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Table MSDSIZE5 - 2006/07

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 current or most recent job, by workplace size.

Number of people in workplace + 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.
lower upper lower upper
Illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job              
Self employed on own or with partners but no employees 67 724 425 1024 0.29 0.17 0.41
               
1-24 employees 143 2315 1525 3104 0.33 0.22 0.44
25+ employees 273 5349 4113 6586 0.40 0.31 0.49
Missing 1 .. .. .. .. .. ..
               
1-49 employees 193 2907 2060 3755 0.30 0.21 0.39
50+ employees 223 4757 3559 5955 0.44 0.33 0.55
Missing 1 .. .. .. .. .. ..
               
All persons (illness ascribed to current or most recent job) 484 8392 6895 9889 0.36 0.30 0.43
Other job caused or made illness worse, workplace size unknown# 120 2322 1441 3204 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job) 604 10715 8973 12457 0.46 0.39 0.54

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.

$ 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.