Table 4
Specific prevalence rates of at least one clinically diagnosed upper limb MSD according to occupation
| Occupation (French classification PCS) | Men | Women | ||||
| No | n | % | No | n | % | |
| 3. Managers and professionals (PCS 31–38) | 210 | 18 | 8.6 | 78 | 6 | 7.7 |
| Administrative managers (PCS 32–35) | 42 | 3 | 7.1 | 25 | 3 | 12.0 |
| Directors and chief executives (PCS 37) | 89 | 6 | 6.7 | 33 | 3 | 9.1 |
| Production and operations department managers (PCS 38) | 78 | 9 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 4. Associate professionals and technicians (PCS 41–48) | 540 | 49 | 9.1 | 289 | 39 | 13.5 |
| Teaching, public services and health associate professionals (PCS 41–43, 45) | 96 | 8 | 8.3 | 137 | 20 | 14.6 |
| Administrative and commercial associate professionals (PCS 46) | 110 | 7 | 6.4 | 101 | 12 | 11.9 |
| Technicians (PCS 47) | 209 | 21 | 10.0 | 32 | 4 | 12.5 |
| Supervisors (PCS 48) | 123 | 13 | 10.6 | 19 | 3 | 15.8 |
| 5. Employees and clerks (PCS 51–56) | 188 | 16 | 8.5 | 798 | 98 | 12.3 |
| Public services employees (PCS 51–53) | 80 | 13 | 16.3 | 219 | 35 | 16.0 |
| Administrative employees and clerks (PCS 54) | 48 | 0 | 0 | 328 | 28 | 8.5 |
| Trade and commerce employees (PCS 55) | 38 | 3 | 7.9 | 147 | 17 | 11.6 |
| Personal services employees (PCS 56) | 22 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 18 | 17.3 |
| 6. Skilled and unskilled workers (PCS 61–69) | 1209 | 158 | 13.1 | 377 | 84 | 22.3 |
| Skilled workers (PCS 61–65) | 832 | 111 | 13.3 | 111 | 24 | 21.6 |
| Skilled industrial workers (PCS 62) | 347 | 47 | 13.5 | 61 | 12 | 19.7 |
| Skilled craft workers (PCS 63) | 254 | 30 | 11.8 | 17 | 7 | 41.2 |
| Drivers (PCS 64) | 102 | 12 | 11.8 | 17 | 3 | 17.6 |
| Storekeepers (PCS 65) | 129 | 22 | 17.1 | 16 | 2 | 12.5 |
| Unskilled workers (PCS 67–69) | 377 | 47 | 12.5 | 266 | 60 | 22.6 |
| Unskilled industrial workers (PCS 67) | 273 | 39 | 14.3 | 206 | 45 | 21.8 |
| Unskilled craft workers (PCS 68) | 71 | 6 | 8.5 | 39 | 5 | 12.8 |
| Agricultural workers (PCS 69) | 33 | 2 | 6.1 | 21 | 10 | 47.6 |
| Total | 2160 | 243 | 11.3 | 1545 | 229 | 14.8 |
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No, number of subjects in the study; n, number of cases; PCS, “Profession et Catégorie Sociale”, the French classification of occupations.
