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Table MSDSIZE2 - 2006/07

Estimated prevalence and rates of self-reported musculoskeletal disorders caused or made worse by current or most recent job, for small, medium and large workplaces, for people working in the last 12 months.

Workplace size + Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job
Sample cases Estimated prevalence (thousands) Rate per 100 000 employed in the last 12 months
central 95% C.I. central 95% C.I.
lower upper lower upper
Illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job              
Small (less than 50 employees)~ 513 281 256 306 1780 1620 1930
Medium (50-249 employees) 173 95 81 109 1600 1360 1840
Large (250+ employees) 223 124 107 141 1940 1680 2200
Missing/unknown 19 .. .. .. .. .. ..
All persons (illness ascribed to current or most recent job) 928 510 477 544 1750 1630 1860
Other job caused illness, workplace size unknown# 245 133 116 150 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job) 1173 643 605 681 2200 2070 2330

Notes:

.. Not applicable

+ Relates to the number of people at their workplace, which is not necessarily the same as the number of people working for the company.

~ Includes those who are self employed on their own or with partners who have no employees.

# 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.

Individuals who gave the response 'Don't know but between 50 and 499' have been coded as missing/unknown.