Background characteristics in five countries (the proportions in percentages)
| Canada n = 475(RR = 71.9) | China n = 686(RR = 83.7) | Finland n = 7771(RR = 60.7) | France n = 554(RR = 45.2) | Sweden n = 4647(RR = 54.8) | Total n = 14133(RR = 58.0) | |
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| RR, response rate. | ||||||
| >45 years of age | 48.1 | 11.0 | 53.8 | 35.0 | 43.6 | 44.5 |
| Male employees | 89.5 | 82.0 | 77.4 | 78.6 | 77.6 | 80.1 |
| Blue collar employees | 72.4 | 63.0 | 61.8 | 36.6 | 59.5 | 60.7 |
| Physical hazards in work environment | 43.3 | 42.3 | 27.0 | 57.4 | 37.2 | 33.0 |