Table BACKOCC2 - 2007/08
Estimated prevalence and rates of self-reported musculoskeletal disorders mainly affecting the back 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 prevalence (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 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 21 | 330 | 200 | 460 |
| Professional occupations | 2 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 350 | 210 | 490 |
| Associate professional and technical occupations | 3 | 64 | 36 | 27 | 45 | 810 | 610 | 1010 |
| Administrative and secretarial occupations | 4 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 380 | 220 | 540 |
| Skilled trades occupations | 5 | 66 | 37 | 28 | 47 | 1140 | 860 | 1420 |
| Personal service occupations | 6 | 42 | 24 | 17 | 32 | 990 | 690 | 1300 |
| Sales and customer service occupations | 7 | 16 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Process, plant and machine operatives | 8 | 35 | 21 | 14 | 27 | 950 | 640 | 1270 |
| Elementary occupations | 9 | 41 | 23 | 16 | 31 | 630 | 440 | 830 |
| All occupations (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job) | 337 | 192 | 171 | 212 | 630 | 570 | 700 | |
| Other job caused illness# | 86 | 49 | 39 | 60 | .. | .. | .. | |
| Total (illness ascribed to any job) | 423 | 241 | 218 | 264 | 800 | 720 | 870 | |
Notes:
.. Not applicable
* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.
+ Details of Standard Occupational Classification (2000)
# 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.
Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 30 sample cases.

