Economically Active Population Survey
Illnesses
Employed persons of 16 years of age or over who are exposed to adverse effects on their physical well-being, according to the factor with the greatest negative effect, by sex and age group
Units: thousands of persons and percentage

	Total	Adopting difficult postures or movements that are part of work	Handling heavy loads	Noise or strong vibrations	Chemicals, dust, smoke or fumes	Activities involving great visual effort	Risk of accidents	
Absolute value	
    Both sexes	
        TOTAL	10,181.2	2,538.1	1,912.3	545.0	1,064.2	1,822.7	2,298.9	
        16-24	371.3	76.7	101.4	19.1	36.7	40.7	96.8	
        25-34	2,316.6	540.2	484.9	116.6	265.7	410.1	499.0	
        35-44	3,289.8	777.5	579.8	185.9	357.3	622.1	767.2	
        45-54	2,815.3	772.7	475.8	136.4	278.3	511.7	640.3	
        55 and over	1,388.3	371.0	270.3	87.0	126.3	238.1	295.6	
    Men	
        TOTAL	6,088.4	1,167.8	1,100.7	394.2	676.6	947.7	1,801.3	
        16-24	224.3	38.1	59.8	10.3	20.4	16.3	79.4	
        25-34	1,340.8	242.9	262.9	88.8	168.4	201.1	376.7	
        35-44	1,988.4	349.7	352.7	143.5	219.5	321.6	601.5	
        45-54	1,674.1	363.0	266.6	94.2	175.8	268.2	506.4	
        55 and over	860.8	174.1	158.6	57.5	92.6	140.6	237.3	
    Women	
        TOTAL	4,092.8	1,370.3	811.6	150.8	387.6	875.0	497.5	
        16-24	147.0	38.6	41.6	8.7	16.3	24.4	17.4	
        25-34	975.8	297.3	222.0	27.9	97.4	209.0	122.3	
        35-44	1,301.4	427.8	227.1	42.4	137.8	300.5	165.7	
        45-54	1,141.2	409.7	209.2	42.2	102.5	243.5	133.9	
        55 and over	527.5	196.9	111.7	29.5	33.6	97.5	58.2	
Percentage	
    Both sexes	
        TOTAL	100.00	24.93	18.78	5.35	10.45	17.90	22.58	
        16-24	100.00	20.65	27.32	5.14	9.88	10.96	26.06	
        25-34	100.00	23.32	20.93	5.03	11.47	17.70	21.54	
        35-44	100.00	23.63	17.63	5.65	10.86	18.91	23.32	
        45-54	100.00	27.45	16.90	4.85	9.89	18.18	22.74	
        55 and over	100.00	26.73	19.47	6.27	9.10	17.15	21.29	
    Men	
        TOTAL	100.00	19.18	18.08	6.48	11.11	15.57	29.59	
        16-24	100.00	16.97	26.66	4.61	9.09	7.27	35.40	
        25-34	100.00	18.12	19.61	6.62	12.56	15.00	28.10	
        35-44	100.00	17.59	17.74	7.22	11.04	16.17	30.25	
        45-54	100.00	21.68	15.93	5.63	10.50	16.02	30.25	
        55 and over	100.00	20.23	18.43	6.68	10.76	16.33	27.57	
    Women	
        TOTAL	100.00	33.48	19.83	3.68	9.47	21.38	12.16	
        16-24	100.00	26.25	28.32	5.95	11.07	16.60	11.81	
        25-34	100.00	30.47	22.75	2.85	9.98	21.42	12.53	
        35-44	100.00	32.87	17.45	3.26	10.59	23.09	12.74	
        45-54	100.00	35.90	18.33	3.70	8.98	21.34	11.74	
        55 and over	100.00	37.33	21.17	5.60	6.38	18.49	11.03	
Notes:
Source: National Statistics Institute