Quantifying environmental health impacts

Global estimates of burden of disease caused by the environment and occupational risks

Occupational ergonomic stressors

Attributable mortality for occupational ergonomic stressors by WHO subregion, 2000

Attributable mortality per 100 000 people for occupational ergonomic stressors by WHO subregion, 2000

Attributable DALYs for occupational ergonomic stressors by WHO subregion, 2000

Attributable DALYs per 100 000 people for occupational ergonomic stressors by WHO subregion, 2000

Selected population attributable fractions for occupational ergonomic stressors, by sex and level of development (% DALYs), 2000a


1 1 2 2 3 3
World World World 4 4 5 5 6 6
Males Females Both sexes Males Females Males Females Males Females
Low back pain 41% 32% 37% 40% 31% 43% 34% 39% 29%

1:High mortality developing; 2: Low mortality developing; 3: Developed; 4: (AFR-D, AFR-E, AMR-D, EMR-D, SEAR-D); 5: (AMR-B, EMR-B, SEAR-B, WPR-B); 6: (AMR-A, EUR-A, EUR-B, EUR-C, WPR-A)

Results based on the World Health Report 2002