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Natalia Fernández Laviada1, Antonio Cubero Atienza2, Agustín Sánchez-Toledo Ledesma3
1PhD Candidate, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain.
Objective:
Develop CORBI and assess temporal stability using administrative records.
Methods:
We analyzed 314,140 occupational injury and disease records from a Spanish mutual insurance society (2022-2025). After exclusions, 239,140 episodes formed 208 occupation-by-recorded-sex cells with at least 100 episodes. CORBI combined four equally weighted dimensions. Development-period parameters were applied to 2025; threshold sensitivity was assessed.
Results:
Among 113 comparable cells, Spearman correlation was 0.677, mean absolute change was 4.26 points, 88.5% remained in the same or an adjacent quartile, and 14 of the top 20 remained. Rankings differed from a trauma-centered comparator. Across thresholds, rank correlations with the primary solution were 0.994-0.998.
Conclusions:
CORBI summarizes multidimensional recorded occupational burden and may support preventive review. It does not estimate incidence, exposure, causality, individual risk, or national prevalence; temporal stability does not constitute external validation.
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