From long-term sickness absence to disability retirement: diagnostic and occupational class differences within the working-age Finnish population

Table 5 The number of diagnosis-specific DRs in 2007–2014 by LTSA diagnosis, occupational class and sex

		Diagnosis of disability retirement
		Men			Women
LTSA diagnostic group	Occupational class	All-cause	Same diagnostic group	Other diagnostic group	All-cause	Same diagnostic group	Other diagnostic group
Musculoskeletal diseases	All occupational classes	4524	2699	1825	7007	4499	2508
	Upper non-manual employees	211	87	124	383	191	192
	Lower non-manual employees	574	327	247	3276	2023	1253
	Manual workers	3231	1980	1251	2930	1999	931
	Self-employed	508	305	203	418	286	132
Mental disorders	All occupational classes	1357	825	532	3103	1852	1251
	Upper non-manual employees	235	179	56	418	306	112
	Lower non-manual employees	308	212	96	1700	1007	693
	Manual workers	647	330	317	835	446	389
	Self-employed	167	104	63	150	93	57
Respiratory diseases	All occupational classes	516	45	471	980	91	889
	Upper non-manual employees	46	< 10	44	115	14	101
	Lower non-manual employees	82	< 10	77	472	40	432
	Manual workers	336	31	305	325	27	298
	Self-employed	52	< 10	45	68	10	58
Circulatory diseases	All occupational classes	764	245	519	778	112	666
	Upper non-manual employees	99	37	62	67	13	54
	Lower non-manual employees	115	41	74	379	55	324
	Manual workers	452	136	316	268	35	233
	Self-employed	98	31	67	64	< 10	55

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