Ammatit ja masennusperusteiset työkyvyttömyyseläkkeet

This study examines the incidence of depression-related disability pensions in different occupations over the years 1997–2006. The registry-based data comprised 272,000 persons. The average incidence of depression-related disability pensions per 10,000 person years was 22 for women and 16 for men. In women’s occupational groups the incidence of disability pensions caused by depression was highest for motor vehicle drivers, freight handlers, messengers and telephone salespersons, gardeners and farm relief workers, supervisors and managers, cleaners, cashiers, nurses, and personal care workers. For men, professions with the highest incidence included e.g. physiotherapists, social workers, personal care workers, professionals at agencies and institutions, road construction and maintenance labourers, paper-plant operators, ship and aircraft controllers, painters, stock clerks, gardeners and farm relief workers, locomotive engine drivers, journalists, and freight handlers. In five of the largest occupational groups for women, four showed a higher than average incidence of depression-based pensions. Also in many female-dominated human service occupations the incidence was high for both sexes. In professional occupations, depression was a relatively more significant cause for work disability than other diseases. In blue-collar occupations other illnesses were also often causing incapacity for work, and the overall incidence of disability pensions was high.