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Table MSDOCC4 - 2006/07

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 29 16 10 22 370 230 500
Professional occupations 2 40 23 16 30 600 410 780
Associate professional and technical occupations 3 63 36 27 45 870 650 1090
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4 38 20 14 27 580 390 770
Skilled trades occupations 5 61 33 25 42 1060 790 1330
Personal service occupations 6 49 28 20 36 1200 860 1540
Sales and customer service occupations 7 20 12 7 17 500 280 720
Process, plant and machine operatives 8 40 23 16 30 1080 740 1420
Elementary occupations 9 32 18 12 25 510 330 700
All occupations (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.

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.