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Table MSDSIZE6 - 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, for small, medium and large workplaces.

Workplace size + 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              
Small (less than 50 employees)~ 260 3631 2733 4530 0.30 0.22 0.37
Medium (50-249 employees) 97 1893 1093 2694 0.40 0.23 0.56
Large (250+ employees) 120 2703 1833 3574 0.51 0.34 0.67
Missing/unknown 7 .. .. .. .. .. ..
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

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

+ 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.

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