Disability rates, degree and cause of disability in Kafr El Dawar: an epidemiologic study

ABSTRACT

Disability indicators are helpful for planning rehabilitation services and for preventive and curative activities. They help in pre-employment examination for workers and for periodic screening. In this work we studied the disability rates of industrial and non-industrial workers. The reference population was records of workers claiming disability in Kafr El-Dawar Health Insurance. Complete and partial disability rates recorded were higher among the non-industrial than the industrial group. Diseases of circulatory system as well as mental disorders were the leading cause for complete and partial disability for the industrial workers, while diseases of the nervous system, sensory organs and infectious diseases were the cause in the non-industrial group. Administrative workers are more liable to partial disability than other categories except clerks; the leading cause was diseases of the circulatory system. Efforts should be done to cover all sectors of population medically