Disc herniation was the disease that generated the most benefits due to temporary disability, the old sickness benefit, in 2023 in Brazil. Of the 10 illnesses at the top of the Ministry of Social Security’s ranking, six are orthopedic. (See list below).
Temporary incapacity aid is an INSS benefit for workers who prove, in medical expertisethe need to be away from work for more than 15 days due to illness or an accident.
Of the more than 2.3 million workers who received assistance in 2023, 51.4 thousand were laid off due to problems related to a herniated disc. If we consider the two divisions made by the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) – disorders of lumbar discs and other intervertebral discs with radiculopathy and other disorders of intervertebral discs – there are 89.2 thousand beneficiaries.
The organization’s ranking places low back pain in second place, with 46,900 workers on leave, and uterine fibroids in third place, with 41,800 aids granted.