Table 1.
Comparing the prevalence of health problems among ambulance personnel and the core work force in Denmark
|
Pain in arm, shoulder, neck |
Pain in low back |
Poor mental health |
Poor self-rated health |
Poor quality of sleep |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambulance personnel (n = 1689) | Core work force in Denmark (n = 14175) | Ambulance personnel (n = 1690) | Core work force in Denmark (n = 14189) | Ambulance personnel (n = 1676) | Core work force in Denmark (n = 14040) | Ambulance personnel (n = 1661) | Core work force in Denmark (n = 14097) | Ambulance personnel only (n = 1684) | |
| All |
42 (40–44) |
29 (29–30) |
40 (38–42) |
30 (29–31) |
18 (16–20) |
20 (20–21) |
4 (3–4) |
11 (10–11) |
19 (17–21) |
| Gender | |||||||||
| Women |
44 (34–53) |
36 (35–37) |
42 (33–52) |
33 (32–34) |
25 (17–34) |
24 (23–25) |
1 (0–3) |
11 (10–12) |
19 (11–26) |
| Men |
42 (40–44) |
23 (22–24) |
40 (38–42) |
27 (26–28) |
17 (15–19) |
17 (16–18) |
4 (3–5) |
10 (9–11) |
19 (17–21) |
| Age groups | |||||||||
| 18–29 |
34 (28–39) |
24 (22–26) |
33 (28–38) |
29 (26–31) |
21 (17–25) |
23 (21–25) |
2 (0–3) |
7 (6–9) |
19 (15–23) |
| 30–39 |
43 (39–47) |
25 (23–26) |
42 (38–47) |
29 (27–30) |
20 (17–24) |
21 (20–23) |
3 (2–5) |
8 (7–9) |
19 (16–23) |
| 40–49 |
44 (39–49) |
31 (29–32) |
41 (36–46) |
30 (29–31) |
16 (13–20) |
20 (19–21) |
4 (2–6) |
10 (9–11) |
17 (13–21) |
| 50–59 |
46 (41–51) |
35 (34–37) |
42 (37–46) |
33 (31–34) |
13 (10–17) |
20 (18–21) |
5 (3–7) |
15 (14–16) |
21 (17–25) |
| 60+ | 46 (35–58) | 25 (22–28) | 44 (32–55) | 26 (23–29) | 13 (5–21) | 14 (11–16) | 4 (0–9) | 9 (7–11) | 19 (9–28) |
Percentage with 95% Confidence Intervals.