Abstract

ARES CAMERINO, A.; SAINZ VERA, B.; MARCHENA APARICIO, J.C.  and  SOTO PINO, M.L.. Las enfermedades neoplásicas como causa de la incapacidad permanente. Med. segur. trab. [online]. 2008, vol.54, n.210, pp.57-62. ISSN 1989-7790.

The cancer is the first cause of mortality in men and second in women, after the cardiovascular diseases. From the economic point of view, the costs attributable to the cancer diseases are mainly indirect (loss of productivity associated to mortality or the permanent incapacity). Analysing the produced permanent incapacities in the Provincial Delegation of Cadiz in period 1990-2005, that were a total of 208, one concludes, by frequency order, which the cancer diseases are located thirdly (17.87%), preceded of the diseases osteomusculares (24.15%) and of the cardiovascular diseases (23.67%). As far as the loss of years and labour life, the cancer diseases occupy the second place with 11.24 years, behind the psychiatric diseases with 14.18 years. By sexes the causes of permanent incapacity were distributed by the following decreasing order. In women: diseases osteomusculares (39.08%), cancer diseases (19.54%) and cardiovascular diseases (16.09%). In men: cardiovascular diseases (28.93%), cancer diseases (16.53%) and diseases osteomusculares (13.22%).

Keywords : Cancer; incapacity.

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