Health and Safety Report 2019

A breakdown of the medical assessment failure rate by age group shows that in 2018, those aged 20–29 were around three times more likely to fail their examination than those over 40. In 2017, by contrast, the trend in fail rates increased with the age of the candidate. OGUK holds only two years of data about reasons for failure and the sample size is likely to be too small to support any wider demographic conclusions at present.

Figure 21: Percentage of Failed Assessments by Age

2017

2018

5.0%

3

4.5%

4.0%

3.5%

3.0%

2.5%

2.0% Failure Rate

1.5%

1.0%

0.5%

0.0%

<20

20-29

30-39

40-49

50-59

60+

Age Group

Source: OGUK

27