Table 1.

Incidence rates of carpal tunnel syndrome in 2001 and 1987 by sex and age.

	2001		1987
Age, years	n	Incidence per 1000 (95% CI)	n	Incidence per 1000 (95% CI)	P-value
15–24	15	0.3 (0.2 to 0.5)	5	0.3 (0.2 to 0.5)	0.999
Male	2	0.1 (0.0 to 0.2)	2	0.3 (0.0 to 0.7)	0.495
Female	13	0.6 (0.3 to 0.9)	3	0.4 (0.0 to 0.8)	0.819
25–44	247	2.1 (1.8 to 2.4)	54	1.9 (1.7 to 2.3)	0.920
Male	54	0.9 (0.7 to 1.2)	14	1.0 (0.2 to 1.5)	0.929
Female	193	3.3 (2.9 to 3.8)	40	2.7 (1.9 to 4.3)	0.529
45–64	288	3.1 (2.8 to 3.5)	34	2.0 (1.7 to 2.3)	0.411
Male	75	1.6 (1.2 to 2.0)	7	0.8 (0.2 to 1.5)	0.242
Female	213	4.8 (4.1 to 5.4)	27	3.1 (1.9 to 4.3)	0.109
≥65	123	2.6 (2.2 to 3.1)	20	1.9 (1.5 to 2.3)	0.759
Male	30	1.5 (1.0 to 2.1)	3	0.7 (0.0 to 1.5)	0.394
Female	93	3.4 (2.7 to 4.1)	17	2.7 (1.4 to 3.9)	0.657
All	672	1.8 (1.7 to 2.0)	113	1.3 (1.0 to 1.5)	0.001
Male	161	0.9 (0.8 to 1.0)	26	0.6 (0.4 to 0.9)	0.204
Female	511	2.8 (2.6 to 3.1)	87	1.9 (1.5 to 2.3)	0.004