Table 2. Age-sex-specific rates per 100 000 person-years (with 95% CI) of surgically treated idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome according to occupational category, together with absolute numbers [cases/at-risk subjects].
| Age (years) | Women | Men | |||
| Blue-collar workers | White-collar workers | Full-time housewives | Blue-collar workers | White-collar workers | |
| 25–29 | 127.4 (110.5 to 146.9) | 24.6 (18.0 to 33.7) | 124.5 (94.6 to 163.9) | 26.2 (20.6 to 33.4) | 4.5 (2.0 to 9.9) |
| [190/149 132] | [39/158 240] | [51/40 952] | [65/247 904] | [6/134 288] | |
| 30–34 | 187.2 (167.8 to 208.9) | 38.1 (30.4 to 47.8) | 173.8 (146.8 to 205.7) | 37.8 (31.5 to 45.5) | 10.7 (6.8 to 16.7) |
| [320/170 952] | [75/196 876] | [135/77 688] | [113/298 668] | [19/178 036] | |
| 35–39 | 257.5 (234.0 to 283.4) | 58.4 (49.0 to 69.7) | 261.3 (232.6 to 293.5) | 59.3 (51.0 to 68.9) | 8.3 (5.2 to 13.2) |
| [419/162 728] | [124/212 272] | [284/108 708] | [170/286 732] | [18/216 388] | |
| 40–44 | 335.0 (306.4 to 366.3) | 95.6 (82.6 to 110.8) | 345.6 (312.9 to 381.7) | 75.2 (65.1 to 86.8) | 12.4 (8.4 to 18.4) |
| [483/144 164] | [178/186 136] | [389/112 560] | [185/246 052] | [25/200 976] | |
| 45–49 | 534.8 (495.6 to 577.0) | 106.2 (91.7 to 122.9) | 485.3 (448.6 to 525.1) | 104.7 (91.7 to 119.6) | 22.4 (16.7 to 30.0) |
| [665/124 348] | [179/168 588] | [620/127 744] | [218/208 228] | [45/201 196] | |
| 50–54 | 641.8 (600.1 to 686.4) | 160.8 (140.1 to 184.5) | 552.1 (518.9 to 587.3) | 92.6 (80.5 to 106.5) | 25.6 (19.2 to 34.0) |
| [851/132 596] | [203/126 260] | [1003/181 680] | [196/211 760] | [47/183 872] | |
| 55–59 | 511.3 (463.7 to 563.8) | 140.1 (113.7 to 172.7) | 409.2 (382.4 to 437.9) | 125.9 (106.0 to 149.5) | 24.8 (17.2 to 35.6) |
| [402/78 624] | [88/62 804] | [837/204 524] | [130/103 244] | [29/117 112] | |