[Borreliosis as the cause of disability pensions in Norway.]
[Article in Norwegian]
[Article in Norwegian]
Reiso H, Brage S.
Helse-nettverket Arendal kommune Serviceboks 650 4809 Arendal. harald.reiso@....
BACKGROUND: Borreliosis is a bacterial infection transferred by tick-bites. Neuroborreliosis is the most frequent disseminated form of the disorder in Norway. Registers exist in Norway on all reported communicable diseases (The Norwegian Surveillance System for Communicable Diseases [MSIS]) and disability pension diagnoses (The Norwegian Directorate of Labour and Welfare). MATERIAL AND METHODS: Geographic distributions of borreliosis and changes over time are presented. Disability pensions (coded by International Classification of Diseases [ICD]) in the period 1998 - 2005, in which borreliosis was used as the primary or secondary diagnosis (ICD-10), were compared with MSIS-data for borreliosis on municipal and county levels. RESULTS: Borreliosis was the cause of disability pensions in 55 cases. The Vestfold and Agder counties had the highest number of cases. Larvik municipality had 9 cases, Arendal had four and Kristiansand had nine cases. The annual rates of new disability pensions caused by borreliosis were low but increasing in the period 1998 - 2005. The disability pension rates tended to reflect changes in the number of MSIS-reported cases, with pensions changing 1 - 2 years after MSIS-changes. Most MSIS-reported cases are in the Agder and Telemark counties. INTERPRETATION: Disability pension are rarely caused by borreliosis. The annual incidence of disability pensions seems to reflect the number of MSIS-reported cases of borreliosis. The Agder and Vestfold counties have the highest incidence.
PMID: 18049495 [PubMed - in process]
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