Table 3.

Standardised incidence ratios (SIR) 1994–2003 for muskuloskeletal diseases and injuries among male fishermen and seamen in Denmark by duration of employment

	SIR by job type and duration of employment		Overall SIR adj. county2 (3702 fishermen, 4372 officers, 4115 non-officers)			Short duration3 (1001 fishermen 2252 officers, 1173 non-officers		Med. duration3,4 (1136 fishermen, 1030 officers, 974 non-officers)			Long duration3,5 (603 fishermen, 262 officers, 303 non-officers)
ICD-101	Site	Job type	Cases	SIR	95% CI	Cases	RR	Cases	RR	95% CI	Cases	RR	95% CI	Prob ChiSq
M00–M99	Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue	Fishermen	830	124	116–132	241	1.0	287	1.04	0.87–1.23	122	0.80	0.64–0.99	0.0433
M00–M99		Officers	684	80	74–86	396	1.0	139	0.72	0.59–0.88	49	1.02	0.74–1.39	0.0029
M00–M99		Non-officers	849	111	104–119	292	1.0	209	0.81	0.68–0.97	54	0.61	0.45–0.83	0.0017
M16	Arthrosis of the hip	Fishermen	18	75	44–118	3	1.0	9	2.38	0.65–8.80	6	2.35	0.59–9.39	0.3287
M16		Officers	21	57	35–87	16	1.0	2	-	-	3	-	-	-
M16		Non-officers	14	58	32–98	9	1.0	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
M17	Arthrosis of the knee	Fishermen	69	121	94–153	23	1.0	31	1.09	0.64–1.87	11	0.62	0.30–1.27	0.2311
M17		Officers	63	94	72–120	39	1.0	16	0.84	0.47–1.51	5	0.94	0.35–2.51	0.8381
M17		Non-officers	56	117	88–151	28	1.0	18	0.68	0.37–1.24	3	0.33	0.10–1.12	0.1033
M51	Thoraco-lumbar disc disorders	Fishermen	178	185	160–215	50	1.0	68	1.17	0.81–1.69	21	0.68	0.41–1.13	0.0751
M51		Officers	99	90	74–110	55	1.0	18	0.69	0.40–1.18	12	1.78	0.91–3.48	0.0498
M51		Non-officers	102	110	91–134	43	1.0	22	0.59	0.35–1.00	7	0.57	0.25–1.31	0.0930
M75	Shoulder lesions	Fishermen	80	139	110–172	25	1.0	24	0.81	0.46–1.42	16	0.98	0.52–1.84	0.7240
M75		Officers	57	80	60–103	35	1.0	14	-	-	2	-	-	-
M75		Non-officers	81	137	109–170	34	1.0	23	0.75	0.44–1.29	5	0.51	0.19–1.35	0.2881
M75.1	Rotator cuff syndrome	Fishermen	36	160	112–221	9	1.0	13	-	-	8	-	-	-
M75.1		Officers	19	84	51–131	10	1.0	4	-	-	2	-		-
M75.1		Non-officers	27	143	94–208	11	1.0	9	-	-	2	-	-
S00–S99	Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (single body region)	Fishermen	1999	140	134–146	517	1.0	609	1.04	0.93–1.17	259	0.83	0.72–0.96	0.0066
S00–S99		Officers	1574	71	68–75	766	1.0	368	1.05	0.93–1.19	79	0.89	0.70–1.13	0.3799
S00–S99		Non-officers	2206	109	105–114	583	1.0	445	0.92	0.82–1.05	124	0.77	0.63–0.95	0.0375
T00–T98	Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (more than one body region)	Fishermen	569	143	132–155	155	1.0	151	0.87	0.69–1.08	67	0.77	0.58–1.02	0.1629
T00–T98		Officers	445	75	68–82	220	1.0	83	0.84	0.65–1.09	27	1.17	0.77–1.78	0.2454
T00–T98		Non-officers	753	122	113–131	216	1.0	135	0.76	0.61–0.95	32	0.57	0.39–0.84	0.0028
G56	Carpal tunnel syndrome	Fishermen	88	267	214–328	29	1.0	27	0.78	0.46–1.32	12	0.73	0.37–1.44	0.5497
G56		Officers	28	70	47–102	19	1.0	8	-	-	1	-	-	-
G56		Non-officers	56	180	136–234	24	1.0	13	-	-	6	-	-	-

¹ International Classification of Diseases (ICD) version 10.

² In the calculation of the overall SIR we included people who were >= 20 years.

³In the analysis of risk as a function of duration of employment we included people who were >= 30 years. Short duration of employment corresponding to less than 6 years of income was used as a reference.

⁴ Medium duration of employment corresponding to 6–12 years of income.

⁵ Long duration of employment corresponding to more than 12 years of income.