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Table 3 Rate ratios, by social group, with 95% confidence intervals (CI) for women

From: Social inequalities in injury occurrence and in disability retirement attributable to injuries: a 5 year follow-up study of a 2.1 million gainfully employed people

Social group

Injury incidence rate ratio

95% CI

Injury related case disability retirement rate ratio

95% CI

Injury related disability retirement rate ratio

95% CI

2

Professionals

1.00

--

1.00

--

1.00

--

3

Technicians and associate professional

1.12

(1.10–1.13)

1.49

(1.19–1.86)

1.66

(1.33–2.08)

4

Clerks

1.00

(0.99–1.02)

1.60

(1.24–2.06)

1.60

(1.24–2.07)

5

Service workers and shop and market sales workers

1.17

(1.16–1.19)

2.28

(1.81–2.87)

2.68

(2.13–3.38)

6

Skilled agricultural and fishery workers

1.11

(1.01–1.22)

5.20

(2.77–9.75)

5.77

(3.06–10.90)

7

Craft and related trades workers

1.30

(1.25–1.36)

2.40

(1.47–3.94)

3.13

(1.91–5.14)

8

Plant and machine operators and assemblers

1.29

(1.25–1.33)

1.78

(1.25–2.52)

2.29

(1.62–3.26)

9

Elementary occupations

1.21

(1.19–1.24)

2.96

(2.30–3.80)

3.58

(2.78–4.61)