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The prevalence of repetitive strain and computer-related pain dataset draws on 9 distinct sources.
Calculated from 18 data points on October 19, 2026
- How it is calculated
- Count of the distinct sources behind the dataset's 18 rows: 9.
A statistic of the dataset Repetitive Strain Injury Statistics: How Common Is RSI, calculated by code from its published rows.
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- In a random sample of 2,466 adults aged 25 to 74 in southern Sweden, 2.7% had carpal tunnel syndrome confirmed both by clinical examination and by nerve conduction testing.
- In Great Britain in 2024/25, 1,470 work-related musculoskeletal disorders per 100,000 workers were self-reported, which is 1.47 percent of workers.
- In Great Britain, the rate of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in administrative and support service activities was 1,700 per 100,000 workers, or 1.7 percent, a significantly higher rate than the average for all industries.
- In Great Britain, caring, leisure and other service occupations had a rate of work-related musculoskeletal disorders of 1,640 per 100,000 workers, or 1.64 percent, averaged over 2022/23 to 2024/25.
- In Great Britain, the rate of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in construction was 2,000 per 100,000 workers, or 2.0 percent, a significantly higher rate than the average for all industries.
- In Great Britain, elementary occupations had a rate of work-related musculoskeletal disorders of 1,730 per 100,000 workers, or 1.73 percent, averaged over 2022/23 to 2024/25.
- In Great Britain, process, plant and machine operatives had a rate of work-related musculoskeletal disorders of 2,470 per 100,000 workers, or 2.47 percent, averaged over 2022/23 to 2024/25.
- In Great Britain, skilled trades occupations had a rate of work-related musculoskeletal disorders of 2,630 per 100,000 workers, or 2.63 percent, averaged over 2022/23 to 2024/25.
- In Great Britain, the rate of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in transportation and storage was 1,800 per 100,000 workers, or 1.8 percent, a significantly higher rate than the average for all industries.
- In a Dutch cohort of 639 pregnant women, 34 percent reported carpal tunnel symptoms during pregnancy.
- In the 1988 National Health Interview Survey occupational health supplement, 1.74 percent of recent US workers reported carpal tunnel syndrome.
- In the 2010 National Health Interview Survey, the 12-month prevalence of clinician-diagnosed carpal tunnel syndrome among current or recent US workers was 3.1 percent, about 4.8 million workers.
- In the 2010 National Health Interview Survey, the lifetime prevalence of clinician-diagnosed carpal tunnel syndrome among current or recent US workers was 6.7 percent.
- In a NIOSH pooled analysis of six prospective studies of US working populations, 7.8 percent of 4,321 enrolled workers met the shared case definition for carpal tunnel syndrome at enrollment.
- In the 2015 National Health Interview Survey Occupational Health Supplement, the unadjusted prevalence of current carpal tunnel syndrome among US workers was 2.67 percent, with a 95 percent confidence interval of 2.40 to 2.97 percent.
- In the 2015 National Health Interview Survey Occupational Health Supplement, the unadjusted prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome ever diagnosed among US workers was 6.05 percent, with a 95 percent confidence interval of 5.58 to 6.56 percent.
- In a Finnish population sample aged 30 and over, possible or probable carpal tunnel syndrome was found in 5.3 percent of women and 2.1 percent of men.
- In UK Biobank, 12,312 of 401,656 participants had carpal tunnel syndrome, a prevalence of 3.1 percent.