Table 3 Chapters of diseases leading to permanent unfitness for work at sea in French seafarers
From: Medical unfitness for work at sea: causes and incidence rate over a 12-year period in France
Chapter of diseases | Total Number of unfit seafarers/chapter of diseases | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 573 | 23,95% |
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes | 384 | 16,05% |
Mental and behavioural disorders | 324 | 13,54% |
Diseases of the circulatory system | 278 | 11,16% |
Diseases of the nervous system | 186 | 7,77% |
Neoplasms | 90 | 3,70% |
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases | 79 | 3,30% |
Diseases of the digestive system | 53 | 2,21% |
Diseases of the ear and the mastoid process | 41 | 1,70% |
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified | 35 | 1,46% |
Diseases of the respiratory system | 27 | 1,12% |
Diseases of the eye and adnexa | 25 | 1,04% |
Diseases of the skin and the subcutaneous tissue | 19 | 0,79% |
Diseases of the skin and the subcutaneous tissue | 11 | 0,45% |
Unknown | 267 | 11,16% |