Occupational diseases

Occupational diseases are defined as any illness that may be work-related but is not recognized as an occupational disease by a social security system.

Our missions

  • Monitoring the epidemiological trends of occupational diseases

  • Enabling the adaptation of preventive measures

  • Provide data to update occupational disease tables

  • Estimating underreporting of occupational diseases

Results of the 2013 MCP Fortnightly Competitions

Participating regions

The results presented in the tables below have already been published regionally.

The regions that participated in the two-week surveys are as follows: Alsace, Aquitaine, Auvergne, Brittany, Centre, Limousin, Lorraine, Midi-Pyrénées, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pays de la Loire, Picardy, and Poitou-Charentes.

  

Number of two-week periods 

Participating
occupational physicians 

Participation
rate 

Number of employees
seen 

Reporting
rate 

Alsace 

2 

49 

19.0% 

5,566 

7.2% 

Aquitaine 

2 

70 

17.0% 

8,295 

5.6% 

Auvergne 

2 

44 

22.0% 

4,971 

3.6% 

Brittany 

2 

72 

21.2% 

6,953 

8.3% 

Central 

2 

39 

13.0% 

4,037 

6.2% 

Franche-Comté 

Insufficient response rate; figures are not available at the regional level 

Limousin 

2 

25 

32.0% 

2,798 

5.6% 

Lorraine 

2 

29 

11.0% 

3,097 

5.3% 

Midi-Pyrénées 

2 

82 

25.0% 

9,766 

6.5% 

Nord-Pas-de-Calais 

1 

27 

5.0% 

1,770 

9.3% 

Pays de la Loire 

1 

22 

5.4% 

1,445 

7.6% 

Picardy 

2 

38 

18.6% 

4,338 

3.6% 

Poitou-Charentes 

2 

22 

11.6% 

2,633 

5.1% 

National (12 regions) 

23 

520 

14.0% 

55,841 

6.1% 
* Fewer than 5 employees.

Prevalence of MCPs by gender (%) 

Musculoskeletal disorders 

Mental health issues 

Hearing disorders 

Irritation and/or allergy 

  

H 

F 

H 

F 

M 

F 

H 

F 

Alsace 

3.0 

4.6 

1.8 

3.5 

0.3 

* 

0.3 

0.5 

Aquitaine 

2.5 

3.5 

1.4 

2.7 

0.3 

* 

0.2 

0.4 

Auvergne 

1.6 

1.8 

1.2 

2.5 

0.3 

- 

* 

* 

Brittany 

3.9 

4.6 

2.1 

5.1 

0.2 

- 

0.4 

0.2 

Central 

2.9 

4.4 

1.7 

3.0 

0.2 

- 

* 

0.3 

Franche-Comté 

Insufficient response rate; figures are not available at the regional level 

Limousin 

3.9 

2.5 

0.8 

3.6 

* 

- 

* 

* 

Lorraine 

4.0 

3.3 

0.8 

1.4 

0.7 

* 

* 

* 

Midi-Pyrénées 

3.2 

3.9 

1.4 

3.7 

0.4 

* 

0.3 

0.4 

Nord-Pas-de-Calais 

5.0 

6.2 

1.8 

4.4 

0.6 

- 

- 

0.8 

Pays de la Loire 

3.2 

4.3 

2.7 

4.6 

* 

* 

* 

* 

Picardy 

2.5 

2.2 

0.7 

1.5 

* 

- 

* 

- 

Poitou-Charentes 

2.2 

3.6 

1.0 

2.6 

* 

- 

* 

- 

National (12 regions) 

3.0 

3.7 

1.4 

3.3 

0.3 

0.0 

0.2 

0.3 

In relation to

Musculoskeletal disorders

thematic dossier

Musculoskeletal disorders primarily manifest as pain and functional impairment of varying severity, often occurring on a daily basis and caused or exacerbated by work

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Mental distress and burnout

thematic dossier

Mental health can be affected by certain psychosocial workplace exposures, leading to conditions such as burnout, depression, and suicidal behavior.

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