Table 4. Specific prevalence rates of at least one clinically diagnosed upper limb MSD according to occupation.

Occupation (French classification PCS)	Men			Women
	No	n	%	No	n	%
3. Managers and professionals (PCS 31–38)	210	18	8.6	78	6	7.7
Administrative managers (PCS 32–35)	42	3	7.1	25	3	12.0
Directors and chief executives (PCS 37)	89	6	6.7	33	3	9.1
Production and operations department managers (PCS 38)	78	9	11.5	16	0	0
4. Associate professionals and technicians (PCS 41–48)	540	49	9.1	289	39	13.5
Teaching, public services and health associate professionals (PCS 41–43, 45)	96	8	8.3	137	20	14.6
Administrative and commercial associate professionals (PCS 46)	110	7	6.4	101	12	11.9
Technicians (PCS 47)	209	21	10.0	32	4	12.5
Supervisors (PCS 48)	123	13	10.6	19	3	15.8
5. Employees and clerks (PCS 51–56)	188	16	8.5	798	98	12.3
Public services employees (PCS 51–53)	80	13	16.3	219	35	16.0
Administrative employees and clerks (PCS 54)	48	0	0	328	28	8.5
Trade and commerce employees (PCS 55)	38	3	7.9	147	17	11.6
Personal services employees (PCS 56)	22	0	0	104	18	17.3
6. Skilled and unskilled workers (PCS 61–69)	1209	158	13.1	377	84	22.3
Skilled workers (PCS 61–65)	832	111	13.3	111	24	21.6
Skilled industrial workers (PCS 62)	347	47	13.5	61	12	19.7
Skilled craft workers (PCS 63)	254	30	11.8	17	7	41.2
Drivers (PCS 64)	102	12	11.8	17	3	17.6
Storekeepers (PCS 65)	129	22	17.1	16	2	12.5
Unskilled workers (PCS 67–69)	377	47	12.5	266	60	22.6
Unskilled industrial workers (PCS 67)	273	39	14.3	206	45	21.8
Unskilled craft workers (PCS 68)	71	6	8.5	39	5	12.8
Agricultural workers (PCS 69)	33	2	6.1	21	10	47.6
Total	2160	243	11.3	1545	229	14.8

No, number of subjects in the study; n, number of cases; PCS, “Profession et Catégorie Sociale”, the French classification of occupations.