Government and public statistics
Prevalence and work-relatedness of self-reported carpal tunnel syndrome among U.S. workers
NIOSH, American Journal of Industrial Medicine (NIOSH authors, CDC Stacks), 1995
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- What it is
- A NIOSH analysis of the occupational health supplement to the 1988 National Health Interview Survey. It reports the share of recent US workers who said they had carpal tunnel syndrome, and the smaller share with a medically diagnosed case.
- How much weight it carries
- Official federal occupational health agency, using a national household survey. The figure is self-reported, and the 1988 survey is old, so it shows the older level rather than the current one. The period covered by 'recent workers' is not stated on the abstract.
Facts taken from this source
- In the 1988 National Health Interview Survey occupational health supplement, 1.74 percent of recent US workers reported carpal tunnel syndrome.
“A nonsignificant difference was observed in the prevalence of self reported CTS in recent workers (1.74%)” (Abstract)