Table MSDAGE1E - 2001/02

Estimated prevalence and rates of self-reported musculoskeletal disorders caused or made worse by work, by age and gender, for people ever employed.

Gender	Age group	Estimated prevalence (thousands)			Rate per 100 000 ever employed
		central	95% C.I.		central	95% C.I.
		central	lower	upper	central	lower	upper
Males	16 - 24	22	15	29	950	660	1240
	25 - 34	82	69	95	2190	1850	2530
	35 - 44	124	109	139	2970	2620	3320
	45 - 54	127	111	142	3460	3060	3870
	55 - 64	148	132	164	4860	4340	5380
	65 - 74	86	74	98	3880	3360	4410
	75+	34	27	42	2270	1780	2750
	Total	622	589	655	3010	2850	3170
Females	16 - 24	23	16	30	1000	700	1310
	25 - 34	61	50	71	1580	1310	1840
	35 - 44	82	70	94	1940	1660	2220
	45 - 54	119	105	133	3220	2840	3600
	55 - 59	63	52	73	3690	3080	4290
	60 - 74	102	89	115	2630	2300	2960
	75+	29	22	37	1270	960	1580
	Total	480	451	508	2180	2050	2310
All persons	16 - 24	45	35	55	980	770	1190
	25 - 34	143	126	160	1880	1660	2090
	35 - 44	206	187	225	2450	2230	2670
	45 - 54	245	225	266	3340	3060	3620
	55 - 59/64	211	191	230	4440	4040	4840
	60/65 - 74	188	170	206	3080	2790	3370
	75+	64	53	74	1660	1390	1930
	Total	1102	1058	1146	2580	2480	2690

Notes:

The estimates in this table take account of revisions made to the Great Britain population estimates following the 2001 Census.