Causes of permanent working disability in canton Sarajevo in the period of 1999-2006.
The main aim of this study is to analyse causes of permanent disability of insurants of Canton Sarajevo in the period of 7 years. Following conditions were followed up: disease, occupational disease, injuries at work and not-related to work. The study included 7.136 insurants with verified loss of working ability: 4.864 males aged 51.6 (+/-7.6) years with an average achievemnt of 24.9 (+/-8.6) years of paid retirement insurance and 2.272 females aged 49.8 (+/- 6.5) years with 21.5 (+/- 7.4) years of work experience. We confirmed that the chronic disease was the dominant cause of permanent disability in the productive age group. The leading causes of disability, according to the World Health Organization International Classification of Diseases, ICD-10, are mental and behavioural disorders (36.3%) followed by diseases of the circulatory system (29.5%). Our study indicates the need for more efforts in preventive measures and more effective treatment of the mental and behavioural as well as diseases of the circulatory system in order to reduce morbidity and disability of the actively working population in the Canton Sarajevo.