title: Surveillance programme for uncompensated work-related diseases in France.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The surveillance programme for uncompensated work-related diseases (UWRDs) in France relies on a network of occupational physicians (OPs) who volunteer to report all UWRDs diagnosed during a biannual 2-week observation period.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe this programme and the usefulness of its results.
  
  
  METHODS
  During the observation period, OPs record job title and employment sector for each worker. For each potential UWRD, they complete a one-page report form.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Between 2007 and 2012, the number of reporting OPs ranged from 705 to 965 and they saw between 78884 and 114154 employees annually. The UWRD incidence rate reports varied from 5 to 5.3% for men and from 6.5 to 7.7% for women, with musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) being most frequent, followed by mental ill-health. Incidence rates, except for hearing loss, were higher for women than men in all categories and, in 2012, were twice as high for women (3.1%) as for men (1.4%) for mental ill-health. Incidence rates in every category increased with age up to 54 years. The highest rates for MSDs were observed among blue-collar workers (6.9% in women and 4% in men in 2012) and the lowest rates in professionals/managers (1.1 and 0.4%, respectively). Conversely, the latter had the highest incidence of mental health disorders (5.9 and 3.3%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This 'Fortnight' protocol provides useful data on the frequency of diseases linked to employment and allows us to estimate the incidence of UWRDs, whether recognized as compensable or not, as well as their trends over time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Health, French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS), 94415 Saint Maurice Cedex, France, m.valenty@invs.sante.fr.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Valenty
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Health, French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS), 94415 Saint Maurice Cedex, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Homère
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Health, French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS), 94415 Saint Maurice Cedex, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lemaitre
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Health, French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS), 94415 Saint Maurice Cedex, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Plaine
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Labour, 67087 Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruhlman
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Health, French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS), 94415 Saint Maurice Cedex, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cohidon
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Health, French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS), 94415 Saint Maurice Cedex, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Imbernon
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009790:Occupations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012931:Social Environment; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014942:Workers' Compensation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017132:Workplace
keywords: Incidence; occupational physicians; surveillance programme; work-related diseases.