title: Occupational groups and main causes of hospitalization: a longitudinal multicohort study of the Finnish working-age population, 1976 to 2010.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether transitions in the hospitalization structure of different occupational groups have followed similar trends.
  
  
  METHODS
  Secular trends for all-cause hospitalization and five main diagnostic categories among six occupational groups were examined between 1976 and 2010 in Finland. The register-based study consisted of a 5-year follow-up of 1,126,499 Finnish working-aged residents in seven consecutive cohorts.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Altogether 451,737 hospitalizations were investigated in 1976 to 2010. The risks of all-cause hospitalization, mental disorders, and respiratory illnesses remained relatively stable, whereas that of musculoskeletal disorders increased (between 31% and 90%) and that of cardiovascular diseases decreased (between 41% and 62%) in all occupational groups. The highest variation was found for cancer.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A common health transition pattern seems to have occurred in the occupational groups studied. Nevertheless, the health disparities between the groups were sustained.
authors.affiliation: From the Centre of Expertise for Development of Work and Organizations (Mr Varje, Dr Kokkinen, Mr Koskinen, and Dr Väänänen), Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Tampere and Helsinki; Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art Studies (Mr Varje); Department of Social Research (Dr Kouvonen), University of Helsinki, Finland; and UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health (NI), Queen's University Belfast, UK (Dr Kouvonen).
authors.forename: Pekka
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Varje
authors.forename: Lauri
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kokkinen
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kouvonen
authors.forename: Aki
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koskinen
authors.forename: Ari
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Väänänen
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D019456:Health Transition; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009790:Occupations / Q000145:classification*; D012042:Registries; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*