Table 2.

Fifteen-year year prevalence rate (PR) of SA due to a shoulder lesion according to gender and cumulative exposure to physical workload factors

	Men			Women			All
	No SA (n=1944)	SA (n=107)	PR	No SA (n=2157)	SA (n=136)	PR	No SA (n=4401)	SA (n=243)	PR
	n	n	%	n	n	%	%	n	%
Physically heavy work (years)
<1	936	34	3.5	1367	63	4.4	2303	97	4.0
1–10	326	14	4.1	275	8	2.8	601	22	3.5
11–20	168	15	8.2	163	23	12.4	331	38	10.3
>20	514	44	7.9	352	42	10.7	866	86	9.0
Manual handling of heavy loads (years)
<1	1093	46	4.0	1692	89	5.0	2785	135	4.6
1–10	320	17	5.0	216	16	6.9	536	33	5.8
11–20	138	12	8.0	91	9	9.0	229	21	8.4
>20	393	32	7.5	158	22	12.2	551	54	8.9
Working with hands above shoulder level (year)
<1	1146	42	3.5	1521	83	5.2	2667	125	4.5
1–10	297	16	5.1	236	12	4.8	533	28	5.0
11–20	145	16	9.9	134	16	10.7	279	32	10.3
>20	356	33	8.4	266	25	8.6	622	58	8.5
Work involving forceful hand movements (years)
<1	996	28	2.7	1660	87	5.0	2656	115	4.2
1–10	301	14	4.4	198	11	5.3	499	25	4.8
11–20	145	14	8.8	84	17	16.8	229	31	11.9
>20	502	51	9.2	215	21	8.9	717	72	9.1
Working in forward bent posture (years)
<1	991	40	3.9	1311	70	5.1	2302	110	4.6
1–10	297	15	4.8	248	10	3.9	545	25	4.4
11–20	149	14	8.6	162	16	9.0	311	30	8.8
>20	507	38	7.0	436	40	8.4	943	78	7.6

SA, sickness absence.