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Table 1 Incidence of work-related accidents/ill-health in Brazil using the ICD-10 (per 1000 workers)

From: Analysis of work-related accidents and ill-health in Brazil since the introduction of the accident prevention factor

Causes of accidents/ill-health

Difference in incidence between 2008 and 2014 (%)

Accumulated Incidence 2008–2009

Accumulated Incidence 2011–2014

Ratio of Accumulated Incidence

Mann-Whitney Test p

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

−22.93

0.0128

0.0106

0.8309

0.40

 -- injury to the wrist or hand

−33.42

    

 -- fracture at wrist or hand level

−22.43

    

 -- contusion of wrist or hand

−25.55

    

 -- dislocation or strain or sprain of joints or ligaments at ankle and foot level

−6.97

    

 -- fracture of leg, including ankle

−9.83

    

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

−43.64

0.0033

0.0022

0.6575

0.17

 -- back pain

− 53.21

    

 -- shoulder lesions

− 29.21

    

 -- synovitis and tenosynovitis

− 60.83

    

 -- other intervertebral disc injury

− 32.90

    

 -- other joint derangements

−1.86

    

External causes of morbidity and mortality

6.04

0.4467

0.4575

1.0240

0.95

 -- bitten or struck by dog

10.40

    

 -- unintentional cut, puncture, perforation, or hemorrhage during medical or surgical procedure

−17.60

    

 -- unspecified harm during medical or surgical procedure

29.47

    

 -- cut or piercing with a sharp object, intentionality not determined

23.34

    

 -- assault by being cut or pierced

−46.50

    

Mental and behavioral disorders

− 13.32

0.0004

0.0003

0.8621

0.78

 -- reactions to severe stress and adjustment disorders

3.01

    

 -- depressive episodes

−43.96

    

 -- other anxiety disorders

35.05

    

 -- recurrent depressive disorder

−11.21

    

 -- bipolar affective disorder

−9.69

    

Factors influencing health status and contact with health services

127.89

0.0002

0.0004

1.7428

0.11

 -- contact with and exposure to communicable diseases

153.92

    

 -- occupational exposure to risk factors

6.99

    

 -- examination or observation for other reasons

296.96

    

 -- problems related to other psychosocial circumstances

1243.62

    

 -- general examination or investigation of persons without complaint or reported diagnosis

356.79

    

Diseases of the nervous system

−43.08

0.0002

0.0001

0.6640

0.14

 -- mononeuropathies of upper limb

−43.31

    

 -- epilepsy

−60.60

    

 -- nerve root or plexus disorders

−42.66

    

 -- mononeuropathies of lower limb

−57.16

    

 -- nerve root and plexus compressions in diseases classified elsewhere

169.49