Table 1.

Frequency, median age, duration, cost of benefits and income replacement for Brazilian private sector workers receiving MSD-related benefits in 2008

Characteristic	No. of claims	Median age	Median no. of days off work	Median benefit cost (R$)	Median income replacement (R$)
Age group (years)
<20	1653	19	46	743.24	463.14
20–29	56 951	26	53	1082.82	579.47
30–39	87 890	35	62	1531.54	722.48
40–49	93 296	44	67	1881.93	827.63
50–59	56 423	53	71	1852.75	768.87
≥60	8720	62	76	1778.00	695.52
Gender
Male	170 849	40	66	1909.56	852.94
Female	134 084	40	61	1246.36	579.13
Benefit category
Non-work-related	205 772	41	64	1601.25	722.49
Work-related	99161	39	62	1480.17	684.15
MSD type (ICD-10)
Arthropathies	64 059	40	68	1718.31	728.57
Systemic connective tissue disorders	1576	35	81	1784.19	612.10
Dorsopathies	137 350	42	64	1587.58	725.01
Soft tissue disorders	95 973	38	60	1199.83	678.16
Osteopathies/chondropathies	3541	34	79	2061.17	718.42
Other MSD and connective tissue disorders	2434	34	64	1588.11	690.05

ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision; MSD, musculoskeletal disorders.