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 2024 MCP Fortnightly Competitions

Participating regions

Number of two-week periods Participating occupational physicians Participation rate Number of employees seen Reporting rate
Brittany 2 18 6% 1,133 15.2%
Centre-Val de Loire 2 21 16% 2,901 4.7%
Grand Est 2 50 14% 4,746 9.2%
Hauts-de-France 2 119 55% 11,982 5.6%
New Aquitaine 2 53 10% 4,809 10.2%
Occitanie 2 50 38% 4,679 6.4%
Pays de la Loire 2 24 7% 1,998 12.4%
PACA 1 55 14% 4,180 9.2%

Prevalence rates of MCP by sex (%)

Musculoskeletal disorders Mental distress Hearing disorders Irritation and/or allergy
H F H F M F H F
Brittany 3.8 8.6 5.8 11.1 - - - -
Centre-Val de Loire 2.8 2.4 0.8 3.0 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1
Grand Est 3.9 5.9 3.0 4.5 - - - -
Hauts-de-France 2.5 2.8 1.5 3.9 - - - -
Nouvelle-Aquitaine 3.8 4.1 3.1 8.3 0.8 - 0.1 0.1
Occitanie 2.7 2.3 1.7 5.0 0.1 - <0.1 <0.1
Pays de la Loire 8.8 16.2 3.7 11.4 0.4 - 0.2 0.1
PACA 3.7 5.2 2.5 5.8 0.3 - 0.2 0.2