7

0.2

−1.3*

26.4

34.1

28.5

7.9

−16.3

0.1

−2.9*

 USA

13.7

22.8

20.1

47.5

−11.5

1.4*

−1.6*

24.0

38.6

30.4

26.5

−21.3

0.9*

−2.6*

Oceania (n = 2)

25.2

24.0

21.0

−16.4

−12.3

−1.1

−1.9*

33.1

34.3

31.1

−6.0

−9.2

−0.2

−1.3*

 Australia

24.3

22.6

20.3

−16.3

−10.1

−0.6*

−1.8*

31.2

32.6

29.7

−4.7

−8.8

−0.3*

−1.2*

 New Zealand

29.3

30.9

24.8

−15.4

−19.8

0.0

−2.3*

42.4

42.6

38.5

−9.0

−9.6

0.4

−1.9*

  1. *Average annual percent change is statistically significantly different from zero (P < 0.05)