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Table MSDIND4_3YR - Averaged 2004/05 - 2006/07

Estimated incidence and rates of self-reported musculoskeletal disorders caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by industry, for people working in the last 12 months, averaged 2004/05-2006/07.

Note: Comparison of averaged 3 year estimates over time involving estimates based on overlapping time periods will not provide a robust indication of change over time.

Industry description + Section, division, group or class^ Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job
Sample cases Averaged estimated incidence (thousands) Averaged 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 14 * * * * * *
  Agriculture, hunting and forestry A 13 * * * * * *
  Fishing B 1 * * * * * *
Extractive and utility supply C&E 14 * * * * * *
  Mining and quarrying C 4 * * * * * *
  Electricity, gas and water supply E 10 * * * * * *
Manufacturing D 124 22 18 26 590 480 690
Construction F 104 20 16 24 860 700 1030
Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants G&H 158 29 24 34 500 420 580
  Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods G 138 25 21 30 570 470 670
    Sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; retail sale of automative fuel 50 13 * * * * * *
    Wholesale trade and commission trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 51 25 5 3 7 680 410 950
    Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles: repair of personal and household goods 52 100 18 15 22 570 460 690
  Hotels and restaurants H 20 4 2 5 270 150 400
Transport, storage and communication I 77 14 11 18 730 570 900
    Land transport; transport via pipelines 60 20 4 2 5 580 320 840
    Water transport 61 1 * * * * * *
    Supporting and auxiliary transport activities; activities of travel agencies 63 20 4 2 6 650 360 940
    Post and telecommunications 64 36 6 4 9 1040 700 1390
      Post and courier activities 64.1 28 5 3 7 1490 930 2050
      Telecommunications 64.2 8 * * * * * *
Finance and business J&K 117 22 18 26 460 380 550
  Financial intermediation J 32 6 4 8 470 300 630
  Real estate, renting and business activities K 85 16 12 19 460 360 560
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security L 61 11 8 13 540 400 670
      Administration of the State and the economic and social policy of the community 75.1 35 6 4 8 530 350 700
      Defence, justice, law, fire, foreign affairs etc 75.2 23 4 2 6 550 320 770
      Compulsory Social Security activities 75.3 3 * * * * * *
Education M 63 11 8 14 410 310 520
Health and social work N 162 28 24 33 800 670 920
      Human health activities 85.1 95 17 14 21 840 660 1010
      Veterinary activities 85.2 1 * * * * * *
      Social work activities 85.3 66 11 8 14 760 580 940
        Social work activities with accommodation 85.31 27 5 3 7 1000 620 1390
        Social work activities without accommodation 85.32 39 6 4 8 640 440 850
Other community, social and personal service activities O 76 14 11 17 840 640 1030
    Sewage and refuse disposal, sanitation and similar activities 90 13 * * * * * *
    Activities of membership organisations not elsewhere classified 91 3 * * * * * *
    Recreational, cultural and sporting activities 92 40 8 5 10 840 570 1120
    Other service activities 93 20 3 2 5 860 480 1240
Other P&Q 9 * * * * * *
  Private households with employed persons P 9 * * * * * *
All industries (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   979 177 166 189 610 570 650
Other job caused or made illness worse#   102 19 15 23 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   1081 196 184 208 670 630 710

Notes:

.. Not applicable.

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

+ 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.

^Within industry sections, some divisional, group and class information has been provided where some of the categories have sufficiently large sample cases to provide reliable estimates.

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