Table 3

Standardised hospitalisation ratios (SHR) for selected diagnoses among seafarers of different ranks and ship types

Diagnosis text/ship type	Officers			Ratings
Diagnosis text/ship type	Observed number	SHR	95% CI	Observed number	SHR	95% CI
The > sign indicates that the diagnosis is a subgroup of a larger diagnostic group.
Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)
Container, dry cargo, tankers	16	94	54 to 153	11	91	46 to 163
Coasters, other categories	13	125	67 to 214	7	97	39 to 200
Passenger ships	2	38	5 to 137	10	90	43 to 165
Neoplasms (C00–C97)
Container, dry cargo, tankers	43	129	93 to 174	36	184	129 to 255
Coasters, other categories	35	141	98 to 196	9	93	43 to 177
Passenger ships	13	97	52 to 166	26	124	81 to 182
Endocrine and nutritional diseases (E00–E99)
Container, dry cargo, tankers	16	96	55 to 156	18	175	104 to 277
Coasters, other categories	14	121	66 to 202	10	179	86 to 329
Passenger ships	5	83	27 to 195	20	192	118 to 297
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00–I99)
Container, dry cargo, tankers	68	88	68 to 111	50	113	84 to 149
Coasters, other categories	69	116	91 to 147	24	111	71 to 165
Passenger ships	31	99	67 to 141	61	128	98 to 165
> Ischaemic heart disease (I20–I25)
Container, dry cargo, tankers	22	82	52 to 125	12	80	41 to 140
Coasters, other categories	23	107	68 to 161	9	135	62 to 257
Passenger ships	6	51	19 to 112	14	84	46 to 141
Diseases of the respiratory system (J00–J99)
Container, dry cargo, tankers	34	93	64 to 130	28	112	74 to 162
Coasters, other categories	27	119	78 to 173	23	158	100 to 237
Passenger ships	13	111	59 to 189	29	123	82 to 176
Diseases of the digestive system (K00–K93)
Container, dry cargo, tankers	76	93	74 to 117	54	105	79 to 137
Coasters, other categories	72	133	104 to 167	31	108	73 to 153
Passenger ships	26	93	61 to 136	72	143	112 to 180
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00–M99)
Container, dry cargo, tankers	41	65	47 to 88	35	88	61 to 122
Coasters, other categories	36	86	60 to 119	30	135	91 to 193
Passenger ships	23	108	69 to 162	41	104	75 to 141
> Arthrosis of the knee (M17)
Container, dry cargo, tankers	3	80	16 to 233	3	142	29 to 416
Coasters, other categories	3	104	21 to 304	3	295	61 to 864
Passenger ships	1	65	2 to 364	3	129	27 to 378
> Cervical disc disorders (M50)
Container, dry cargo, tankers	2	129	15 to 465	2	226	27 to 815
Coasters, other categories	4	356	97 to 912	3	630	130 to 1841
Passenger ships	0	0	0 to 542	1	107	3 to 597
Injury and poisoning (S00–T99)
Container, dry cargo, tankers	81	74	58 to 92	99	125	102 to 152
Coasters, other categories	83	131	104 to 162	91	193	155 to 237
Passenger ships	29	90	60 to 129	84	117	93 to 145
> Fractures (S02, S12, S22, S32, S42, S52, S62, S72, S82, S92, T02, T08, T10, T12)
Container, dry cargo, tankers	30	88	59 to 126	33	134	92 to 188
Coasters, other categories	34	166	115 to 232	29	196	131 to 281
Passenger ships	7	68	27 to 139	35	156	109 to 217