Table MSDAGE3 - 2005/06

Estimated days (full-day equivalent) off work and associated average days lost per (full-time equivalent) worker due to self-reported musculoskeletal disorders caused or made worse by work, by age and gender.

Gender	Age group	Sample cases $	Days lost (thousands)			Average days lost per worker
			central	95% C.I.		central	95% C.I.
			central	lower	upper	central	lower	upper
Males	16 - 34	69	1173	639	1708	0.25	0.14	0.37
	35 - 44	91	1431	944	1917	0.37	0.25	0.50
	45+	143	3970	2818	5122	0.72	0.51	0.93
	Total	303	6574	5215	7934	0.47	0.37	0.57
Females	16 - 34	34	287	93	481	0.086	0.028	0.14
	35 - 44	71	981	549	1412	0.41	0.23	0.59
	45+	101	1608	1000	2216	0.47	0.29	0.64
	Total	206	2876	2106	3646	0.31	0.23	0.40
All persons	16 - 34	103	1460	892	2029	0.18	0.11	0.25
	35 - 44	162	2411	1755	3067	0.39	0.28	0.49
	45+	244	5578	4275	6882	0.62	0.48	0.77
	Total	509	9450	7885	11015	0.41	0.34	0.48

Notes:

$ For people taking time off work.

Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 40 sample cases.

Definitions and data reliability.