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Table MSDOCC4 - 2005/06

Estimated incidence and rates of self-reported musculoskeletal disorders caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by occupational major group, for people working in the last 12 months.

Occupation description + Major group Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job
Sample cases Estimated incidence (thousands) Rate per 100 000 employed in the last 12 months
central 95% C.I. central 95% C.I.
lower upper lower upper
Managers and senior officials 1 40 22 15 29 510 350 670
Professional occupations 2 35 18 12 24 500 330 660
Associate professional and technical occupations 3 37 20 14 27 490 330 650
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4 27 13 8 19 380 230 520
Skilled trades occupations 5 48 27 19 35 860 610 1100
Personal service occupations 6 19 * * * * * *
Sales and customer service occupations 7 20 11 6 16 470 260 670
Process, plant and machine operatives 8 25 14 8 20 650 390 910
Elementary occupations 9 36 20 13 27 570 380 770
All occupations (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   287 156 138 174 530 470 600
Other job caused illness#   25 15 9 21 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   312 171 151 190 580 520 650

Notes:

..  Not applicable

*  Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

+ See Appendix 4 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for details of Standard Occupational Classification.

# Includes those who did not answer the question identifying the job to which their illness was ascribed and those who said their illness was ascribed to a job other than their current or most recent in the last 12 months.

Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 30 sample cases.


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