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Table MSDIND4 - 2006/07

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

Industry description + Section 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
Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing A&B 7 * * * * * *
  Agriculture, hunting and forestry A 6 * * * * * *
  Fishing B 1 * * * * * *
Extractive and utility supply C&E 8 * * * * * *
  Mining and quarrying C 3 * * * * * *
  Electricity, gas and water supply E 5 * * * * * *
Manufacturing D 46 25 18 33 680 480 870
Construction F 35 20 13 27 870 580 1170
Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants G&H 53 30 22 39 530 390 680
  Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods G 46 27 19 34 620 430 800
  Hotels and restaurants H 7 * * * * * *
Transport, storage and communication I 21 12 7 18 630 360 900
Finance and business J&K 46 26 19 34 550 390 720
  Financial intermediation J 11 * * * * * *
  Real estate, renting and business activities K 35 21 14 27 590 390 790
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security L 25 13 8 18 660 400 910
Education M 28 16 10 22 590 370 810
Health and social work N 64 35 26 44 990 750 1240
Other community, social and personal service activities O 34 20 13 26 1160 760 1570
Other P&Q 5 * * * * * *
  Private households with employed persons P 5 * * * * * *
All industries (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   372 209 187 231 710 640 790
Other job caused or made illness worse#   38 21 14 28 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   410 230 207 253 790 710 870

Notes:

.. Not applicable

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

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

+ Details of Standard Industrial Classification (1992)

# 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 Tables MSDIND4SIG for tests of statistical significance.

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