title: Long term disability rates in a cohort of Air Canada pilots.
abstract: Causes of long term disability (LTD) were collected between January 1, 1981 and December 31, 1990 among all active pilots in a cohort of Air Canada pilots. During this 10-yr period, 474 (20.9%) of the 2271 pilots had LTD; there were 1107 cases of LTD corresponding to a total duration of leave of absence of 4161 mo. Frequencies of the main diagnostic categories were: injuries: 249 (22.5%); mental disorders: 175 (15.8%); circulatory system: 157 (14.2%); digestive system: 128 (11.6%); and musculoskeletal system: 121 (10.9%). LTD rates increased with age, ranging from 1.86-9.22 per 1000 pilots per year from the younger (20-29 yr) to the older age group (50-59 yr), respectively. Several causes of LTD could be potentially preventable, in particular injuries which accounted for 63.6% of all causes in the younger age group and remained a significant condition at subsequent ages.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Control Research, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Band
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Deschamps
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Le
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Gallagher
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000060:Accidents, Aviation / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D000328:Adult; D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D017677:Age Distribution; D001359:Aviation; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000145:classification; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors