Prevalence of pain by occupational group
| Occupational group | n |
Low back pain n (%) |
Shoulder pain n (%) |
Wrist or forearm painn (%) |
Knee pain n (%) |
| Firefighters | 163 | 34 (21) | 38 (23) | 19 (12) | 39 (24) |
| Retail workers | 114 | 29 (25) | 20 (18) | 11 (10) | 16 (14) |
| Shipbuilders | 113 | 22 (19) | 13 (12) | 13 (12) | 8 (7) |
| Dentists | 112 | 26 (23) | 17 (15) | 7 (6) | 14 (13) |
| Army infantry | 100 | 41 (41) | 50 (50) | 3 (3) | 38 (38) |
| Army officers | 96 | 32 (33) | 36 (38) | 16 (17) | 42 (44) |
| Nurses | 87 | 17 (20) | 11 (13) | 4 (5) | 8 (9) |
| Podiatrists | 79 | 17 (22) | 6 (8) | 10 (13) | 13 (16) |
| Postal workers | 70 | 14 (20) | 14 (20) | 1 (1) | 13 (19) |
| Army clerks | 69 | 12 (17) | 4 (6) | 4 (6) | 18 (26) |
| Police | 44 | 5 (11) | 7 (16) | 2 (5) | 6 (14) |
| Forestry workers | 34 | 12 (35) | 5 (15) | 3 (9) | 7 (21) |
| Total | 1081 | 261 (24) | 221 (20) | 93 (9) | 222 (21) |