Table.
Type of medical condition and rates of retirement because of ill health for 1998-9 in England and Wales, by occupation. Values are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise
| Occupational group | Reason for retiring because of ill health (study sample)
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Total NHS employees
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| Musculoskeletal | Psychiatric | Cardiovascular | Other | Total | Retired workers* | Retirement rate† (per 1000) | ||
| Ambulance workers | 65 (68) | 12 (13) | 6 (6) | 12 (13) | 95 (5) | 261 | 15.1 | |
| Healthcare assistants or support | 339 (57) | 61 (10) | 77 (13) | 117 (20) | 594 (30) | 1631 | 13.0 | |
| Nurses or midwives | 364 (50) | 144 (20) | 70 (9) | 153 (21) | 731 (36) | 2005 | 4.5 | |
| Technical or professional staff | 42 (45) | 25 (27) | 4 (4) | 23 (24) | 94 (5) | 257 | 2.0 | |
| Administration or estates staff | 118 (38) | 94 (30) | 31 (10) | 66 (22) | 309 (15) | 847 | 4.0 | |
| Doctors or surgeons | 33 (27) | 40 (33) | 20 (17) | 28 (23) | 121 (6) | 331 | 4.9 | |
| Other | 22 (44) | 13 (26) | 7 (14) | 8 (16) | 50 (3) | 137 | NA‡ | |
| Total | 983 (49) | 389 (20) | 215 (11) | 407 (20) | 1994 (100) | 5469 | 5.5 | |
*
Obtained by applying the percentage distribution of occupational groups from our sample to the total number of retired workers (5469) reported for 1998-9.1
†
Obtained by dividing the number of people retired from each occupational group by the corresponding NHS workforce as at September 19972-4: ambulance workers, 17 246; healthcare assistants/support staff, 125 101; nurses/midwives, 448 518; technical/professional staff, 128 698; administration/estates staff, 209 616; doctors/surgeons, 67 192.
‡
Denominators not available.