Registered health problems and demographic profile of integrated textile factory workers in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Prevalence of diseases, frequency of consultations and sickness absence among all workers (n = 7992) in 2016–2017

Disease group^a	Prevalence of disease among the workers (n₁ = 7992 workers)		Number of diagnosis (n₂ = 27,320)		Sick leave^d (workdays absence)
Disease group^a	Cases^b	%	Diagnosis count^c	%	Sick leave^d (workdays absence)
Respiratory diseases	2711	34	4691	17.2	2327
Musculoskeletal diseases	2312	29	3916	14.3	1949
Gastrointestinal infection	1666	21	2294	8.4	931
Peptic ulcer	1529	19	2306	8.4	1323
Injury	1388	17	1918	7.0	2951
Acute febrile illness	1325	17	2210	8.1	1822
Neurological and Psychiatric	1335	17	1894	6.9	810
Urinary tract infection	968	12	1358	5.0	527
Skin diseases	876	11	1140	4.2	475
Mouth disease	905	11	1129	4.1	397
Eye diseases	833	10	1049	3.8	482
Allergy	642	8	806	3.0	416
Reproductive health problem	502	6	679	2.5	547
Ear problem	251	3	298	1.1	92
Hemorrhoids	132	2	172	0.6	77
Hypertension	111	1	131	0.5	200
Anemia	115	1	127	0.5	59
Diabetic	67	1	105	0.4	99
Others	798	10	1097	4.0	1509

^aOne worker may be diagnosed for more than one disease group
^bNumber of workers diagnosed with the disease at least one time
^cNumber of diagnosis by the disease group, a worker may be diagnosed for more than one time for the disease group
^dNumber of workdays absence due to sick leave for each disease group

ISSN: 1471-2458