Table MSDOCC6 - 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 the current or most recent job, by occupational major group.

2006/07
2005/06

Occupation description +	Major group	Illness ascribed to the current or most recent job
		Sample cases $	Days lost (thousands)			Average days lost per worker
			central	95% C.I.		central	95% C.I.
			central	lower	upper	central	lower	upper
Managers and senior officials	1	40	300	146	453	0.074	0.036	0.11
Professional occupations	2	38	*352*	138	566	*0.11*	0.044	0.18
Associate professional and technical occupations	3	60	982	483	1481	0.29	0.14	0.43
Administrative and secretarial occupations	4	38	*433*	194	671	*0.17*	0.077	0.26
Skilled trades occupations	5	92	1801	1073	2530	0.61	0.36	0.86
Personal service occupations	6	27	*428*	123	733	*0.27*	0.079	0.47
Sales and customer service occupations	7	20	*253*	95	412	*0.19*	0.072	0.31
Process, plant and machine operatives	8	51	1737	944	2531	0.88	0.48	1.28
Elementary occupations	9	52	1304	711	1898	0.61	0.33	0.88
All occupations (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)		418	7590	6175	9005	0.33	0.27	0.39
Other job caused illness#		91	1860	1192	2528	..	..	..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)		509	9450	7885	11015	0.41	0.34	0.48

Notes:

.. Not applicable.

$ For people taking time off work.

# 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.

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

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