Survival rates and worker compensation expenses in a national cohort of Mexican workers with permanent occupational disability caused by diabetes

Table 1 Characteristics of the workers with permanent occupational disability^a

Characteristic	Total cohort
No. of workers	34,014
Sex (%)
Male	84.3
Female	15.7
Age at permanent occupational disability, years (mean ± SD)	51.6 ± 7.6
Age at permanent occupational disability (%)
<40 years	7.0
40–59 years	83.9
≥60 years	9.1
Occupation group (%)
Managers	3.4
Professionals	4.0
Technicians and associate professionals	4.4
Clerks	11.5
Service and sales	13.2
Agricultural, forestry, and fishery	2.7
Craft and related trades	13.3
Plant, machine operators and assemblers	24.7
Basic-level occupations	22.5
No occupation specified	0.3
Base salary contribution group (%)^b
<10 USD/day	33.6
10–30 USD/day	23.9
>30 USD/day	6.4
Main complication of diabetes (%)^c
Renal	12.9
Ophthalmic	40.6
Neurological	11.9
Peripheral circulatory disorders	15.6
Multiple	17.1
No specified complication	1.9

Data are presented as mean ± SD or percentages
^aThe study included Mexican workers with an approved compensation claim for permanent occupational disability caused by diabetes and who received a pension payment during the period 2000–2013
^bCorresponds to the daily salary at which a worker was registered at the Mexican Institute of Social Security and was used to calculate the lifetime individual pension amount
^cDenotes the main complication that caused the permanent occupational disability status
USD indicates U.S. dollars

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