Abstract
A total of 1,266 cases of occupation-related diseases in 1 054 employees were reported in the Czech Republic in 2011. Of these, 1 210 were occupational diseases and 56 cases were given the status of "endangerment by an occupational disease".
The incidence of occupational diseases was 30.3 cases per 100 000 health insured employees in the public sector. Most of the occupational diseases occurred in the Moravian-Silesian region (3470 cases, i.e. 27.4 %).
Most of the recognized cases occurred in the "mining and quarrying" economic sector (190 cases, i.e. 15 %). The most frequently noted diagnosis was carpal tunnel syndrome (392 cases, i.e. 32.4 %).
Contact allergic dermatitis (116 cases)was the other most frequently reported occupational diseases. Among the cases reported as "endangerment by an occupational disease", carpal tunnel syndrome predominated (43 cases, i.e. 76,8 %).